Integrated in The Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field between the European Union and Macao and starting tomorrow, May 2, at 9:30am, in the Legal and Judicial Training Centre (Edif. Banco Luso Internacional, 10th floor), is the General Course on Money Laundering, Organised Crime and Terrorism.

The course is structured into four units, each unit having a duration of one week. The first unit is entitled “General International Context”, and will be lectured by Andrew Haynes, faculty member of the University of Wolverhampton, in the United Kingdom. It takes place until Friday May 6.

The second unit on “The Work of International Organisations” will be held from May 16 to 20, and will be presented by Anne Weyembergh, teacher at the Free University of Brussels, Belgium.

On May 30 starts the third unit, which stretches until June 3, devoted to “Antiterrorist Laws”, with speaker Michael Kilchling from the Max Planck Institute, Germany.

The last unit on “The Application of International Standards to the Macau SAR” is going to take place between June 13 and 17, under the guidance of Jorge Godinho, faculty member of the University of Macau.

This course is jointly organised by the Institute of European Studies of Macau, the Legal and Judicial Training Centre and the International Law Office and will be attended by 35 local trainees, in their majority holders of a Law degree. The sessions will be conducted in English and there is a foreseen awarding of course attendance certificates to participants who finish this activity within the required attendance limits.

The Co-operation Programme in the Legal Field between the European Union and Macao, in which this course is integrated, has as its main objective the “Consolidation of the Macao Legal System”. Currently in its fourth and last year, it will proceed until February 2006. The total budget for the programme is of 1.980.000 euros, shared in equal parts by the European Union and Macao.

The co-ordination of the Co-operation Programme is at the responsibility of the International Law Office, being the organisation of the pertaining activities ensured by several other entities of the MSAR’s Government, namely the Legal and Judicial Training Centre, the Legal Affairs Bureau, the Economic Services and the Institute of European Studies, other than the International Law Office itself.