On 27-28 February 2011, a group of experts from 10 countries met in Lavin, Switzerland, to discuss the concept for the next Basel Institute on Governance conference on terrorist financing (the so called Giessbach conferences, named after the location of the first conference held in 2007) which is planned to take place in October 2011.

The group concluded that terrorist financing should not be seen as an isolated agenda but in conjunction with the threats originating from money laundering and organised crime.

This nexus will be one of the main topics of the next conference, along with practical workshops how to enhance cooperation between the private and the public sector in fighting terrorist financing and how to implement FATF Special Recommendation VIII in the area of non for profit organisations.