The Global Forum Secretariat’s capacity-building activities support the global implementation of the international standards on transparency and exchange of information (EOI): exchange of information on request (EOIR) and automatic exchange of information (AEOI), covering financial accounts data and crypto-asset transactions. Our work empowers jurisdictions in the fight against tax evasion and other illicit financial flows to ultimately enhance their domestic resource mobilisation.
Building upon its extensive experience, the Secretariat launched the Train the Trainer (TtT) global training programme in 2021. The pilot was launched under the umbrella of the Africa Initiative to build an EOI legacy within African tax administrations, with 34 officials from 17 African countries participating. The results were very encouraging, with 24 local trainings held in 12 countries and attended by 890 tax officials. New TtT programmes were organised in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 for Africa, Asia, Latin America, Central and Eastern Europe / the Middle East and the Caribbean.
Overall, in five years, the programme has helped the 303 trainers from 83 jurisdictions conduct 415 local training events in their respective jurisdictions, resulting in the training of 15 360 tax officials, including 45% of female officers. On average, each trainer from the Train the Trainer programme has been able to train 50 other tax officials.
The local trainers are now part of a global network which will continue to grow, with more engagements to enhance trainers' technical skills and ensure they are always equipped to deliver quality local training. The network also aims at promoting best practices, experience sharing and collaboration among trainers.
