Advisory Group on Capacity Development
Established: 20 October 2017
Mandate
The Advisory Group is mandated to provide advice and make recommendations on capacity-building and the provision of technical assistance to developing countries in the area of international taxation.
To this end, the Group will engage with the UN Capacity Development Programme on International Tax Cooperation and, as part of that engagement, may contribute by:
- Assessing the demand in developing countries for relevant capacity development tools;
- Assessing existing tools and resources at the disposal of developing countries;
- Proposing tools to be developed in order to address the needs of developing countries and fill in the existing gaps;
- Recommending experts to be involved in the development of these tools;
- Undertaking a technical review of the produced materials; and
- Assisting in the implementation of capacity development initiatives and the identification of developing country participants from the respective regions who may benefit from participation in these initiatives.
While doing so, the Group will ensure that the activities of the UN Capacity Development Programme on International Tax Cooperation adequately take account of the work of the Committee and the needs and feedback of developing countries, especially the less developed ones, and do not duplicate but effectively complement existing tools and resources at the disposal of developing countries.
The Group will assess and review the progress made in the implementation of the UN Capacity Development Programme on International Tax Cooperation on a biannual basis, on the occasion of the sessions of the Committee.
Participants in the Group:
Natalia Aristizabal Mora (Colombia)
Margaret Moonga Chikuba (Zambia)
William Babatunde Fowler (Nigeria)
Mitsuhiro Honda (Japan)
Cezary Krysiak (Poland)
Eric Nii Yarboi Mensah (Ghana)
Marlene Patricia Nembhard-Parker (Jamaica)
Carmel Peters (New Zealand)
Carlos E. Protto (Argentina)
Aart Roelofsen (the Netherlands)
Christoph Schelling (Switzerland)
Stephanie Lynn Smith (Canada)
Titia Stolte-Detring (Germany)
Elfrieda Stewart Tamba (Liberia)
Ingela Willfors (Sweden)
Yan Xiong (China)