Identifying core disciplines to foster the development of professional competences

Abstract

The paper discusses identification of core disciplines for the most effective development of basic professional competences set forth by “Financial monitoring specialist (in the area of anti-money laundering and combating financing of terrorism)” professional standard. It builds on an earlier effort to translate the capabilities of the professional standard into educational standard competences and outlines the steps that were carried out to identify and align the disciplines essential for fostering the core capabilities of the standard.