Ukraine's resilience: Anti-corruption for post war recovery (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
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Biography

This panel focuses on Ukraine’s anti-corruption resilience in its post-war recovery. We detail how anti-corruption infrastructure is stress-tested to mitigate future risks. The panel highlights digital solutions (corruption risk assessments, compliance, e-Declarations, AI legal expertise, data analytics...) and OECD Working Group on Bribery accession as corruption deterrence mechanisms.

This special event takes place in hybrid format at the 11th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption in Doha, Qatar.

Technical assistance and domestic efforts for asset recovery (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
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Biography

This session features country efforts to support international cooperation for asset recovery, highlighting the importance of technical assistance with a case study from Kenya and the IACCC, and domestic efforts, including by India, to strengthen mechanisms for asset recovery cases under UNCAC.

Stepping up the fight against foreign bribery (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

How can countries step up action against foreign bribery? This session explores new momentum in global enforcement, from joint UK–France–Switzerland efforts to OECD insights and how fines and settlements can support anti-corruption and development.

This special event takes place in hybrid format at the 11th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption in Doha, Qatar. It is co-organised by the Basel Institute on Governance, OECD and Stolen Asset Recovery (StAR) Initiative.

Safeguarding prosecutorial independence (CoSP11 special event)

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist / Team Lead, Communications and External Relations
+41 61 205 55 12
Biography

This event explores challenges to prosecutorial independence in the context of preventing and combating corruption. It highlights strategies and initiatives to protect prosecutors from threats to their autonomy, credibility and safety.

This special event takes place in hybrid format at the 11th Conference of the States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption in Doha, Qatar. It is co-organised by Norway, the Basel Institute on Governance and the International Association of Prosecutors.

Basel Institute awarded new Siemens Integrity Initiative Evolve funding to advance global Collective Action

We are pleased to announce that the Basel Institute on Governance has received funding through the Siemens Integrity Initiative’s Evolve Funding Round. This fresh support will help launch the new global project "Unlocking the Potential of Collective Action".

This new funding marks the next chapter in a partnership that began in 2009 and has played a decisive role in shaping today’s global Collective Action landscape for more than 15 years.

Semana de la Integridad 2025 [Integrity Week 2025]

Celeste Rex

Specialist, Communications and Online Media
Biography

Organizada en el marco del Día Internacional contra la Corrupción, la Semana de la Integridad 2025 reunirá a especialistas nacionales e internacionales para abordar tendencias, desafíos y enfoques contemporáneos en materia de integridad pública, prevención de la corrupción y gobernanza.

Durante tres días se desarrollarán once sesiones virtuales centradas en temas como corrupción verde, gestión de conflictos de intereses, recuperación de activos, inteligencia artificial, riesgos de corrupción y delitos contra la administración pública.

Crypto: the ultimate enabler of corruption?

As cryptoassets and other blockchain-based tokens enter the mainstream, alarm bells are ringing about the risks of their misuse. The technology is neutral in itself, but like any mechanism to transfer value, it can and does facilitate a wide range of crimes.

And it’s not just scams, hacks and ransomware attacks. Cryptoassets are now seen in practically all crime types, from drug trafficking and terrorist financing to sanctions evasion, and increasingly as a tool for laundering the proceeds of those crimes.

Working Paper 61: Saplings of hope: Addressing corruption that has an impact on the environment in line with UNCAC Resolution 8/12 and beyond

Mirella Mahlstein

Specialist, Publishing and Communications
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Biography

At the 8th session of the Conference of the States Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), in December 2019, States Parties adopted a resolution recognising the relationship between corruption and environmental crimes.

Designing robust cryptoasset regulations: Practical takeaways from international regulators and supervisors

A breakout session at the 9th Global Conference on Criminal Finances and Cryptoassets gathered regulators, supervisors and experts from more than 20 jurisdictions to discuss practical approaches to regulating and supervising cryptoassets. The central aim was to provide hands-on guidance and tips for jurisdictions at early stages of regulating and supervising cryptoassets.