Fighting corruption for global peace and stability – Peter Maurer's speech at Summit for Democracy event in Bulgaria

In a speech at the Anti-Corruption and National Security policy forum in Sofia, Bulgaria, the Basel Institute's President Peter Maurer commended how the Summit for Democracy is finally putting corruption at the centre of the debate about global peace and stability. He called on leaders in government, civil society and the private sector to work together to turn their commitments into action.

Anti-corruption at centre stage of the Summit for Democracy

The second Summit for Democracy on 29–30 March 2023 will shine a spotlight on corruption as a threat to democracy, peace and security. And in the context of Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, the security implications of state capture and strategic corruption will no doubt be at centre stage.

An initiative of US President Biden, the Summit seeks both high-level commitments and ground-level actions to advance democracy, fight corruption and counter authoritarianism.

Basel Institute newsletter - March 2023

Monica Guy

Senior Specialist, Communications and External Relations
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Biography

The newsletter covers recent highlights at the Basel Institute in 2023, including a new Working Paper on confiscating sanctioned assets, the launch of our Collective Action Award for Southern Africa and corruption risk assessment training for environmental agencies in Malawi. It also features our latest news, blogs and other publications, as well as guest articles from friends of the Basel Institute. We take this chance to welcome 10 new staff members to the team.

Anti-Corruption and National Security – a Summit for Democracy event

Monica Guy

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

The Basel Institute on Governance, the Ministry of Justice of Bulgaria and the Center for the Study of Democracy co-hosted a policy forum on anti-corruption and national security on 21 March 2023. 

The policy forum provided a platform for cooperation for government and civil society representatives from Southeast Europe and their international peers, under the anti-corruption cohort of the Summit for Democracy.

The all-day meeting took place in person in Sofia, Bulgaria. Online attendance via Zoom was open to all.

The forum explored:

Cutting corruption in Nigerian ports: data, impact and Collective Action

The Maritime Anti-Corruption Network (MACN) delivers leading examples of Collective Action against corruption around the world and Nigeria is one of its flagship success stories. In collaboration with the Convention on Business Integrity (CBi), the initiative has kept seafarers calling at Nigerian ports safe from corrupt demands since 2019.

Boosting Zambia’s fight against corruption with cross-agency financial investigations training

An intensive training programme of our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) in Zambia has brought fresh impetus to the country’s fight against corruption.

The financial investigations and asset recovery training programme, held in collaboration with the Zambian Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC), brought together participants from a wide range of law enforcement and oversight bodies.