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These cover areas such as establishing clear prioritisation criteria for projects, improving public procurement processes and strengthening oversight for construction projects.\n\nThe report, _Assessment of corruption risks in the construction, reconstruction and renovation of civilian infrastructure of Ukraine_, is available [here in Ukrainian](https:\u002F\u002Fnazk.gov.ua\u002Fpdfjs\u002F?file=\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002FPages\u002Fa6\u002F84\u002Fa684c9bcc3dd2ba5e6135be3f225c688759f81ac32d035fb14ef47fad29dddbf2744054.pdf) on the NACP website. The Basel Institute and our Kyiv-based team contributed to its development with the support of Switzerland.\n\nThe launch event brought together key stakeholders in the restoration process, including Members of Parliament, representatives of the Ministry for Development of Communities and Territories of Ukraine, the State Agency for Restoration and Development of Infrastructure of Ukraine, the Accounting Chamber of Ukraine, the Antimonopoly Committee, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau, as well as representatives of local self-government and the private sector.\n\nJuhani Grossmann, who leads the Basel Institute's support to Ukraine on anti-corruption, delivered introductory remarks highlighting the centrality of a robust and independent anti-corruption infrastructure to safeguard restoration funds. These are found below:\n\n> Dear colleagues, dear friends,\n> \n> It is a pleasure to be with you today and discuss this crucial topic: restoring Ukraine's infrastructure and services efficiently and transparently, making the best use of limited funds.\n> \n> Allow me to start by acknowledging the exceptionally challenging circumstances you operate under and my appreciation for your continued bravery in the light of seemingly impossible obstacles.\n> \n> As members of the European family, your sacrifices made at the front are the investment in our collective European security. You are protecting the family, a fact which we have to treat with respect. It is my ardent hope that we will be able to honour these sacrifices by jointly building a Ukrainian future that makes today’s deprivations worthwhile.\n> \n> Family members support each other, and so we at the Basel Institute seek to support you. A top priority for us is to provide the tools you need in the face of unprecedented challenges.\n> \n> Those of us not in the military space provide support to the extent of our own capacity. For us at the Basel Institute, that means supporting your efforts to combat corruption – an enemy you have been fighting for decades, and an enemy that continues to have the potential to threaten your ability to mount an effective defence and restoration of your country today.\n> \n> Corruption is such a complicated topic: most of us just want to wish it away, like a bad dream, but unfortunately, it continues to be a reality. That does not mean it is stagnant. Like any enemy, it adapts, mutates, strengthens or weakens, depending on how we treat it.\n> \n> Ukraine’s relentless fight against corruption over the last decade has meant that you, in turn, have been able to hone your anti-corruption weapons. Conceptually similar to your relentless military innovation, you have step by step built your anti-corruption arsenal to a degree where Ukraine’s anti-corruption infrastructure – consisting of specialised agencies, decentralised corruption prevention officers, robust civil society and independent media – met some of the highest global standards and often exceeded that of Western counterparts.\n> \n> There is a dedicated international standard about the independence of anti-corruption agencies, called the [Jakarta Principles](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unodc.org\u002Fdocuments\u002Fcorruption\u002FWG-Prevention\u002FArt_6_Preventive_anti-corruption_bodies\u002FJAKARTA_STATEMENT_en.pdf). This highlights the importance of ensuring independence in the appointment of the leadership, continuity in the agencies’ work and budgetary autonomy, as well as protecting employees from malicious civil and criminal proceedings.\n> \n> I don't say this lightly: when I travel around the world to the countries with which I work, and tell them about the fact that you continue to robustly pursue corruption during a full-scale war, my colleagues tell me they wish they had your anti-corruption infrastructure.\n> \n> We understand that this anti-corruption infrastructure is not something that was achieved easily. Rather, you had to fight for every law to remain intact, strengthen every regulation repeatedly to address residual risk, build and protect every case against obstacles, shepherd every risk assessment to the mitigation stage and then negotiate, argue, cajole and convince opponents to have these mitigation measures implemented.\n> \n> I know how carefully you considered the recruitment of every detective, analyst, prosecutor and judge. And the resulting system has been impressive – a national treasure. You should be proud of it, as should all Ukrainian citizens and leaders alike. We have certainly been privileged to be associated with it.\n> \n> The value of this anti-corruption infrastructure to Ukraine is not (only) sentimental. It is also of crucial importance as a counter-message to those who say – often without any personal experience or understanding of the issue – that any money or resources sent to Ukraine will only fuel corruption. It is also a crucial counter-message to russian propaganda which loves to portray Ukraine as hopelessly corrupt. You, the anti-corruption institutions, helped us build the arguments against these sceptics:\n> \n> *   How can Ukraine be hopeless, we argue, if it has managed to decrease corruption perceptions by 5 points between 2019 and this year, showing one of the best results in the region?\n> *   How can Ukraine be hopeless if it manages to investigate, arrest and convict high-level corrupt officials?\n> *   How can Ukraine be hopeless if the maturity of its anti-corruption institutions, as recently assessed by the OECD, surpasses many of those in OECD member countries?\n> *   How can Ukraine be hopeless if it has one of the most transparent public procurement systems?\n> *   How can it be hopeless if its public service digitalisation has drastically decreased opportunities for rent-seeking by bureaucrats?\n> *   How can Ukraine’s restoration be hopeless if it has as sophisticated a corruption risk analysis as the one we are presenting today?\n> \n> These are real-life arguments that result in real-life financial, political and military support because they confirm your responsible stewardship of the support you receive. They have allowed us to say that Ukraine is not a corrupt country; it is a country that fights corruption.\n> \n> To those of you in the anti-corruption community: thank you for your hard work over the last 12 years to build and sustain this anti-corruption infrastructure against extraordinary odds.\n> \n> We understand that this week’s efforts have changed the landscape drastically, but fighting corruption remains as important as ever.\n> \n> Your work has been inspiring us, and we will continue to support Ukraine’s anti-corruption aspirations to safeguard this essential dimension of your national defence and restoration.","2025-07-24",[14],"","mitigating-corruption-risks-in-ukraine039s-restoration-new-report-2836",[17,18],"Reports","Insights",2836,[21],"Ukraine",[17,18],null,"English",{"id":26,"storage":27,"filename_disk":28,"filename_download":29,"title":30,"type":31,"created_on":7,"modified_on":7,"charset":23,"filesize":32,"width":33,"height":34,"duration":23,"embed":23,"description":23,"location":23,"tags":23,"metadata":35,"focal_point_x":23,"focal_point_y":23,"tus_id":23,"tus_data":23,"uploaded_on":7},"d9cd78fe-043c-482d-92c1-5152e324e1c7","local","d9cd78fe-043c-482d-92c1-5152e324e1c7.webp","tmp.webp","Mitigating corruption risks in Ukraine's restoration: new report","image\u002Fwebp",20218,800,532,{},[37],{"id":38,"news_id":39,"countries_id":53},7791,{"id":5,"status":6,"user_created":40,"date_created":7,"user_updated":41,"date_updated":8,"title":9,"type":10,"body":11,"image":26,"date":12,"topic":42,"slug":15,"activity":43,"nid":19,"topics":44,"activities":45,"programme":23,"area":23,"websites":23,"translation_of":23,"language":24,"countries":46,"tags":47,"authors":48,"images":50,"translations":51,"content":52},"03bebfd8-0b40-4a2a-820d-b9d9c13b9de6","b0662e2a-864d-4888-a1b7-4342b7570b30",[14],[17,18],[21],[17,18],[38],[],[49],1349,[],[],[],{"id":54,"name":21,"code":55,"latitude":56,"longitude":57},225,"UA",48.37943,31.16558,[],[60],{"id":49,"news_id":61,"authors_id":72},{"id":5,"status":6,"user_created":40,"date_created":7,"user_updated":41,"date_updated":8,"title":9,"type":10,"body":11,"image":26,"date":12,"topic":62,"slug":15,"activity":63,"nid":19,"topics":64,"activities":65,"programme":23,"area":23,"websites":23,"translation_of":23,"language":24,"countries":66,"tags":67,"authors":68,"images":69,"translations":70,"content":71},[14],[17,18],[21],[17,18],[38],[],[49],[],[],[],{"id":73,"name":74,"position":23,"image":75},299,"Juhani Grossmann","f6e8d3b4-6d55-423e-bf4d-2da3f5ea6b46",[],[],[],[80,116,147,171,193,227,277,312,338],{"id":81,"body":82,"status":6,"type":10,"date":83,"slug":84,"title":85,"image":86,"countries":87,"topic":89,"activity":90,"tags":92,"nid":105,"topics":106,"activities":107,"authors":108,"images":110,"websites":23,"area":23,"programme":23,"language":24,"translations":111,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":112,"user_updated":41,"date_updated":113,"content":114,"link":115},10578,"_Ukraine is already central to Europe’s security. Its defence manufacturers are increasingly eligible for participation in the rapidly growing EU defence procurements. However, unless Ukraine’s defence manufacturers are able to meet strict EU anti-corruption and ESG standards, they risk being shut out of EU supply chains. Europe needs Ukraine’s battlefield-tested innovation and production capacity, yet compliance gaps and unclear expectations are slowing integration. Juhani Grossmann, who leads the Basel Institute’s anti-corruption programme in Ukraine, explains how joint actions to overcome compliance barriers can help secure Ukraine’s place in Europe’s defence ecosystem and strengthen our collective security._\n\n### Ukraine’s central role in EU defence\n\nThe last three and a half years have been hard fought in Ukraine. Ukrainian resilience on the battlefield is legendary. The unparalleled military support from Ukraine’s allies, fused with its own relentless technical innovation, have forged bonds that could define Europe’s emerging security infrastructure.\n\nDaring political decisions by Ukraine and its allies have hastened this integration. Among them: the European Union has adopted the Security Action For Europe ([SAFE](https:\u002F\u002Fdefence-industry-space.ec.europa.eu\u002Feu-defence-industry\u002Fsafe-security-action-europe_en)) mechanism, using its combined fiscal firepower to raise low-cost loans on capital markets to encourage joint military procurement.\n\nSAFE explicitly includes Ukrainian firms in its stringent corporate and sourcing geographical origin requirements, which are designed to stimulate a native European defence industry. This recognises both Ukraine’s ongoing contribution to Europe’s security and the value of the country’s combat-driven technical innovations. From this angle, Ukraine’s defence industry is now even more critical to the EU than the UK, historically the continent’s dominant player.\n\n### Europe is vulnerable – but can’t meet its demand for defence hardware\n\nThe United States’ interest in taking responsibility for European and global security is waning, while Russia continues to probe Europe’s hard and soft defences.\n\nFeeling justifiably vulnerable, European nations have therefore committed to a huge increase in defence spending, which could reach [EUR 2 trillion](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.consilium.europa.eu\u002Fen\u002Fpolicies\u002Fdefence-numbers\u002F) over the next five years.\n\nYet EU defence industry leaders struggle to manufacture defence equipment in sufficient quality and quantity to meet the unprecedented demand and lack the battlefield-tested innovations that are at the core of Ukraine’s industry.\n\n### Ukraine could help meet demand for military equipment\n\nPartly due to the above dynamics, deep public debates are taking place in Ukraine about lifting a _de facto_ ban on the export of military goods in place since the full-scale invasion. The government is establishing [defence production offices in Berlin and Copenhagen](https:\u002F\u002Fkyivindependent.com\u002Fukraine-to-open-defense-production-offices-in-berlin-copenhagen-this-year-zelensky-says\u002F) to facilitate limited export.\n\nThis sounds counterintuitive, considering the devastating shortage of materiel at the front. Yet the truth is: Ukraine’s military is simply unable to afford all the weaponry that its manufacturers can deliver. So, the economic argument for export is strong:\n\n*   Selling excess capacity for a profit could generate significant revenue.\n*   That revenue could be used for economies of scale in production as well as for research and development.\n*   The resulting taxes would allow the state to increase the procurement of materiel for its own troops.\n\nIn a confirmation of the compelling market forces, Ukrainian drone manufacturers have started investments in Europe to set up production outside of Ukraine.\n\nThey certainly have products that would be marketable: their innovation has resulted in weekly software updates and continued hardware improvements. The more traditional howitzers, tanks and armoured personnel carriers are cost competitive and highly scalable. Battlefield command and control software is reported to be top notch.\n\n### What could derail Ukraine’s integration in EU defence markets\n\nOn the surface, the pieces of the puzzle of European defence are aligning neatly. But one major obstacle needs to be cleared for a healthy and thriving trade: Ukrainian defence manufacturers must meet EU standards on anti-corruption compliance and related environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters.\n\nThese include issues such as sustainable sourcing of aviation fuel, employee protections and human rights across the supply chain, as well as good governance of these topics. They also include regulations and standards on integrity and anti-corruption.\n\nThe defence sector globally is struggling to meet many of these requirements. And Ukraine’s fast-growing innovators have understandably not prioritised such matters over the wartime need to deliver at speed.\n\nWithout a rapid move to address this shortfall, Ukraine’s innovators could be shut out from European markets. The EU defence industry – and its citizens – would in turn be deprived of crucial expertise, leaving all allies weaker and poorer. Temptations would mount to soften standards, as is already the case with [fiscal probity requirements](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.consilium.europa.eu\u002Fen\u002Fpress\u002Fpress-releases\u002F2025\u002F10\u002F10\u002Feconomic-governance-council-approves-germany-s-fiscal-expenditure-path-and-its-flexibility-to-increase-defence-spending\u002F) when it pertains to military spending.\n\nThat would be a mistake for both Ukraine and its European allies. Instead, overcoming these challenges could be a boost for both the EU and the Ukrainian defence industry and further cement their partnership.\n\n### Robust internal controls bring many benefits\n\nThe measures required to attain EU standards on anti-corruption compliance and related ESG topics are no doubt arduous. Solid internal control systems, which can produce verifiable data, will need to be established.\n\nBut that brings solid benefits. Information from internal control systems will help to convince customers that the products they are literally entrusting their lives to are reliable, safe and effective. It will provide the basis for ESG reporting in future.\n\nAnd while the effectiveness of Ukraine’s defence systems is convincingly demonstrated through frontline usage, as its defence industry matures, it could greatly benefit from the efficiencies that robust internal control systems bring. \n\n### Challenges meeting EU regulations\n\nEuropean defence firms are eager to work with Ukrainian partners, yet are finding it difficult to meet their own regulatory obligations at the same time. We see several reasons for this:\n\n*   Sourcing of components is swift, creative and results driven. Without control systems, companies might struggle to verifiably certify their ability to meet the SAFE requirement that 65 percent of the weapon’s value must originate from EU\u002FEEA\u002FEFTA member states or Ukraine.\n*   Corporate ownership structures in Ukraine can be challenging for due diligence – particularly when it comes to establishing ultimate beneficial owners of companies.\n*   There is a lack of consensus on what good anti-corruption and ethics policy implementation looks like. This leaves Ukrainian partners unsure of the priorities, direction and speed of any required internal reforms.\n*   Track and trace measures are insufficiently robust. This makes it hard to reliably avoid sanctions violations in the procurement of components and to ensure environmentally sustainable sourcing of raw materials.\n*   Wartime lack of physical access to sites makes traditional verification mechanisms impossible.\n\nThese obstacles are formidable and have the potential to threaten otherwise promising partnerships.\n\n### There is a joint path forward\n\nThankfully, we see a strong desire on both sides to navigate a path through these obstacles.\n\n*   Reforms are progressing fast. Ukrainian Defence Industry, the holding company for the majority of state-owned defence manufacturers, has made impressive strides in adopting reforms at the top level. It is gradually cascading these down to the 50+ companies under its purview, including the producers of such notable products as the _Lyutii_ drone, the _Neptune_ subsonic cruise missile_,_ the _Bohdana_ howitzer and the _Stugna_\u002F_Skif_ anti-tank missile. While a long road remains to reform these highly traditional producers, the political will and technical capacity at the top are formidable.\n*   Anti-corruption policies are being implemented. The more established private manufacturers are increasingly adopting and publicising ethics and anti-corruption policies. They are also implementing and developing channels for reporting violations of integrity standards, and organising contractual activities based on ethical and compliance requirements.\n*   Engagement is strengthening. European manufacturers, who act as both suppliers and potential customers, are keen to engage more closely with their existing or potential Ukrainian partners to smooth the compliance obstacles as their relationships develop. These manufacturers are also keen to bolster their own contextual understanding of the operating environment in Ukraine, allowing them to manage the reputational and legal risks more professionally.\n*   Corruption is being investigated and prosecuted. Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) and Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) are making significant headway in pursuing officials and company representatives who are willing to use criminal behaviour, including corruption, to personally benefit from wartime deprivations.\n*   Risk prevention measures are underway. The National Agency on Corruption Prevention (NACP) is leading the process of conducting a comprehensive risk assessment in the defence sector.\n*   International support is there. Increasingly, Ukrainian and international policy and advisory supporters are engaging in the sector. This includes the International Forum on Business Ethical Conduct for the Aerospace and Defence Industry ([IFBEC](http:\u002F\u002Fifbec.info\u002F)), NATO’s [Building Integrity](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.nato.int\u002Fcps\u002Fen\u002Fnatohq\u002Ftopics_68368.htm) programme and Norway’s Centre for Integrity in the Defence Sector ([CIDS](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.regjeringen.no\u002Fen\u002Ftopics\u002Fdefence\u002Fcentre-for-integrity-in-the-defence-sector-cids\u002Fid3114785\u002F)). The Basel Institute on Governance has recently commenced efforts in this space through funding from Norway.\n\nTogether, these efforts have the potential to make significant progress in overcoming obstacles.\n\n### How to accelerate progress\n\nWhile progress is happening, it is still insufficient given the urgency of the security situation in Europe. That is why we propose the following five catalysts:\n\n*   Set clear compliance requirements. EU member states at the forefront of defence procurement should spell out their internal control and anti-corruption requirements in plain and detailed terms. This would enable Ukrainian firms to participate in projects, either in collaboration with EU partners or independently. Providing early support and education would help potential Ukrainian partners meet these standards quicker.\n*   Improve implementation and verification systems. Industry associations should strengthen their anti-corruption standards and\u002For guidance by creating clear systems for implementation, verification and measurement.\n*   Allow time to comply. Companies should share their subcontracting compliance requirements with prospective partners well ahead of procurement deadlines, and work with them to build the systems needed to meet these standards.\n*   Share risk insights. Independent corruption risk assessment findings in the defence manufacturing sector, in both Europe and Ukraine, should be shared widely within the professional community.\n*   Collective integrity standards. Private manufacturers in Ukraine should create joint anti-corruption standards, ideally through a [Collective Action](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002F) approach – i.e. involving all relevant stakeholders working together in a trust-based environment over a sustained period of time. This would help stop individual companies using corrupt practices while others play fair, and reduce compliance costs for individual companies.\n\nAt the Basel Institute we are proud to continue and expand our work in this space with the generous support of Norway. We welcome partners to join these efforts and help ensure Ukraine’s defence innovation becomes a permanent pillar of Europe’s security.","2025-11-06","ukraines-place-in-europes-defence-industry-could-compliance-catalyse-integration-2868","Ukraine’s place in Europe’s defence industry: could compliance catalyse integration?","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fc5b007eb-82d5-4cda-a6e1-773cfa16ad5d?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[88],7800,[14],[18,91],"Partnerships",[93,97,101],{"tags_id":94},{"id":95,"name":96},1376,"Defence and security",{"tags_id":98},{"id":99,"name":100},982,"Anti-corruption",{"tags_id":102},{"id":103,"name":104},1303,"Environment",2868,[21],[18,91],[109],1357,[],[],"2025-11-06T17:01:42.000Z","2026-05-23T09:18:31.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fukraines-place-in-europes-defence-industry-could-compliance-catalyse-integration-2868",{"id":117,"body":118,"status":6,"type":119,"date":120,"slug":121,"title":122,"image":123,"countries":124,"topic":126,"activity":128,"tags":130,"nid":131,"topics":132,"activities":134,"authors":135,"images":136,"websites":137,"area":139,"programme":23,"language":24,"translations":141,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":142,"user_updated":143,"date_updated":144,"content":145,"link":146},10557,"Five practitioners from Ukraine’s leading anti-corruption institutions have been certified as national trainers in financial investigations and asset recovery following their successful completion of the [Train-the-Trainer programme](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fasset-recovery\u002Ftraining-programmes) of our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR).\n\nThe group includes Andrii Kasian, Rostyslav Batih and Serhii Podhorets from the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO), Oleksii Geiko from the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and Oleksii Kravchuk from the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC). Congratulations to all.\n\nAmid the ongoing full-scale invasion, Ukraine and its international partners continue to invest in long-term solutions to strengthen the fight against corruption. The certification of these trainers marks an important step towards embedding sustainable, practitioner-led training across national anti-corruption institutions.\n\nIt also brings a valuable secondary impact: as practitioners themselves, the trainers are well placed to promote and apply innovative approaches to investigations and asset recovery within their institutions.\n\n### Investing in local capacity\n\nAcross four financial investigation and asset recovery workshops, which began in June 2024, the newly certified trainers received close mentoring from our ICAR training team. During the process, they gradually progressed from co-facilitators to fully independent trainers.\n\nIn the final workshop, they successfully delivered the programme to 25 peers from their own institutions. This brings the total number of anti-corruption practitioners trained during the programme to 102.\n\nWith certification now complete, the newly qualified trainers are expected to lead further sessions in the coming months.\n\n### Practical, immersive and localised\n\nICAR's methodology is built around realistic case simulations that mirror the complexity of actual financial investigations. Participants analyse documents, follow leads and justify evidence requests from foreign counterparts. This enables them to develop the mindset and skills needed to tackle real cases.\n\nA key aim of the Train-the-Trainer programme was to ensure this approach could be effectively localised and delivered by Ukrainian professionals. When taught by national practitioners who understand the legal and institutional context, the methodology becomes even more relevant and impactful.\n\nOne participant from the final workshop described the training as\n\n> “a chance to piece together knowledge like a puzzle and sharpen judgement like a diamond being polished”.\n\nAnother commented:\n\n> It was probably the best and most practical training I’ve attended in recent years.\n\n### From training to practice: dual impact\n\nBeyond their new role, the certified trainers are experienced practitioners embedded in key anti-corruption institutions in Ukraine. This dual role enables them to reinforce training messages through daily casework and to champion innovative practices from within. All trainers noted that they are currently testing and promoting new tools, including standalone money laundering prosecutions, the use of circumstantial evidence and a \"follow the money\" approach that reduces reliance on direct proof of financial crimes like bribery.\n\nOne trainer reflected that the sessions provided:\n\n> “structured knowledge of money laundering that I used in one of my cases”.\n\nThey also noted the training offered\n\n> clear guidance to work through lengthy civil confiscation materials, which come in constantly.\n\nBeyond improving casework, the opportunity to train others was described as a chance to\n\n> test and discuss ideas, receive additional knowledge of the subject and valuable points of view from other specialists in the same field of work.\n\nNow equipped to deliver training, and with further workshops planned, they are bridging training and practice. Their work is helping to embed good practices in their institutions and shape how complex financial crime cases are tackled in Ukraine.\n\n### About the training and the Basel Institute’s wider support to Ukraine\n\nThe ICAR Train-the-Trainer programme was supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation through the Anti-Corruption and Asset Recovery Support Project ([ACARSU](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eda.admin.ch\u002Fcountries\u002Fukraine\u002Fde\u002Fhome\u002Finternationale-zusammenarbeit\u002Fprojekte.html\u002Fcontent\u002Fdezaprojects\u002FSDC\u002Fen\u002F2017\u002F7F09386\u002Fphase2?oldPagePath=\u002Fcontent\u002Fcountries\u002Fukraine\u002Fde\u002Fhome\u002Finternationale-zusammenarbeit\u002Fprojekte.html)). The final workshop, held on 26–30 May 2025, received additional financial and logistical support from the US Department of State’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs.\n\nMore broadly, the Basel Institute on Governance has supported Ukraine’s anti-corruption and asset recovery efforts since 2014. Our holistic programme includes:\n\n*   Helping government ministries, agencies and state-owned enterprises to prevent corruption in critical sectors related to reconstruction, infrastructure and natural resources. Assisting with transnational corruption investigations and the recovery of assets from abroad. Working with investors and contractors to minimise integrity risks in construction and development cooperation projects.\n\nThis programme of work is carried out by a combination of a local team based in Kyiv and Basel Institute staff who travel regularly to Ukraine.","News","2025-06-05","five-ukrainian-anti-corruption-practitioners-certified-as-national-trainers-2817","Five Ukrainian anti-corruption practitioners certified as national trainers","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Ffe2fe038-6bcd-4d4e-82e5-e0aee16fb0c8?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[125],7780,[127],"Asset Recovery",[129],"Training",[],2817,[133,21],"Asset Recovery and Enforcement",[129],[],[],[138],"Main page",[140],"Anti-Corruption & Prevention",[],"2025-06-05T16:01:34.000Z","3d9ff205-1640-4f34-b5b6-86977f51bbd6","2026-05-29T22:22:36.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Ffive-ukrainian-anti-corruption-practitioners-certified-as-national-trainers-2817",{"id":148,"body":149,"status":6,"type":119,"date":150,"slug":151,"title":152,"image":153,"countries":154,"topic":156,"activity":158,"tags":159,"nid":160,"topics":161,"activities":162,"authors":163,"images":164,"websites":165,"area":23,"programme":23,"language":23,"translations":166,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":167,"user_updated":41,"date_updated":168,"content":169,"link":170},10356,"We are delighted to have signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the Ministry responsible for Ukraine's restoration. Under the agreement, we will work to minimise corruption risks in the use of state and donor funds allocated for the reconstruction of critical infrastructure.\n\nThis will include strengthening anti-corruption compliance in the road sector and assessing integrity risks when determining the cost of road works and services.\n\nOleksandr Kubrakov, Deputy Prime Minister for the Restoration of Ukraine, signed the Memorandum of Cooperation with Peter Maurer and Gretta Fenner, President and Managing Director of the Basel Institute on Governance.\n\n### Anti-corruption: a critical need\n\nAs the Ministry stated in its [Facebook post](https:\u002F\u002Fm.facebook.com\u002Flogin.php?next=https%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com%2Fstory.php%3Fstory_fbid%3Dpfbid0kbZLjavApNcrxp99SWuYTQ8P36N8h2YoxBaGAKise9CVuHNmABCCVSpLEUMxY5Yel%26id%3D100064745704510&refsrc=deprecated&_rdr), the World Bank has estimated the total reconstruction need at USD 411 billion. Housing and critical infrastructure facilities require the most funds.\n\nUkraine is actively working to attract international partners, governmental and non-governmental organisations to assist in financing the reconstruction. The consistency of financial assistance directly depends on effective anti-corruption measures.\n\nUkraine is already working on digitalising processes and reforming the procurement sector to ensure transparency and accountability at all stages of reconstruction.\n\nReferring to these challenges, Minister Kubrakov said:\n\n> We are grateful to have the Basel Institute on Governance as a partner in our efforts to strengthen internal controls and promote integrity in the infrastructure sector.\n\nJuhani Grossmann, the Institute’s Senior Advisor for Central and Eastern Europe noted:\n\n> “The Basel Institute has long supported the Ukrainian government in the fight against the “enemy within” – corruption. With the full-scale invasion over a year ago, the corruption risk profile in Ukraine has evolved significantly and the need to prevent corruption in the restoration processes is essential. It is our honour to support the Ministry and its agencies in this endeavour.”\n\n### Cooperation agreement\n\nThe memorandum provides support for Ukraine's efforts to maintain and restore critical infrastructure. It focuses on strengthening resilience and integrity in the operational processes of the Ministry and its subordinate enterprises.\n\nThe cooperation also includes: \n\n*   conducting corruption risk assessments;\n*   development of plans to identify the risks of corruption-related criminal offences and anti-corruption plans\n*   identification of measures to reduce the risks of fraud and corruption;\n*   training of officials responsible for integrity and anti-corruption policy implementation.\n\nOur work in Ukraine is supported by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, as well as the Principality of Liechtenstein which is funding our Green Corruption work on [illegal logging in Ukraine](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fdeepdive1-ukraine).\n\n### More\n\n*   View joint recommendations by the Basel Institute and Transparency International Ukraine presented at the [Ukraine Recovery Conference](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fukraine-recovery-conference-anti-corruption-critical-condition-sustainable-recovery) and [International Anti-Corruption Conference](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fstrengthening-ukraines-anti-corruption-and-judicial-infrastructure-safeguard-recovery) last year.\n*   Read a [joint blog](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fblog\u002Fdont-let-kleptocrats-war-destroy-ukraines-reconstruction) by Gretta Fenner (Basel Institute) and Andrii Borovyk (Transparency International Ukraine) on safeguarding Ukraine's reconstruction from corruption.\n*   Learn more about financing Ukraine's reconstruction using recovered assets in this [panel discussion](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fasset-recovery-developments-start-war-ukraine) and [working paper](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-42).\n*   Read about the [RISE Ukraine coalition](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Frise-ukraine-coalition-launched-today-basel-institute-among-20-partners-promoting-transparent) of Ukrainian organisations and international partners that promotes a vision of integrity, sustainability and efficiency for the country’s post-war reconstruction.","2023-04-05","transparent-reconstruction-in-ukraine-ministry-for-restoration-and-basel-institute-on-governance-sign-memorandum-of-cooperation-2425","Transparent reconstruction in Ukraine: Ministry for Restoration and Basel Institute on Governance sign Memorandum of Cooperation","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F0c954837-9f58-4922-893e-a488e62b694f?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[155],7190,[157],"Private Sector",[91],[],2425,[157,21],[91],[],[],[138],[],"2023-03-31T10:01:24.000Z","2026-05-23T09:20:06.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Ftransparent-reconstruction-in-ukraine-ministry-for-restoration-and-basel-institute-on-governance-sign-memorandum-of-cooperation-2425",{"id":172,"body":173,"status":6,"type":119,"date":174,"slug":175,"title":176,"image":177,"countries":178,"topic":180,"activity":181,"tags":182,"nid":183,"topics":184,"activities":185,"authors":186,"images":187,"websites":23,"area":23,"programme":23,"language":24,"translations":188,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":189,"user_updated":40,"date_updated":190,"content":191,"link":192},10632,"Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia or UZ) is at the core of Ukraine's resilience in light of the Russian war of aggression. With the blockage of sea access and closing of the airspace, its business continuity has become central to the survival of the state. Its 230,000 staff have worked heroically to keep the trains running against impossible odds over the last year. \n\nIn parallel, UZ is embarking on ambitious corporate governance reforms. This includes the strengthening of its compliance and corruption prevention functions. The USAID-funded Support to Anti-Corruption Champion Institutions (SACCI) programme is supporting UZ in its efforts to build a governance structure that can match its resilience, and help it become a competitive company that is increasingly integrated with its peers in Europe.  \n\nA potential stumbling block is corruption. To address this, UZ and the Basel Institute on Governance kicked of their SACCI-supported collaboration to build resilience against corruption with a two-day workshop on 15–16 May. \n\nParticipants from the compliance, procurement, cargo, HR and asset management teams jointly laid the foundation for a thorough corruption risk management process through numerous practical exercises. Participants engaged in mapping, assessing and evaluating corruption risks and brainstorming possible mitigation measures. \n\nWe look forward to continuing this cooperation through 2023, targeting more risks through follow-up workshops and ongoing advisory work.\n\n### Learn more\n\nIn April 2023, we were delighted to sign a [Memorandum of Cooperation](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Ftransparent-reconstruction-ukraine-ministry-restoration-and-basel-institute-governance-sign) with the Ministry of Communities, Territories and Infrastructure Development of Ukraine, the Ministry responsible for Ukraine's Restoration. Under the agreement, we are working to minimise corruption risks in the use of state and donor funds allocated for the reconstruction of critical infrastructure.","2023-05-30","ukrainian-railways-addressing-corruption-risks-to-ensure-the-trains-keep-running-2455","Ukrainian Railways: addressing corruption risks to ensure the trains keep running","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fd0fe9d80-430d-4b97-b155-5dd7921b1bda?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[179],7817,[157],[91],[],2455,[157],[91],[],[],[],"2026-06-04T21:14:04.000Z","2026-06-04T21:14:05.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fukrainian-railways-addressing-corruption-risks-to-ensure-the-trains-keep-running-2455",{"id":194,"body":195,"status":6,"type":10,"date":196,"slug":197,"title":198,"image":199,"countries":200,"topic":202,"activity":204,"tags":207,"nid":214,"topics":215,"activities":216,"authors":217,"images":219,"websites":220,"area":23,"programme":23,"language":23,"translations":221,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":222,"user_updated":223,"date_updated":224,"content":225,"link":226},10531,"> Environmental destruction and corruption are two of the greatest global challenges of our time. Both are closely interrelated…\n\nThis was the starting point of a [high-level meeting](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.regierung.li\u002Fmedienportal-medium\u002F16182\u002F232910\u002F0\u002Fmedienmitteilung) hosted by the Principality of Liechtenstein. Dominique Hasler and Panagiotis Potolidis of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs led the discussions together with Peter Maurer, President of the Basel Institute on Governance, and Juhani Grossmann, Head of our Green Corruption Programme.\n\nThe participants took a fresh look at the interconnected threats posed by corruption, environmental degradation and climate change, and at our Green Corruption programme's renewed focus on climate and the energy transition.\n\nIn his address, Peter Maurer also reflected on the need for bold collective action across borders to tackle these key global challenges. Our [Green Corruption programme](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption) – made possible through core funding from Liechtenstein – is a powerful example of how international partnerships and innovative solutions can make a real difference.\n\nAn edited excerpt of Peter Maurer’s speech follows:\n\n> Building on 20 years of global and national experience in the fight against corruption, we at the Basel Institute have had the opportunity over the last seven years to look more closely at the interfaces between corruption and the environment. In our Green Corruption programme we are working with partners across four continents, supporting both enforcement and corruption prevention.\n> \n> While the political focus on environmental issues and the protection of natural resources in the past has brought many positive results, we have also seen how corruption and financial crime have become drivers of environmental problems:\n> \n> *   Standards are not adhered to.\n> *   Illegal trade and financial activities lead to new forms of exploitation of nature.\n> *   Regulatory authorities can be influenced, supervisory and enforcement authorities bribed into inaction.\n> *   Climate legislation is manipulated.\n> \n> And wherever a lot of new funds flow in – like climate finance or renewable energy projects – there are direct and indirect risks of abuse.\n> \n> Integrity and anti-corruption are crucial in effectively tackling the climate and environmental crisis. But the relevant authorities, such as law enforcement and environmental protection agencies, cooperate very little, either with each other or with other stakeholders.\n> \n> The good news is: There are encouraging examples. Our broad geographical focus allows us to take stock and make concrete suggestions for the future.\n> \n> ### Where corruption and environmental issues converge\n> \n> Our Green Corruption team is intensifying efforts in key areas where we see corruption undermining our collective ability to tackle the climate crisis: the energy transition and climate finance.\n> \n> Energy transition\n> \n> Renewable energy is essential to address climate change. The renewables sector comes with new regulations, financial flows, processes, actors. The new settings also mean new integrity risks to address.\n> \n> In addition, renewable energies depend on the mining of critical raw materials. Lithium or nickel, for example, are used in the production of batteries or renewable power generation in turbines or solar modules.\n> \n> There is growing long-term demand for the mining of these minerals. The increasing competition for these resources invites new players, such as technology companies and commodity traders. And this new rush is accompanied by numerous corruption scandals.\n> \n> Despite the high risks, very few safeguards are put in place to prevent corruption from undermining the effective, consensual and sustainable extraction of critical materials.\n> \n> In the next phase of our Green Corruption programme, we are starting detailed investigations into corruption risks, including with regard to lithium in Ukraine and nickel in Indonesia. These studies will also help us to support government authorities in strengthening their internal controls and risk mitigation measures.\n> \n> Climate finance\n> \n> We all know today that tackling the effects of climate change will require enormous investments. These are necessary to a) slow down climate change, and b) prepare and adapt to the unavoidable effects of the changing climate.\n> \n> Despite these two strategies being subject to political volatility, the basic facts make this an even stronger growth area in the medium to long term. The UN puts the cost of tackling climate change at USD 5.5 trillion a year. This is more than the combined GDP of Germany and Switzerland. Very substantial financial resources are already being invested in mitigating and adapting to climate change.\n> \n> As money is tight and climate change compete with other financial priorities like defence and migration, we need to get more out of existing funds. That means ensuring that they are not lost to corruption.\n> \n> Unfortunately, our partners at Transparency International are [documenting](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.transparency.org\u002Fen\u002Fpublications\u002Fclimate-and-corruption-atlas-lessons-from-real-cases) a growing number of corruption incidents in climate initiatives: Bribery to secure land for carbon capture; permits and licences for infrastructure that can only be obtained through corruption; bribes for environmental impact assessments; corruption in the certification and sale of carbon credits.\n> \n> There are multiple, complex reasons for corruption being present in the responses to climate change. These range from weak internal controls and excessive decision-making powers at environmental regulatory authorities to poorly designed and safeguarded carbon offsetting projects.\n> \n> Overall, our efforts aim to boost cooperation between different actors to help integrity standards and better practice to take hold. There is a need for greater understanding of systemic issues, more effective training and better legal, political and institutional guidance.\n> \n> ### Seeking answers\n> \n> The international community is faced with a number of pertinent questions:\n> \n> *   How can we use the money we have to make an impact on important problems relating to the environment, climate change, biodiversity, water and food?\n> *   How can we build on market forces and support competitive companies that contribute to the necessary energy and economic policy changes?\n> *   How can we make access to critical materials transparent so that we can better utilise them to bring about environmental and energy policy change globally?\n> *   How can we better harmonise regulatory measures and our own initiatives?\n> \n> Finding and implementing answers to these questions is challenging, not least in the face of geopolitical volatility and transactional politics. But it also presents opportunities for players of all sizes, including small and medium-sized countries, to show leadership, push for innovative solutions and get involved in tangible ways.\n> \n> The Principality of Liechtenstein is doing just that. Its support of initiatives at the intersection of corruption and the environment such as our Green Corruption programme goes a long way.","2025-02-04","peter-maurer-on-new-priorities-in-addressing-corruption-environment-and-climate-challenges-2762","Peter Maurer on new priorities in addressing corruption, environment and climate challenges","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F256dabda-b6d7-4665-a094-cf8ddf9f4ff8?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[201],7072,[203],"Green Corruption",[205,18,206],"Events","Presentations",[208,210],{"tags_id":209},{"id":103,"name":104},{"tags_id":211},{"id":212,"name":213},804,"Natural resources",2762,[203],[205,18,206],[218],1091,[],[138],[],"2025-02-04T17:01:50.000Z","dfef11db-1bc6-47e9-a61d-93443995484b","2026-05-08T21:17:39.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fpeter-maurer-on-new-priorities-in-addressing-corruption-environment-and-climate-challenges-2762",{"id":228,"body":229,"status":6,"type":10,"date":230,"slug":231,"title":232,"image":233,"countries":234,"topic":235,"activity":236,"tags":237,"nid":262,"topics":263,"activities":264,"authors":265,"images":268,"websites":269,"area":270,"programme":271,"language":24,"translations":272,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":273,"user_updated":41,"date_updated":274,"content":275,"link":276},10539,"Juhani Grossmann and Amanda Cabrejo le Roux explain the strategic re-focusing of our Green Corruption programme on energy and climate:\n\n### What is “green” corruption and why does it matter?\n\nGreen corruption refers to corruption and other financial crimes and governance failures that harm the environment and hinder global efforts to combat climate change.\n\nIt’s the reason crimes such as illicit deforestation, mining and wildlife trade continue to be multimillion-dollar illegal industries making organised criminals rich at the expense of our planet and the livelihoods of local communities. Green corruption also diverts crucial investments intended for renewable energy and other climate-related projects.\n\nAdapting to humanity’s changing energy needs in a just and sustainable manner are challenging enough. We cannot afford to let corruption undermine these generational challenges.\n\n### What are some key achievements of the programme so far?\n\nWe are proud that since its launch in 2018, the Green Corruption programme has contributed to significant strides in tackling corruption affecting the environment.\n\nOur programme started with an enforcement focus: applying “follow the money” approaches to environmental crimes like illegal wildlife trade and illegal logging. In practice, that means mentoring and training law enforcement officers of national partner agencies to investigate financial transactions that fuel environmental crimes, including between criminal groups and corrupt facilitators. And ideally, to seize and confiscate illicit profits or assets used in the crimes.\n\nThat’s the only way to get beyond the low-level perpetrators – such as poachers – to the high-level facilitators and organised crime networks. And the only way to take the profit out of the crime, reducing the incentives to engage in it.\n\nAt the end of 2024, assets worth around CHF 29.6 million were being targeted in 56 cases directly supported by our advisors. We had quite a few “firsts” – like Uganda’s first ever indictment for tax evasion and money laundering against a wildlife trafficking syndicate, Malawi’s first ever corruption cases related to natural resource crimes, Peru’s confiscation of over CHF 3 million in assets related to forestry and gold trafficking, and Indonesia’s first ever conviction on money laundering in relation to an illegal logging case.\n\nBehind the headlines lie many more positive steps towards changing mindsets and the priorities of law enforcement agencies to go after the finances of environmental criminals.\n\nOur prevention work rapidly grew as we and our partners realised the chronic under-investment in building systems that strengthen resilience to corruption in the environmental sector.\n\nGovernment agencies and state-owned enterprises in countries as diverse as Indonesia, Malawi, Ukraine and Bolivia have now begun to systematically assess and address corruption risks that are affecting their ability to carry out their important functions of protecting the environment and natural resources. Our prevention specialists supported these in applying our bespoke [methodology](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fguide-conducting-corruption-risk-assessments-wildlife-law-enforcement-context) of assessing and prioritising corruption risks and implementing targeted mitigation measures. We developed a customised internal controls maturity assessment tool to reflect the historic lack of investment in this space, which meant that mainstream assessment tools were insufficiently granular at the first stage of maturity to reflect nuances and chart paths to growth.\n\nAs result of our partnerships, mitigation measures have been institutionalised in many agencies – for example:\n\n*   in Malawi through the creation of Internal Integrity Committees in environmental agencies;\n*   in Ukraine through the empowerment of anti-corruption officers to participate in key decision-making processes;\n*   in Ecuador by reducing unsupervised discretion in environmental inspections;\n*   in Indonesia in the adoption of conflict of interest regulations in the management of timber sales; and\n*   in Peru through the automation and digitalisation of numerous permitting and licensing processes related to the wood value chain.\n\nAlso pleasing to see are the many collaborations and partnerships that have sprung from our work. In Latin America, for example, forestry officials in [Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fprotecting-forests-through-corruption-prevention-videos-promising-initiatives-bolivia-ecuador) are now collaborating on protecting the Amazon rainforest through corruption prevention.\n\nStill, targeting and preventing corruption tends to be a lonely effort. So, we have established the [Countering Environmental Corruption Practitioners Forum](https:\u002F\u002Fenvironmental-corruption.org\u002F) together with WWF, TRAFFIC and Transparency International as a support network, and it has now grown to over 800 members and four working groups. There are frequent meetings and collaborations between practitioners dedicated to tackling corruption and improving governance, and those specialised in environmental conservation or climate initiatives.\n\nIt’s a sign there’s much appetite and energy for action against green corruption!\n\n### Why is now the time to focus on the energy transition?\n\nWhatever happens in these volatile times, one thing is certain: we’ll continue to see growing demands for energy transition and climate mitigation and adaptation.\n\nThe urgency of tackling the energy transition, and the rapid increase in investments from both the public and private sectors, leaves the door wide open to criminals and the corrupt seeking to profit at the expense of investors and donors – as well as the planet.\n\nA clear example in this space is the growing geopolitical centrality of critical minerals and rare earths. The rapid rise in demand has been accompanied by particularly fragile governance structures, intense political and economic subsidies, and even warfare. Our experience shows that these are all breeding grounds for corruption. We are therefore prioritising efforts to analyse and mitigate corruption risks in this space in Bolivia, Indonesia and Ukraine.\n\nEnsuring that the energy transition is safeguarded from corruption is essential for achieving net-zero goals. As outlined in our Working Paper on [good governance and the just transition](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-53), corrupt practices can jeopardise renewable energy investments and hinder the development of clean energy infrastructure.\n\nRapidly emerging market-based solutions to stimulate responsible behaviour, such as carbon offsets, are also affected by weak governance systems and opportunities for corruption. The fast-evolving and highly technical nature of these activities only increases this risk.\n\nCorruption risks similarly threaten the effectiveness of climate mitigation and adaptation efforts. If funds are embezzled, used fraudulently or diverted to benefit powerful elites, that’s bad for donors and investors. And it’s bad for local communities, many of which are also directly affected by climate change.\n\nOn the other hand, there are opportunities. Using corruption risk management tools and enhancing enforcement capabilities can help companies and governments to create thriving, profitable supply chains of critical minerals needed for renewable energy facilities, electric vehicles and the like.\n\n### What does this shift in priorities mean in practice?\n\nThrough our Green Corruption programme, we are adapting to this evolving landscape by sharpening our focus on transition minerals and the renewable energy sector.\n\nWe will continue our dual approach of prevention and enforcement, working closely with long-standing partners in Ukraine, Indonesia, Madagascar, Malawi, Uganda, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador.\n\nSome things you might see us doing in the next years:\n\n*   Strengthening transparency and anti-corruption measures in the extraction and trade of lithium, nickel, germanium and other minerals and rare earths essential for the energy transition.\n*   Customising financial investigation and asset recovery tools to the specifics of the energy transition.\n*   Working with governments, financial institutions and civil society to safeguard energy transition and climate mitigation funds from corruption, fraud and related crimes.\n\nWe will continue full force our ongoing engagement related to metals (gold in particular) and the forestry sector, which remain highly strategic.\n\nIn other areas, such as illegal wildlife trade, fisheries and waste, we will be more discerning, carefully assessing the potential of engagements prior to pursuing them.\n\n### What impact do we hope to achieve?\n\nBy applying our expertise to emerging climate and energy challenges, we want to contribute to measurable improvements in the energy transition, environmental conservation, climate change mitigation and equitable economic development.\n\nThrough these efforts, our Green Corruption programme will continue to play a vital role in ensuring that the green transition is not only sustainable but also just, transparent and a win-win for all: businesses, local communities and society at large – as well as our planet.","2025-03-11","how-tackling-green-corruption-can-help-us-get-ahead-in-the-race-to-net-zero-2781","How tackling green corruption can help us get ahead in the race to net zero","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fb5fea614-8c8e-4097-ab4a-ac6687334577?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[],[203],[18],[238,242,244,246,250,254,258],{"tags_id":239},{"id":240,"name":241},843,"Asset recovery",{"tags_id":243},{"id":103,"name":104},{"tags_id":245},{"id":212,"name":213},{"tags_id":247},{"id":248,"name":249},1374,"Law enforcement",{"tags_id":251},{"id":252,"name":253},1373,"Corruption prevention",{"tags_id":255},{"id":256,"name":257},859,"Corruption risks",{"tags_id":259},{"id":260,"name":261},1193,"Financial investigations",2781,[203],[18],[266,267],1086,1087,[],[138],[140],[203],[],"2025-03-11T11:01:35.000Z","2025-08-31T23:12:02.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fhow-tackling-green-corruption-can-help-us-get-ahead-in-the-race-to-net-zero-2781",{"id":278,"body":279,"status":6,"type":10,"date":280,"slug":281,"title":282,"image":283,"countries":284,"topic":285,"activity":286,"tags":287,"nid":300,"topics":301,"activities":302,"authors":303,"images":306,"websites":23,"area":23,"programme":23,"language":24,"translations":307,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":308,"user_updated":40,"date_updated":309,"content":310,"link":311},10604,"> The diversity of activities to prevent and combat corruption that harms the environment is laudable. But it is far from the scale needed to tackle today's corruption and environmental challenges.\n\nAdopted in 2019, UNCAC Resolution 8\u002F12 – _Preventing and combating corruption as it relates to crimes that have an impact on the environment_ – urges States Parties to the UN Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC) to prevent, investigate and prosecute corruption offences where they may be linked to crimes that have an impact on the environment.\n\nIn 2023, the Basel Institute on Governance published its Working Paper 50, _Seedlings of hope_, providing a panorama of emerging and promising initiatives across the world since the adoption of Resolution 8\u002F12.\n\nThe new Working Paper _Saplings of hope_, prepared for the [11th Conference of the States Parties (CoSP)](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unodc.org\u002Fcorruption\u002Fen\u002Fcosp\u002Fconference\u002Fsession11.html) in Doha, Qatar in December 2025, highlights what progress has been achieved since then.\n\nThe report was made possible by the generous support of the Principality of Liechtenstein.\n\nBelow are the main takeaways, but we urge you to read the full [Working Paper](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-61) for concrete examples from Bolivia, Canada, Indonesia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, Ukraine and other countries.\n\n### Corruption prevention measures\n\nStates have implemented a host of initiatives to strengthen integrity systems.\n\nMost commonly, this included the revision and adoption of internal control policies, more dedicated risk management efforts, including through the establishment of corruption prevention committees, and a range of capacity building efforts to strengthen environmental agencies’ ability to mitigate their own corruption risks, such as workshops on ethics codes and other integrity measures.\n\nWhistleblower protection programmes were increasingly designed, implemented and promoted. Corruption risk assessments were conducted in sectors such as wildlife management, forestry and fisheries.\n\nPromising corruption prevention interventions include:\n\n*   Conducting regular corruption perception and experience surveys among staff. This can help assess both progress and the effectiveness of corruption prevention measures. It can also create baselines against which to measure progress. Not enough interventions and reform efforts start with such a baseline, which means they then struggle to assess progress.\n*   Involving high-level management and leadership at each stage of the corruption prevention approach. This can help develop ownership and accountability. Explaining how integrity efforts support the strategic and political priorities of the leadership is crucial to achieve this. It requires adapting technocratic approaches to be relevant to the institutional leadership.\n*   Stipulating a mandatory budget for corruption prevention across ministries, agencies and departments. This can help ensure that minimal investments in integrity and anti-corruption activities are effectively prioritised and implemented. Sanctions for not respecting the mandatory budget should be imposed.\n*   Launching awareness-raising campaigns to promote knowledge of anti-corruption measures. This is an important first step to their effective implementation.\n*   Developing whistleblowing mechanisms. They can help increase reporting and detection of corruption. To achieve their potential, whistleblower mechanisms require a strong system, reliable protections and an institutional culture that welcomes such feedback.\n*   Peer-to-peer learning for government representatives from different countries and institutions to exchange on corruption prevention actions. This can be relevant, as anti-corruption officials often struggle with similar institutional challenges. Peer exchanges can help people and institutions to learn from each other’s successes and challenges and jointly identify effective mitigation measures.\n\n### Enforcement actions\n\nSeveral countries have investigated and prosecuted corruption cases linked to crimes that have an impact on the environment. Financial investigations and money laundering legislation are more frequently used to tackle these crimes.\n\nThe systematic seizure and confiscation of assets is still just beginning, as is the creation of multi-agency and interdisciplinary task forces, nationally and internationally. However, enforcement actions on corruption as it relates to crimes that have an impact on the environment are still limited.\n\nPromising enforcement interventions include:\n\n*   Assessing the economic, social and environmental losses from cases of corruption linked to crimes that have an impact on the environment – and using these to calculate associated penalties and fines – can help compensate and restore some of the harm done. Combining calculations of losses due to corruption with those of losses due to the environmental crimes can result in stiffer sentences and penalties.\n*   Seizing and confiscating proceeds and instrumentalities of crime (bank accounts, real estate, vehicles, machineries, etc.) through the diverse legal instruments available in jurisdictions can help ensure that crime does not pay. It also removes the resources needed to continue activities that harm the environment, thereby halting ongoing destruction.\n*   Exploring legal avenues outside the anti-corruption field can help strengthen enforcement. These include legislation on money laundering and tax offences as well as the social re-use of seized and confiscation assets, sanctions and visa bans.\n\n### Essential role of civil society and the media\n\nAlongside States, civil society organisations and the media have played an essential role in increasing our understanding of the relationship between corruption and crimes that have an impact on the environment.\n\nTheir efforts span investigative reporting, publishing evidence-based research, capacity building, creating networks to bridge the gap between anti-corruption and environmental practitioners, as well as initiating strategic litigation cases. Their involvement is all the more commendable given that they are facing an increasingly repressive environment.\n\n### The way forward\n\nAs the Working Paper highlights, various activities are taking place to tackle corruption linked to crimes that have an impact on the environment. The paper picks out those that show significant promise.\n\nThe diversity of engagements is laudable, but it is far from the scale needed to make a systemic difference to both societal corruption and environmental challenges. States Parties need to adapt and scale up initiatives that are effective or look promising, by, among other things:\n\n*   Ensuring more robust staffing and prioritisation of corruption prevention systems in government and state-owned enterprises tasked with conserving, managing or trading natural resources.\n*   Developing specialised knowledge and expertise of governmental institutions and agencies to better address corruption that impacts the environment.\n*   Incorporating anti-corruption measures into environmental and natural resource policies and strengthening environmental governance structures to include anti-corruption internal controls and mechanisms.\n*   Dedicating greater resources for specialised law enforcement to pursue complex financial flows linked to corruption and crimes that have an impact on the environment.\n*   Increasing inter-agency collaboration and conducting joint operations on corruption that has an impact on the environment.\n*   Making use of legal frameworks and testing new legal avenues to hold individuals and legal persons accountable, including through asset recovery and remedies to repair the damage.\n*   Engaging in platforms for representatives from governments, civil society and other stakeholder groups to exchange experiences and know-how in tackling corruption that has an impact on the environment.\n*   Sharing knowledge, case law, success stories, etc.\n*   Ensuring that this issue is integrated in all relevant United Nations processes such as the ones related to climate and biodiversity.\n*   Protecting and defending civil society space, press freedom and human rights defenders working on the environment and corruption-related issues.\n\nAs these initiatives have now been conducted for six years, there is a sufficient body to scrutinise their effectiveness and efficiency. It is therefore essential to rigorously assess these measures, especially in an environment of increasingly scarce financial resources.\n\n### Addressing corruption that has an impact on the environment\n\nThe Working Paper also makes a case for moving from the concept of “corruption as it relates to crimes that have an impact on the environment” to “corruption that has an impact on the environment”.\n\nFocusing solely on corruption linked to crimes that have an impact on the environment overlooks situations where corruption causes environmental harm without an associated criminal offence. It does not take into consideration pressing issues such as corruption linked to climate finance, renewable energy and the exploitation of critical minerals.\n\nAdopting a holistic approach is crucial to address all forms of corruption that affect the environment, and thus to protect the environment and people.\n\n### Learn more\n\n*   Read the full Working Paper 61: [_Saplings of hope: Addressing corruption that has an impact on the environment in line with UNCAC Resolution 8\u002F12 and beyond_](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-61)\n*   View the recordings of the \"[Environment Day](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcosp11env-day)\" at the 11th CoSP.\n*   Learn more about our [Green Corruption programme](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fgreen-corruption)","2025-12-11","from-seedlings-to-saplings-of-hope-updated-report-on-promising-efforts-to-address-environmental-corruption-2926","From seedlings to saplings of hope: updated report on promising efforts to address environmental corruption","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F186e3dc8-1f6d-4d45-ad33-596b4a3a7bb0?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[],[203],[17,18],[288,290,292,294,298],{"tags_id":289},{"id":103,"name":104},{"tags_id":291},{"id":252,"name":253},{"tags_id":293},{"id":248,"name":249},{"tags_id":295},{"id":296,"name":297},1375,"Civil society",{"tags_id":299},{"id":212,"name":213},2926,[203],[17,18],[304,305],1369,1370,[],[],"2026-02-27T15:07:21.000Z","2026-02-27T15:07:22.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Ffrom-seedlings-to-saplings-of-hope-updated-report-on-promising-efforts-to-address-environmental-corruption-2926",{"id":313,"body":314,"status":6,"type":119,"date":315,"slug":316,"title":317,"image":318,"countries":319,"topic":320,"activity":323,"tags":325,"nid":326,"topics":327,"activities":329,"authors":330,"images":331,"websites":332,"area":23,"programme":23,"language":23,"translations":333,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":334,"user_updated":143,"date_updated":335,"content":336,"link":337},10425,"We are excited to launch a new project on addressing corruption risks in the emergency response of the Malawian health system.\n\nOur team of collaborators will analyse corruption risks emerging in three kinds of crisis situations:\n\n*   external shocks from a pandemic, like covid 19; \n*   internal crises such as recurrent cholera outbreaks; and \n*   extreme climate events such as cyclones, floodings and resulting displacement of the population. \n\nWorking together with key local stakeholders in a participatory manner, we will then develop innovative approaches to preventing and mitigating corruption in that context.\n\nDr Claudia Baez Camargo, Head of [Prevention, Research and Innovation](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fteam\u002Fprevention-research-innovation) at the Basel Institute and Principal Investigator on the project, formally kicked off the three-year project at the launch event of the Governance & Integrity Anti-Corruption Evidence Programme in February 2024. \n\nThe [GI-ACE programme](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.sussex.ac.uk\u002Fnews\u002Farticle\u002F63466-sussex-centre-for-the-study-of-corruption-awarded-major-grant-from-uk-government-to-help-tackle-global-corruption) is funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and is based at the University of Sussex's Centre for the Study of Corruption.\n\n### A novel approach\n\nThe project will explore different types of corruption affecting the emergency response of the Malawian health system in order to understand whether these are simply an exacerbated version of corruption patterns plaguing the health system in “normal times” or whether emergencies give rise to unique, additional corruption patterns.\n\nThrough a participative process with key local stakeholders and inputs from an advisory group of experts, corruption patterns identified in the health system’s emergency response will be prioritised based on how relevant they are and how feasible they are to address.\n\nThe prioritised corruption patterns will be thoroughly researched to understand formal, informal and behavioural drivers and enabling factors. This research is essential for the design of tailored and impactful interventions. The use of behavioural insights can increase the impact of anti-corruption initiatives, for example, by correcting misperceptions or addressing perceived social norms. The research is also essential to ensure crisis responses do not exacerbate or fuel corruption risks. \n\nUltimately, the team will provide detailed guidance on developing and implementing high-impact, technologically and politically feasible strategies to address corruption in the crisis response of the health system in Malawi. \n\n### Project collaborators\n\nOur team looks forward to working with:\n\n*   Institutional partners in Malawi, including the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Ombudsman.\n*   Professor Eric Umar, an expert specialist in health system governance from the [Kamuzu University of Health Sciences](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.kuhes.ac.mw\u002Fass-professor-eric-umar\u002F), Malawi. \n*   Professor Dina Balabanova, a renowned expert in the field of corruption and anti-corruption in health systems from the [London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lshtm.ac.uk\u002Faboutus\u002Fpeople\u002Fbalabanova.dina). \n*   Dr Maqueda López, from the EssentialTech Centre of the [Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.epfl.ch\u002Fen\u002F) (EPFL), an innovation centre specialising in harnessing science and technology to address extreme vulnerability.\n*   Professor Thorsten Chmura, an expert in experimental and behavioural economics at [Nottingham Trent University.](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ntu.ac.uk\u002Fstaff-profiles\u002Fbusiness\u002Fthorsten-chmura)\n\n### Learn more\n\nSee previous research by our Prevention, Research and Innovation team (formerly “Public Governance) under an earlier edition of GI-ACE programme on:\n\n*   [Leveraging informal networks for anti-corruption in East Africa](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fresearch-case-2)\n*   [Targeting corrupt behaviours in a Tanzanian hospital through a behavioural approach](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fresearch-case-1)","2024-02-28","corruption-risks-and-health-crises-in-malawi-new-gi-ace-research-project-2592","Corruption risks and health crises in Malawi: new GI-ACE research project","https:\u002F\u002Fjam.baselgovernance.org\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Ff09731d9-f4d4-4028-b147-2f558d11f003?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=80",[],[321,322],"Prevention"," Research and Innovation",[324],"Research",[],2592,[328],"Prevention Research and Innovation",[324],[],[],[138],[],"2024-02-28T17:01:33.000Z","2026-05-07T21:29:55.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fcorruption-risks-and-health-crises-in-malawi-new-gi-ace-research-project-2592",{"id":339,"body":340,"status":6,"type":10,"date":341,"slug":342,"title":343,"image":344,"countries":345,"topic":347,"activity":349,"tags":350,"nid":351,"topics":352,"activities":353,"authors":354,"images":355,"websites":356,"area":23,"programme":23,"language":23,"translations":357,"translation_of":23,"user_created":40,"date_created":358,"user_updated":41,"date_updated":359,"content":360,"link":361},10140,"_In an interview with Tayfun Zaman, Secretary General at TEID , Ethics and Reputation Society, and Founder and Director of Turkish Integrity Center of Excellence, Mr Zaman talks about his own professional experience of launching and participating in a Collective Action initiative for custom brokers in Turkey. This article first appeared this summer in the Basel Institute Institute on Governance [Annual Report 2014](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fabout_us\u002Fannual_reports)._\n\nCan you please tell us about [TEID](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.teid.org\u002F), the Ethics and Reputation Society of Turkey?\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe Ethics and Reputation Society – TEID, was established in May 2010. TEID’s main mission is to make business ethics the very basis of companies’ written culture in Turkey. It is also our aim to act as a reference centre in integrity risk management in Turkey. In this context, TEID establishes partnerships and affiliations with some of the most respected NGO s in the field, such as the Basel Institute on Governance.\n\nTEID currently has more than 100 corporate members, whose total revenues exceed 13% of Turkish GDP and who collectively employ approximately 200,000 people.\n\nTEID has initiated a Collective Action amongst customs brokers in Turkey.Could you tell us more about the background of this initiative?\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTEID, in partnership with five local associations of customs brokers in Turkey (Istanbul, Izmir, Bursa, Mersin and Ankara) has prepared Customs Brokerage Ethics Standards governing business ethics and integrity risk management in customs-associated transactions and relations. At the unveiling of the initiative in 2013, 250 Turkish customs brokers signed the declaration of integrity.\n\nWhat are the main goals and operating procedures of the Customs Brokerage Ethics Standards?\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe initiative seeks to combat corruption and integrity related barriers in customs operation with a holistic approach, through the partnership of NGO s, and both the public and private sectors. First, we try to address and manage the relationship between customs brokers and the customer in order to better manage integrity risks on behalf of the customer. Secondly, we promote fair competition in all business relationships involving customs brokers and their customers. Finally, the Customs Brokerage Ethics Standards includes commitments for combatting corruption in connection with interactions between customs brokers and public officials.\n\nWhy have you chosen a Collective Action approach over another methodology and why do you think that Collective Action was the most promising one in view of the challenges that you were seeking to address?\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nAs the private sector can play a part in the corruption problem in customs, it can also be a significant part of the solution. An adherence to standards of integrity and ethics by customs brokers in their business could thus be considered as an initial key step. A comprehensive Collective Action approach can further strengthen and support a successful integrity programme of individual customs brokers, increasing an individual company’s impact by making fair business practices more common and elevating individual action of vulnerable individual players such as small and medium sized enterprises, which compose the majority of customs brokerage operations in Turkey. Thus, this gives customs brokers a very important part in reducing corruption in customs through their role as agents of the private sector.\n\nIn June 2014, the ICCA hosted an international conference on anti-corruption Collective Action, where you delivered an excellent presentation. Could you please share with us some of your thoughts and experiences on the event?\n---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nIt was indeed a pleasure to take part in this important conference. I believe that it was a very productive event for me and for all of the participants, providing a unique opportunity to exchange with Collective Action practitioners from business, government, academia and civil society. The variety of topics and methodologies analysed in the presentations and discussions helped underscore effective methods and the value of Collective Action in the fight against corruption. It was an honour to discuss some of the successful examples, practical advice and lessons learned about collective action drawing from our recent experience in Turkey.\n\nTurkey is currently the host nation for the G20\u002FB20, with a B20 Task Force devoted to Anti-Corruption. What will be B20 Turkey’s approach to anti-corruption?\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nThe B20 and G20 this year are focused heavily on implementation, and thus B20 Turkey will build upon recommendations and action plans of the 2014 B20 Anti-corruption Working in ( ACWG ) in Australia and the G20 ACWG. For example, one B20 Australia Recommendation calls for endorsement of the G8 core principles on transparency of ownership and control of companies and legal arrangements.\n\nG20 leaders answered positively to this recommendation, and thus B20 Turkey will focus on this as an area for implementation in 2015, with actions to be further detailed and carried out over the course of the year. In addition, B20 Turkey’s approach for 2015 will also contain an important Collective Action component, again in relation to the area of customs brokerage.\n\nThat is a very topical idea, in light of your experience in this field. What are your recommendations to B20 with regard to Collective Action in customs brokerage?\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n*   Model a collective action tool-kit to be used by the local associations of customs brokers in all G20 Countries to promote and facilitate parallel collective action initiatives\n*   Prepare a customs-focused integrity guideline equipped by sector specific risk definitions, regulations and solutions\n*   Create sector specific tuning based on the integrity barriers defined by a TEID \u002F OECD Survey\n*   Conduct a corruption focused survey in Turkey to identify corruption risks and barriers in customs operations\n*   Create and publish a “case for change” showing the return on investment for customs agencies of each G20 country that combats corruption\n*   Compile an online repository of innovative uses of technology and analytics, apps, data platforms, case studies in mitigating corruption risk at customs in G20 countries\n*   Monitor adoption and effectiveness of new technologies in customs in five pilot G20 countries.\n\nYou have recently founded and lead the [Turkish Integrity Centre of Excellence](http:\u002F\u002Fwww.tice.org.tr\u002F) (TICE). What are the aims of this institution and how do you see it further promoting business integrity and Collective Action?\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWe have established TICE in 2014 with the mission of levelling the playing field, by including and engaging the private sector in the fight against corruption, based on the recognition that businesses seldom have appropriate expertise to implement internationally developed anti-corruption and good governance guidelines and standards.\n\nAlso, it was noted that the assessment of how companies improve their practical implementation of these standards is difficult due to the lack of coherent data regarding socio-economic effects of corruption on leading sectors of the local economy.\n\nFurther, especially smaller companies, whilst they might have defined some sort of ethical standards, often do not have a compliance program through which they integrate those standards into their written corporate culture and into their corporate practice. Consequently business ethics remain a soft skill for the companies rather than a value and an asset to be measured, reported and effectively managed. The vision of TICE is to create a cultural change in the Turkish private sector to address this problem.\n\nTo this end, TICE amongst others is dedicated to training compliance officers who will effectively manage integrity risks for their companies. Collective Action will play a very important role in this cultural change.","2015-09-17","talking-from-experience-an-interview-with-tayfun-zaman-270","Talking from experience – an interview with Tayfun Zaman","\u002Fpics\u002Fimg-placeholder.png",[346],7695,[348,157],"Collective Action",[18],[],270,[348,157],[18],[],[],[138,348],[],"2022-05-26T22:59:09.000Z","2025-08-31T23:14:59.000Z",[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Ftalking-from-experience-an-interview-with-tayfun-zaman-270",{"left":363,"top":363,"width":364,"height":364,"rotate":363,"vFlip":365,"hFlip":365,"body":366},0,20,false,"\u003Cpath fill=\"currentColor\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M17 10a.75.75 0 0 1-.75.75H5.612l4.158 3.96a.75.75 0 1 1-1.04 1.08l-5.5-5.25a.75.75 0 0 1 0-1.08l5.5-5.25a.75.75 0 1 1 1.04 1.08L5.612 9.25H16.25A.75.75 0 0 1 17 10\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\u002F>",1780676512474]