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Illicit money now moves through crypto wallets as easily as through bank accounts, sanctions regimes shift overnight and pressure on natural resources grows every year.\n\nTo stay useful, an organisation has to keep learning. And one of the best ways to learn is to ask people who see the problem from somewhere else.\n\nSo we are delighted to launch the Basel Institute's new [Advisory Network](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fadvisory-network\u002F). Its nine founding members come from banking, international law, diplomacy, natural resource governance, corporate compliance and anti-corruption enforcement.\n\nThey have agreed to share their time, judgement and connections with us. We are very grateful.\n\n## Why do we need an Advisory Network?\n\nSince our founding in 2003, the Basel Institute has earned the trust of governments around the world, as well as companies and civil society organisations. We now run programmes across five continents and bring anti-corruption and asset recovery expertise to fields as varied as health, the environment and defence.\n\nWe are proud of that. We also know we don't have all the answers.\n\nAI and new technologies are changing how we research, train and investigate, and we are embracing them. Some things, though, still come from people: a frank conversation, a well-timed introduction, the instinct of someone who has done this work inside a different institution.\n\nThe Advisory Network is our way of making sure we keep hearing those voices. The network began its work in October 2026. Members will advise on the direction of our work and bring an outside view to the way we connect research, policy and practice.\n\n## Who's joining us\n\nOne name will be familiar. **[Professor Anne Peters](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Fprof-anne-peters)** served as Vice President of our Board from our founding in 2003 until the end of 2025. We are very glad to keep her close as Co-Chair of the Advisory Network. She brings decades of research and practice in public international law, with a focus on accountability and how law can respond to global challenges.\n\nThe Network’s other Co-Chair is **[Dr Klaus Moosmayer](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Fklaus-moosmayer)**, Member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank and a prominent figure in international policy and business. Among others he is a pioneer of _integrated assurance_, a governance approach connecting ethics, compliance, audit, legal and risk management. This dovetails with our holistic approach to business integrity and compliance.\n\nAmbassador **[Geneviève Federspiel](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Fgenevieve-federspiel)** brings a diplomat's view of international cooperation, having served with the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs in many different countries on the rule of law, anti-corruption, asset recovery and peace-building.\n\nSeveral members know the financial system from the inside. **[Tom Keatinge](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Ftom-keatinge)** is Founding Director of the Centre for Finance and Security at RUSI, after a career in investment banking.\n\n**[Emma Molvidson](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Femma-molvidson),** Head of Group Internal Audit at UBS and former Co-Chair of the Wolfsberg Group, brings deep expertise in financial crime prevention within the financial services industry.\n\n**[Olga de Truchis de Varennes](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Folga-de-truchis-de-varennes),** Société Générale Group Compliance Coordinator on Crypto & Blockchain, is a well-known figure in efforts to advance the fight against crime risks around virtual assets. Working across banks, law enforcement and international policymaking, she co-leads the Crypto-asset Workstream under the Europol Financial Intelligence Public-Private Partnership.\n\n**[Soji Apampa](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Fsoji-apampa)**, Chief Executive Officer of the Convention on Business Integrity in Nigeria, has done a great deal to raise standards of business integrity in Nigeria and beyond. He is a passionate advocate of anti-corruption Collective Action between the private and public sectors.\n\n**[Dr Laode M. Syarif](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Flaode-muhamad-syarif)** is a Senior Lecturer at Hasanuddin University, Law School and former Commissioner of Indonesia's Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK). He knows both the prevention and the enforcement sides of tackling corruption, including in critical areas such as the environment.\n\n**[Dr Evelyn Dietsche](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fabout\u002Fteam\u002Fdr-evelyn-dietsche)**, Member of the Inspection Panel of the World Bank Group’s Independent Accountability Mechanism and an associate fellow at Swisspeace, brings extensive experience working on natural resource governance and on making resource-heavy industries more responsible. Her experience spans business, advisory work, public policy and development.\n\n## Welcome!\n\nAnnouncing the Network, Basel Institute Executive Director Elizabeth Andersen said:\n\n> Our work has always depended on the people around us: partners who open doors, practitioners who tell us what works on the ground, and friends who tell us when we need to course correct. The Advisory Network makes that habit official. Its members bring experience that’s complementary to what we have in-house and they're willing to ask us hard questions. With so much changing so fast, that kind of honest advice is worth a great deal.\n\nA warm welcome to all nine members. We look forward to the good work we will do together.","2026-10-28",null,"new-advisory-network",[16],"Main page","English",{"id":19,"storage":20,"filename_disk":21,"filename_download":22,"title":23,"type":24,"created_on":25,"modified_on":25,"charset":13,"filesize":26,"width":27,"height":28,"duration":13,"embed":13,"description":13,"location":13,"tags":13,"metadata":29,"focal_point_x":13,"focal_point_y":13,"tus_id":13,"tus_data":13,"uploaded_on":25},"8d9435a1-b41e-4295-b5dd-a045ccfe2f2b","local","8d9435a1-b41e-4295-b5dd-a045ccfe2f2b.png","Advisory network - Website news.png","Advisory Network   Website News","image\u002Fpng","2026-10-28T13:33:23.000Z",1097391,2000,1200,{},[],[],[],[],[],[],[],{},[],[40,78,105,133,160,207,233,257,285],{"id":41,"body":42,"status":6,"type":43,"date":44,"slug":45,"title":46,"image":47,"countries":48,"topic":49,"activity":52,"tags":54,"nid":63,"topics":64,"activities":66,"authors":67,"images":68,"websites":69,"area":13,"programme":13,"language":13,"translations":70,"translation_of":13,"user_created":71,"date_created":72,"user_updated":73,"date_updated":74,"content":75,"translations_news":76,"link":77},9522,"The Natural Resource Governance Institute (NRGI) has launched tailored guidance on measures that companies in the oil, gas and mining sectors can adopt to reduce corruption risks when partnering with state-owned enterprises (SOEs).\n\nPublished on a user-friendly website, [Anticorruption Guidance for Partners of State-Owned Enterprises](https:\u002F\u002Fresourcegovernance.org\u002Fsoe-anticorruption) also recommends measures SOEs can take to strengthen their own anti-corruption safeguards. The guidance was [launched at a virtual event](https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FG5NJ3Ryc7jM) on 26 January 2022, at which our Head of Collective Action Gemma Aiolfi moderated a panel discussion.\n\nIn this interview, [Alexandra Gillies](https:\u002F\u002Fresourcegovernance.org\u002Fabout-us\u002Fexpert\u002Falexandra-gillies), Advisor to the NRGI and co-author of the guidance alongside Tom Shipley, explains how and why they developed the guidance over two years of research and multi-stakeholder consultations with private companies, SOEs and civil society stakeholders, including our [Collective Action team](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcollective-action).\n\nHer insights throw light on the NRGI’s approach of conducting extensive, multi-stakeholder consultation and trust-based discussion, which is central to many Collective Action initiatives. A similar process could help practitioners in other sectors and countries to develop guidance that both addresses pertinent corruption risks and has a good chance of being widely adopted.\n\n## Anti-corruption recommendations already exist for extractive industries and for SOEs. Why did you decide a fresh approach was needed?\n\nOil, gas and mining industries are crucial to many countries’ development, but the benefits to citizens continue to be lost through corruption. Despite the many valuable efforts to raise standards of integrity and implement safeguards against corruption in these sectors, something is clearly missing the mark.\n\nAnd the stakes are only going to rise with the commodities boom and explosion in demand for transition minerals. Three issues stand out:\n\nFirst, interactions between international companies and SOEs in charge of oil, gas and mining resources remain a major problem area.\n\nThis finding emerged clearly from our detailed analysis of over 100 past corruption cases across many countries. Initial conversations with compliance officers confirmed that existing measures, and the standard risk-based approach to addressing corruption risks more generally, face difficulties in the case of interactions with some SOEs. They were open to fresh ideas.\n\nSecond, existing compliance systems often focus narrowly and inwardly on protecting companies from penalties for violating anti-bribery laws.\n\nYet many forms of corruption that are the most harmful to citizens are not covered by bribery laws, such as when political elites syphon off hundreds of millions of dollars that could be public revenue. We were keen to address the risks of company activities _enabling_ corruption by helping corrupt actors to carry out their schemes.\n\nThird, voluntary anti-corruption guidance needs buy-in from companies if it is to be effectively implemented across enough of the sector to make a difference.\n\nThis means it needs to take into account how companies interact with SOEs in their operations, the risks they face, and what is feasible to implement in their anti-corruption and due diligence systems. We therefore wanted to prioritise learning from private companies and other stakeholders about what’s working and what’s not in their relationships with SOEs. This is where a Collective Action approach helped.\n\n## Who is the guidance aimed at and why?\n\nDespite the focus of the guidance on five specific risk areas between extractive industry companies and SOEs – due diligence, high-risk agents, political exposure, safeguarding payments and joint ventures – many of the recommendations are relevant to a broad stakeholder group.\n\nAs well as producers directly involved in extracting natural resources, we proactively involved other companies in the supply chain, notably commodity traders and suppliers to oil, gas and mining companies. Although we drew on existing relationships at NRGI, we also reached out to get new companies involved in the conversation.\n\nWithin these companies, we are targeting not only compliance teams but also commercial departments and those responsible for external affairs, transparency, human rights and related issues. This is because we take a broad view of what counts as corruption and what kind of anti-corruption measures can help. In SOEs, we spoke to compliance teams or, where dedicated compliance functions do not yet exist, we engaged the leadership or the legal and procurement departments.\n\nThis mix reflects the professional backgrounds of those who took part in the workshops and consultation process.\n\n## What were their incentives to take part?\n\nI believe there was a genuine interest among participants in getting new ideas to tackle these common problem areas. And sharing experiences with like-minded professionals who have similar concerns is not only useful and enriching, but enjoyable.\n\nReputation is also an important factor. As with many Collective Action initiatives, engaging in such a consultation process helps to demonstrate that the company is proactively addressing corruption risks. This is particularly strong for companies that have faced public corruption issues that have damaged their reputation in the eyes of the public, investors or potential employees.\n\nThird, many appreciated the chance to contribute to industry guidance that might become widely accepted standards or influence other standards down the road. Companies have an interest in making it realistic and feasible.\n\n## Can you recap the process?\n\nFirst we conducted a lot of background research, particularly looking into past corruption cases in the extractive sector to understand the problem we were trying to address. The analysis made clear the vulnerability of SOEs in diverse countries to corruption. We then spent some time considering who should be involved in the conversations, including which types of company and from which countries, and getting initial ideas and feedback from colleagues.\n\nAfter a few initial conversations with relevant stakeholders, we scheduled a first gathering to get feedback on the topic. Prior to the meeting, we discussed the project with many of the invited company representatives in order to provide adequate background. At that first meeting, held in December 2019, around 30 people from companies, academic institutions, NGOs, international organisations and other entities gathered to discuss new approaches to preventing corruption, with a focus on SOEs.\n\nDrawing on the discussions, we then identified five priority areas of business interactions between companies and SOEs that represented particularly high corruption risks – and importantly, where existing measures are not proving sufficient to mitigate them. We then held interviews with stakeholders on these topics, which helped us gather frank feedback on what’s working and what’s not in each area.\n\nThen, we organised five virtual, invitation-only workshops, one on each of the topics of focus. The workshops provided additional ideas regarding good practices and prevailing challenges, and created opportunities for companies and experts to share ideas on sensitive issues.\n\nNext came the drafting and ongoing consultations with the workshop participants and other stakeholders, including SOE compliance teams, representatives from risk advisory consultancies, anti-corruption experts and academics, and investors. We also consulted with international banks that do business with SOEs; these can provide valuable inspiration for companies seeking to strengthen their systems for conducting customer due diligence.\n\nDrawing on these inputs as well as additional research, we then drafted the guidance, shared it with the participants, and received a very robust set of feedback.\n\n## Were you seeking consensus?\n\nNo. Importantly, we were clear from the start that the guidance would be the product of _consultation_, but not _consensus_. As an independent organisation promoting transparency and accountability in natural resource governance, we knew we might put forward some more ambitious ideas that don’t have much support among private companies.\n\nThis is a different approach from that of the [Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative](https:\u002F\u002Feiti.org\u002F) (EITI), for example, which seeks consensus on its global standard. Civil society organisations sometimes also unilaterally publish recommendations.\n\nBoth approaches have merit, but we believe a middle way is appropriate in this case: the guidelines are informed by participants’ views and reflect what is realistic and feasible, but we are not asking companies to endorse or sign up to them all.\n\n## What are the prospects for widespread adoption, and how will you know?\n\nWe hope that, as a first step, some of the participating companies adopt elements of the guidance. We of course also hope to see widespread adoption by companies and SOEs in the sectors. That includes those not directly involved in the development of the guidance.\n\nThe participatory approach makes it more likely that companies and SOEs in the sectors will adopt the guidance. Many representatives were actively engaged in its development and can see the results of their contributions. Having been involved in the discussions, they can also understand why in some instances the final document doesn’t always reflect their views.\n\nThe consultation process also enabled us to build good working relationships, so we hope to get positive responses to our follow-up surveys on the impact of the guidance on policies and practices within the companies.\n\nOne difficulty with measuring the impact of the guidance is that companies rarely disclose information about their anti-corruption practices beyond high-level statements. We believe this is a missed opportunity. Many of those involved in the consultations are doing impressive work to mitigate corruption risks and strengthen their anti-corruption safeguards. They should be shouting this kind of thing from the rooftops.\n\n## What are potential obstacles?\n\nOne big barrier to adoption is the widespread concept of “risk appetite” in business, which weighs up potential financial rewards against financial and other risks, including corruption risks. If the deal is potentially very lucrative, it could tip the balance towards going ahead despite corruption risks that can harm the public interest.\n\nOur guidance seeks to address by encouraging companies to set clear upfront rules – red lines – on what they will not tolerate in any circumstances, even if the financial rewards are huge. But changing that ingrained risk appetite approach more generally is going to take a lot more than our guidance.\n\n## What lessons did you learn and what will you take forward?\n\nFirst, a thorough stakeholder mapping is helpful to gather an influential group of stakeholders.\n\nIn this case, we identified that we needed to reach out to more supplier companies, which have traditionally been left out of conversations around extractive sector transparency and governance. Stakeholder mapping doesn’t guarantee a perfect mix – our group leaned significantly towards North American, European and Australian companies – but successful Collective Action doesn’t require every single actor to be around the table.\n\nSecond, building trust between participants – who may be direct competitors – goes beyond basic elements such as confidentiality and anonymity.\n\nWe found it useful to clarify from the start that this guidance is NRGI guidance, not the result of consensus or something that companies will be asked to endorse. This helped to set expectations and gave participants the freedom and security to engage with the issues openly and in a good faith way. And that in turn encouraged more hesitant participants to do the same.\n\nThird, don’t be afraid to talk about sensitive issues – but to do it in an empirically grounded and evidence-based way.\n\nWe felt empowered by our research and data on corruption in the sector. These allowed us to ask pertinent questions, push back where needed and generate real debate. Without that expertise or evidence base, you are standing on much shakier ground.\n\nGoing forward, we see great potential for more multi-stakeholder discussion and potentially building Collective Action initiatives around specific issues within the guidance. For example, requirements that companies use third-party agents in particular markets, or around how to utilise beneficial ownership information and respond to political exposure in the supply chain.\n\n## Learn more\n\n*   Visit the [Anticorruption Guidance for Partners of State-Owned Enterprises](https:\u002F\u002Fresourcegovernance.org\u002Fsoe-anticorruption) website and view the [launch event](https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FG5NJ3Ryc7jM).\n*   Learn more about the work of the [NRGI](https:\u002F\u002Fresourcegovernance.org\u002F) in promoting good governance in oil, gas minerals.\n*   Learn more about [Collective Action at the Basel Institute](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcollective-action) and find resources, inspiration and event information on our [B20 Collective Action Hub](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fb20-collective-action-hub).","Blog","2022-03-14","how-a-participatory-approach-helped-the-nrgi-to-develop-effective-anti-corruption-guidance-for-oil-gas-and-mining-sectors-2198","How a participatory approach helped the NRGI to develop effective anti-corruption guidance for oil, gas and mining sectors","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F24d0505c-1b97-44b2-af4e-5b8c5f09923f?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=90",[],[50,51],"Collective Action","Private Sector",[53],"Insights",[55,59],{"tags_id":56},{"id":57,"name":58},804,"Natural resources",{"tags_id":60},{"id":61,"name":62},859,"Corruption risks",2198,[50,65],"Business Integrity Ethics and Compliance",[53],[],[],[16,50],[],"03bebfd8-0b40-4a2a-820d-b9d9c13b9de6","2022-05-26T22:51:56.000Z","dfef11db-1bc6-47e9-a61d-93443995484b","2026-08-06T10:05:19.000Z",[],[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fhow-a-participatory-approach-helped-the-nrgi-to-develop-effective-anti-corruption-guidance-for-oil-gas-and-mining-sectors-2198",{"id":79,"body":80,"status":6,"type":43,"date":81,"slug":82,"title":83,"image":84,"countries":85,"topic":87,"activity":89,"tags":92,"nid":93,"topics":94,"activities":95,"authors":96,"images":97,"websites":98,"area":13,"programme":13,"language":13,"translations":99,"translation_of":13,"user_created":71,"date_created":100,"user_updated":73,"date_updated":101,"content":102,"translations_news":103,"link":104},10362,"There is fresh hope for the sustainability and governance of Ukraine’s forests, according to participants from Ukraine’s government and civil society in a Basel Institute webinar on 5 April 2023.\n\nRussia’s war is placing unprecedented stress on the forest sector, they agreed. But the creation of the Forests of Ukraine state enterprise, together with Ukraine’s candidate status for EU membership, offers a promising opportunity to address pre-war corruption and governance issues.\n\nThe webinar launched a report by the Basel Institute’s Green Corruption team: [_How corruption threatens the forests of Ukraine: Typology and case studies on corruption and illegal logging_](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fdeepdive1-ukraine). The first in the Environmental Corruption Deep Dive series of research papers, the report explores pre-war governance and corruption issues affecting Ukraine’s forest sector through case studies and a new typology.\n\nCo-authored by Dr Andrii Biletskyi (National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy), Yehor Hrynyk (Ukrainian Nature Conservation Group) and Dr Amanda Cabrejo le Roux (Basel Institute on Governance), the report is available in English and Ukrainian.\n\nClaudio Nardi, Counsellor, Office For Foreign Affairs, Principality of Liechtenstein, made opening remarks.\n\n## Legislation, digitalisation, cooperation\n\nRepresenting the Ministry of Environmental Protection and Natural Resources of Ukraine, Hamlet Pohosian and Anatolii Borsuk confirmed that Russia’s war has complicated forest conservation efforts far beyond the forests that are currently occupied and mined.\n\nAs the report highlighted, the war has increased local demand for wood for heating and reconstruction, as well as its relative value as an economic resource at a time of industrial stress. At the same time, oversight by both government and civil society has decreased, with a moratorium on inspections and many people absent due to the fighting.\n\nHamlet Pohosian emphasised the Ministry’s commitment to improve the sustainability of the sector as well as reduce governance risks through new legislation. The key, though, is how legislation and controls are implemented in practice. That is where many of the challenges highlighted in the report arise.\n\nDigitalisation will help, he said. Ukraine has already introduced an electronic timber accounting and permitting system. But prevention needs to be matched by adequate enforcement. Ukraine’s law enforcement agencies need to strengthen their capacity to investigate corruption-related forest crimes.\n\nIn a welcome gesture towards Ukraine’s vibrant civil society organisations (CSOs), Anatolii Borsuk stressed that the Ministry is keen to involve CSOs in planning and developing activities in the sector. This is an important way to strengthen transparency of the forestry sector, he said.\n\n## The value of forests\n\nSpeaking as a representative of one such CSO – WWF Ukraine – Dr Iaroslav Teleshun echoed the concerns that deforestation is increasing due to the war. In addition to the concerns above, Ukrainian residents thrust into poverty by the war-damaged economy will look to forests to gain a living, even if that means logging illegally or unsustainably. Corruption, for example of local law enforcement officers – as illustrated in the report’s first case study – will help them get away with it.\n\nIf managed sustainably, forests and other environmental sectors will remain a major contributor to Ukraine’s economy and an indispensable resource in the reconstruction process. And beyond revenue, Ukraine’s forests also provide immense value in terms of ecosystem services. Though not officially assessed, he explained that the value is roughly equal to the country’s GDP at the end of 2021.\n\nDr Teleshun concluded that we need a whole-of-society approach to a sustainable reconstruction. Experts from civil society should be involved in forestry planning and control.\n\n## New state enterprise: a window of opportunity?\n\nNewly created in February 2023, Forests of Ukraine has united more than 147 state forest enterprises (SFEs) that manage three-quarter of Ukraine's forests.\n\nViktoria Denyak, the authority’s Head of Corruption Prevention, confirmed this was a unique opportunity to lay a strong foundation for risk management and anti-corruption compliance.\n\nThese are early days, of course, but her team has already started introducing a corruption prevention system throughout the organisation, including in regional branches. Compliance officers are being appointed to oversee the correct implementation of internal rules and controls.\n\n## Learn more\n\n*   [Watch the webinar](https:\u002F\u002Fyoutu.be\u002FBIFIPuRtaPY)\n*   [Read the report in English and Ukrainian](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fdeepdive1-ukraine)","2023-05-16","fresh-hope-for-ukraines-forests-2442","Fresh hope for Ukraine’s forests?","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F4b216f37-d1f9-468c-b7cf-740fa79e41b1?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=90",[86],7187,[88],"Green Corruption",[90,91],"Research","Reports",[],2442,[88],[90,91],[],[],[16],[],"2023-05-16T16:01:31.000Z","2026-06-24T13:42:08.000Z",[],[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Ffresh-hope-for-ukraines-forests-2442",{"id":106,"body":107,"status":6,"type":10,"date":108,"slug":109,"title":110,"image":111,"countries":112,"topic":114,"activity":116,"tags":119,"nid":120,"topics":121,"activities":123,"authors":124,"images":125,"websites":126,"area":13,"programme":13,"language":13,"translations":127,"translation_of":13,"user_created":71,"date_created":128,"user_updated":73,"date_updated":129,"content":130,"translations_news":131,"link":132},9702,"Switzerland and Ukraine’s Office of the Prosecutor General ([OPG](https:\u002F\u002Fen.gp.gov.ua\u002Fua\u002Findex.html)) and National Anti-Corruption Bureau ([NABU](https:\u002F\u002Fnabu.gov.ua\u002Fen)) have signed a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding on the occasion of the visit of the Swiss President to Kyiv.\n\nFormally signed on 21 July, the MoU is the basis for the continued engagement of our International Centre for Asset Recovery ([ICAR](\u002Fnode\u002F25)) with these two Ukrainian institutions in the fight against corruption.\n\n## Returning stolen assets to Ukraine\n\nOur work in Ukraine started just after the 2014 Revolution of Dignity, also known as _Euromaidan_. In the context of this popular uprising, numerous jurisdictions, including Switzerland, the EU and other countries around the globe, froze assets belonging to former President Yanukovych and his entourage on suspicion of having been stolen through corruption.\n\nThe OPG and NABU, together with their foreign counterparts, are key players in the complex work to prove the illicit origin of these assets in Court so that they can be returned to the Ukrainian people and used for investments in essential social services and national development.\n\nAs our Managing Director, Gretta Fenner, commented: _“We hope that this MoU will fast-track the return of the stolen money to Ukraine so it can be used for crucial services at a time when funding is in particularly short supply.”_\n\n## ICAR engagement in Ukraine\n\nWith funding from the [Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.eda.admin.ch\u002Fsdc), we have been supporting this work with OPG and NABU since 2014. The MoU signed last week renews the commitment of Ukraine and the project donor Switzerland to this joint initiative to enhance Ukraine’s technical capacities to investigate and prosecute financial crimes and recover stolen assets.\n\nOur assistance includes on-the-job mentoring for anti-corruption officials supplemented by tailored training initiatives ranging from intensive workshops to eLearning courses.\n\nDrawing on its on-the-ground experience in Ukraine and around the world, ICAR is also well placed to advise on legislative and institutional reform related to anti-corruption and asset recovery efforts.\n\n## How does asset recovery help the fight against corruption?\n\nAsset recovery plays a central role in preventing and combatting corruption, which remains a major sticking point for both Ukrainian people and foreign investors.\n\nFirst, depriving criminals of their assets and enforcing anti-corruption laws help to lower incentives for criminals and reduce impunity.\n\nSecond, efforts to strengthen the asset recovery process have a positive impact on the effectiveness and quality of a country’s entire criminal justice system, which helps improves the rule of law and trust in governments and public institutions, thereby improving stability and the potential for equitable and sustainable development.\n\nAsset recovery is exceptionally complicated and time consuming, but ICAR-supported cases have seen some significant breakthroughs. And thanks to on-the-job mentoring and structured training initiatives by ICAR and other organisations, Ukraine now has a pool of professionally trained officials who can be deployed in the country’s fight against financial crimes.\n\n## Find out more\n\n*   [Facebook post about the signing by the Swiss Embassy in Ukraine](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002FSwissEmbassyKyiv\u002Fphotos\u002Fa.1355626547838202\u002F3261461437254694\u002F?type=3)\n*   [Facebook post by NABU (in Ukrainian)](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.facebook.com\u002F1612729822306031\u002Fposts\u002F2709360552642947\u002F?d=n)","2020-07-27","tripartite-agreement-brings-fresh-potential-to-the-fight-against-corruption-in-ukraine-1824","Tripartite agreement brings fresh potential to the fight against corruption in Ukraine","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fe138f585-b2f7-48f9-96ce-34fdb755c7a7?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=90",[113],7407,[115],"Asset Recovery",[117,118],"Partnerships","International cooperation",[],1824,[122],"Asset Recovery and Enforcement",[117,118],[],[],[16],[],"2022-05-26T22:54:31.000Z","2026-06-24T13:43:21.000Z",[],[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Ftripartite-agreement-brings-fresh-potential-to-the-fight-against-corruption-in-ukraine-1824",{"id":134,"body":135,"status":6,"type":10,"date":136,"slug":137,"title":138,"image":139,"countries":140,"topic":142,"activity":144,"tags":146,"nid":147,"topics":148,"activities":150,"authors":151,"images":152,"websites":153,"area":13,"programme":13,"language":13,"translations":154,"translation_of":13,"user_created":71,"date_created":155,"user_updated":73,"date_updated":156,"content":157,"translations_news":158,"link":159},9839,"The Thai National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has renewed a long-standing Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Basel Institute on Governance to jointly foster the prevention of and international collaboration in the fight against corruption.\n\nThe President of the NACC, Pol. General Watcharapol Prasarnkrajkit, and Mrs Phyllis Atkinson, Head of Training at the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), took part in a signing ceremony at the NACC premises in Bangkok on 8 July 2019. The ceremony was witnessed by the Swiss Ambassador, the Honourable Mr Ivo Siber, NACC Commissioners and its Secretary General. \n\n## Deepening a strong and fruitful partnership\n\nThe NACC President explained that the MoU, which has been in existence since 2011, has created a strong partnership that enhances the sharing of anti-corruption knowledge and expertise between the NACC, the Basel Institute and other stakeholders.\n\nThe extension, he said, would further strengthen the relationship, as well as provide further opportunities for capacity building with regard to mutual legal assistance and investigations for asset tracing and recovery.\n\n## The importance of financial investigation for anti-corruption\n\nThe President reminded all present that tracing, identifying and recovering assets are important elements of the anti-corruption measures set out in the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) and international standards.\n\nHe also acknowledged that financial investigation is key to corruption enforcement and anti-money laundering measures. Financial investigation is a first step in providing evidence for effective prosecution in corruption cases, recovering assets and investigating unexplained or “unusual” wealth.\n\nHe emphasised that the NACC recognises the importance of financial investigations and therefore encourages capacity-building amongst NACC investigators. This will allow them to remain abreast of new developments and to learn from international experts, including the ICAR training team. He hoped that the workshop (following the signing) to be conducted by Phyllis Atkinson would achieve its goal and that all NACC investigators would benefit greatly from the knowledge shared and implemented.\n\n## Hands-on discussion of key components of financial investigations\n\nFollowing the signing ceremony, Phyllis Atkinson gave a presentation on \"Key Components of Financial Investigations\" to approximately 90 NACC officers. It focused on methods used to conceal the proceeds of crime and approaches to tracing and recovering such proceeds.\n\nThe participants discussed the practical implementation of financial investigative techniques on the basis of an exercise aimed at determining the disparity between a suspect's legal and known income and his expenditure. They were introduced to the “Source and Application Analysis of Funds” method as a means of determining \"unusual wealth\" in terms of Thailand's 2018 Organic Law on Anti-Corruption.\n\nFeedback indicated that the participants \"liked the presentation\" and \"want the session to be longer than half-day and more intensive as they gained knowledge for their work\".\n\nWe are always delighted to receive this type of feedback on our training courses and note that it is fully in keeping with the terms of the renewed MoU.","2019-07-15","renewed-mou-signals-fresh-commitment-to-cooperate-in-fighting-corruption-in-thailand-949","Renewed MoU signals fresh commitment to cooperate in fighting corruption in Thailand","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Fe123f213-bc9a-41b9-8d58-4ce4ad99eec8?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=90",[141],7464,[143,115],"Anti-Money Laundering",[145,117,118],"Training",[],949,[143,122,149],"Learning and training",[145,117,118],[],[],[16],[],"2022-05-26T22:56:25.000Z","2026-06-24T13:44:03.000Z",[],[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Frenewed-mou-signals-fresh-commitment-to-cooperate-in-fighting-corruption-in-thailand-949",{"id":161,"body":162,"status":6,"type":43,"date":163,"slug":164,"title":165,"image":166,"countries":167,"topic":171,"activity":172,"tags":173,"nid":194,"topics":195,"activities":196,"authors":197,"images":199,"websites":200,"area":13,"programme":13,"language":13,"translations":201,"translation_of":13,"user_created":71,"date_created":202,"user_updated":73,"date_updated":203,"content":204,"translations_news":205,"link":206},10339,"As the war in Ukraine intensifies, calls are growing for states to confiscate Russian assets frozen under sanctions and redirect them to provide support to Ukraine. Our latest Working Paper argues that states can and should do this by enhancing the effectiveness and scope of established asset recovery measures​​​​ – not by introducing new untested mechanisms that risk inviting future legal challenges, defeating the purpose of sanctions and violating the rule of law. \n\nGo straight to [Working Paper 42: From sanctions to confiscation while upholding the rule of law​​​​](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fpublications\u002Fwp-42) or read the key takeaways:\n\n## Executive summary\n\nIn light of recent world events, political leaders around the world have questioned whether it is justifiable to confiscate assets frozen under financial sanctions in order to redirect them to the victims of state aggression.\n\nSome states have even sought to introduce legislative mechanisms to make it possible to confiscate an asset frozen under sanctions, purely on the basis that the asset has been made subject to a sanction. One state – Canada – has already done so.\n\nThe intention behind these mechanisms is clear: assets frozen under sanctions could be confiscated and repurposed to provide assistance and compensation to the victims of the sanctioned target.\n\nIn the context of the Ukraine war, for example, proponents argue that these measures will allow states to permanently confiscate Russian-linked assets under sanction and redirect them to provide support to Ukraine.\n\n## The debate\n\nShould states be able to confiscate sanctioned assets\\* purely on the basis that they have been sanctioned?\n\nThe justifiability and legality of mechanisms such as Canada’s is currently the subject of debate. Two key issues include whether the confiscation of assets in such circumstances:\n\n*   is acceptable in the context of established legal rights and norms; \n*   defeats the primary purpose of sanctions as a tool of coercion.\n\n## Issues of property and due process rights\n\nWith regards to the first point, the lack of adequate judicial oversight included in such mechanisms, and the fact that these mechanisms aim to permanently deprive sanctioned targets of their assets, raises serious questions surrounding property and due process rights.\n\nIf such a mechanism was introduced in Europe for example, it is likely to be challenged on the grounds that it violates Protocol 1 Article 1 as well as Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights.\n\nIf such mechanisms were also applied to state-linked assets (such as sanctioned assets belonging to central banks) then this would also raise concerns regarding a possible infringement of domestic and international laws relating to state immunity.\n\n## Undermining the purpose of sanctions\n\nWith regards to the second point, permitting the confiscation of sanctioned assets arguably annuls the coercive purpose of sanctions regimes to act as a tool to persuade targets to cease their adverse behaviour.\n\nIf states are permitted to confiscate sanctioned assets (and make it impossible for a target to retrieve their frozen assets) then this effectively removes any incentive for the target to change their behaviour. In such cases, rather than operating as tools of coercion, sanctions would instead primarily operate to punish a target and provide compensation to the victims for the harm that has been caused.\n\nOf course, some have argued that there is a greater need for these latter objectives, particularly in the context of the war in Ukraine where financial assistance is required urgently.\n\nOthers however argue that despite the urgency this situation presents, the long-term objective of sanctions should remain coercion, particularly if sanctioning states wish to compel the aggressing state, Russia, to contribute to post-war reconstruction efforts in the future.\n\n## Other options through which to confiscate assets under sanction\n\nThere are, in addition, several established avenues for seeking war reparations that should also be explored.\n\nSuch established measures that states could adopt and apply to target sanctioned assets include:\n\n*   Traditional conviction-based confiscation measures, including ‘extended confiscation’ mechanisms\n*   Non-conviction based confiscation (NCB) measures\n*   Unexplained wealth laws\n\nThese measures could be used to target:\n\n*   Assets that are involved in sanctions violations\n*   Sanctioned assets that are also the proceeds of crimes unrelated to the sanctions regime, such as corruption or organised crime offences\n*   Unexplained wealth\n\n## Maximising effectiveness of established asset recovery mechanisms\n\nWhile these avenues may be limited, and can only result in the permanent confiscation of a portion of sanctioned assets, states could take various steps to maximise their effectiveness.\n\nFor example legislative amendments could be considered to broaden the scope of relevant terms like ‘money laundering’ and to specifically permit confiscated assets to be redirected to the victims of state aggression.\n\nDomestic and international coordination could be improved by creating dedicated law enforcement bodies for example, or through participating in international coordination initiatives.\n\nImportantly, these avenues target established criminal activity and\u002For include defined judicial processes through which a targeted person can challenge any attempts to confiscate their property. Therefore they can be applied without unacceptably infringing on legal rights.\n\nMoreover, if states take measures to enhance the effectiveness and scope of established asset recovery measures, additional benefits can be derived for the broader fight against financial crime and kleptocracy.\n\n## The bottom line: maintaining the rule of law\n\nOpting for mechanisms that abide by established legal rights will not only significantly increase the chance of recovering assets without subsequent legal challenges.\n\nIt will also ensure that the very reason for targeting the assets in the first place – namely to seek justice and compensation for acts of aggression – is not undermined through the erosion of the rule of law.\n\n_\\* The term ‘[sanctioned assets](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.lawinsider.com\u002Fdictionary\u002Fsanctioned-assets)’ is used as a shorthand to refer to assets of a sanctioned person or country._\n\n## Learn more\n\n*   [Download the Working Paper](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2023-03\u002F230309%20Working%20Paper%2042.pdf).\n*   Watch or read the main takeaways from a December 2022 panel discussion on [asset recovery developments since the start of the war in Ukraine](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fasset-recovery-developments-start-war-ukraine).","2023-02-21","working-paper-sheds-fresh-light-on-the-sanctions-and-confiscation-debate-2347","Working Paper sheds fresh light on the sanctions and confiscation debate","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002Ff3b37dcf-a8eb-4ee4-9ef0-767e01dde1cf?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=90",[168,169,170],7198,7199,7200,[115],[90,53],[174,178,182,186,190],{"tags_id":175},{"id":176,"name":177},1227,"Sanctions",{"tags_id":179},{"id":180,"name":181},821,"Unexplained wealth",{"tags_id":183},{"id":184,"name":185},843,"Asset recovery",{"tags_id":187},{"id":188,"name":189},1379,"Non-conviction based forfeiture",{"tags_id":191},{"id":192,"name":193},1215,"Illicit financial flows",2347,[122],[90,53],[198],1148,[],[16],[],"2023-02-21T17:01:25.000Z","2026-06-24T13:42:16.000Z",[],[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fworking-paper-sheds-fresh-light-on-the-sanctions-and-confiscation-debate-2347",{"id":208,"body":209,"status":6,"type":10,"date":210,"slug":211,"title":212,"image":213,"countries":214,"topic":216,"activity":217,"tags":220,"nid":221,"topics":222,"activities":223,"authors":224,"images":225,"websites":226,"area":13,"programme":13,"language":13,"translations":227,"translation_of":13,"user_created":71,"date_created":228,"user_updated":73,"date_updated":229,"content":230,"translations_news":231,"link":232},9699,"We are delighted to have signed a new framework agreement with Peru’s Special Public Prosecutor’s Office.\n\nThe Special Public Prosecutor’s Office (Procuraduría General del Estado del Perú) was established in 2019 as an independent authority within the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. In collaboration with the Attorney General’s Office, it is responsible for advancing prosecutions of offences where the Peruvian State is the victim, including corruption, money laundering and environmental crimes.\n\nThe signing of this agreement is an opportunity to renew our congratulations to Peru for establishing the new Office and to Dr. Daniel Soria Luján for his appointment as Special General Public Prosecutor.\n\nThe agreement builds on our seven-year engagement with the country’s key institutions for combating corruption and recovering stolen assets. It covers:\n\n*   Technical assistance in recovering assets arising from acts of corruption, money laundering or other financial crimes that are located outside of Peru;\n*   Technical assistance in developing training programmes and building the capacity of Peru’s specialised prosecutors in matters of corruption, money laundering and asset recovery;\n*   Support for cases based on Peru’s non-conviction-based confiscation legislation, known as _extinción de dominio_.\n\nThis support will continue to be carried out by experts of our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) based in our regional office in Lima, Peru.\n\n## Growing capacity to recover stolen assets\n\nThrough ICAR, we have been supporting the Peruvian justice authorities since 2013, when we first signed a framework agreement with the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights covering technical support and capacity building to the Office of the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor.\n\nSince then, Peru has made significant strides in recovering illicit assets from Switzerland and Luxembourg, including in a set of high-profile cases linked to former presidential adviser Vladimiro Montesinos. Over USD 30 million have been recovered so far and are currently being repatriated.\n\nWe have also been delighted to see landmark recoveries already achieved under Peru’s new _extinción de dominio_ legislation, which was developed and is being implemented with ICAR support.\n\nThese successes bear witness to the development and strengthening of the country’s justice system, as well as the capacity of its investigators, prosecutors and judges, over these years. The establishment of the independent Special Public Prosecutor’s Office will now consolidate the work of the various specialised prosecutorial offices. It will bring fresh firepower to the fight against corruption and renewed momentum to efforts to recover stolen assets for Peru.\n\n## Virtual signing ceremony\n\nThe signing ceremony took place by video conference on 29 July, a day after Peru's National Day. Dr. Daniel Soria Luján, Special General Public Prosecutor, was present along with Dr. Martín Mijichich Loli, Technical Secretary of the State Council for Legal Defence, Amado Enco Titado, Special Prosecutor for Corruption Offences, and Sonia Medina, Special Prosecutor for Drug-related Offences. Dr. Soria Luján emphasised the importance of the agreement, stating that asset recovery and the fight against corruption are responsibilities that are shared between governments, civil society and international organisations like the Basel Institute on Governance.\n\nRepresenting the Basel Institute were Gretta Fenner, Managing Director, and Oscar Solórzano, Head of Latin America and Senior Asset Recovery Specialist. In her speech at the ceremony, Gretta Fenner expressed her sincerest thanks for the trust and excellent cooperation between the Special Public Prosecutor’s Office and the Basel Institute on Governance. _“If there ever is a time when corruption is destroying lives,”_ she said, _“and when recovering stolen assets can save lives, this is now.”_\n\n## Learn more about our asset recovery in Peru\n\n*   [Landmark asset recovery case puts Peruvian non-conviction-based confiscation legislation to the test](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fblog\u002Flandmark-asset-recovery-case-puts-peruvian-non-conviction-based-confiscation-legislation-test) – an interview with Dr. Hamilton Castro, Provincial Prosecutor in the Attorney General’s Office of Peru. (Also in Spanish: [Un caso histórico de recuperación de activos pone a prueba la legislación peruana de Extinción de Dominio](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fblog\u002Fun-caso-historico-de-recuperacion-de-activos-pone-prueba-la-legislacion-peruana-de-extincion).)\n*   Example of capacity building: [Advanced training for specialised judges in Peru – how peer learning helps](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fadvanced-training-specialised-judges-peru-how-peer-learning-helps).\n*   About the Basel Institute’s [International Centre for Asset Recovery](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fasset-recovery).","2020-07-29","new-agreement-with-perus-special-public-prosecutors-office-brings-fresh-firepower-to-efforts-to-recover-stolen-assets-1829","New agreement with Peru’s Special Public Prosecutor’s Office brings fresh firepower to efforts to recover stolen 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([OPG](https:\u002F\u002Fen.gp.gov.ua\u002Fua\u002Findex.html)) in Ukraine and the Basel Institute on Governance, signed in Kyiv on 2 February 2021, sets the stage for a continued fruitful cooperation on the country’s asset recovery efforts.\n\nThe agreement supports the efforts of the OPG to recover assets belonging to Ukraine that were illegally appropriated by former high-ranking officials and related individuals and legal entities.\n\nProsecutor General Irina Venediktova commented:\n\n> _\"We hope that the efforts of the Office of the Prosecutor General in identifying and returning stolen state assets hidden abroad, combined with the experience of the Basel Institute on Governance in this area, will yield effective results._\n> \n> _Through the agreement, the Basel Institute will continue to provide practical assistance to Ukrainian prosecutors in obtaining evidence domestically and from abroad, seizing and confiscating assets, and enforcing decisions on seizures and confiscations._\n> \n> _The asset recovery specialists will also share methods to facilitate the execution of mutual legal assistance requests and will conduct training for prosecutors.”_\n\nWith funding from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, the Basel Institute’s [International Centre for Asset Recovery](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnode\u002F25) has been supporting the OPG and Ukraine’s National Anti-Corruption Bureau ([NABU](https:\u002F\u002Fnabu.gov.ua\u002Fen)) since 2014. \n\nThe new agreement follows the signing of a [tripartite agreement](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Ftripartite-agreement-brings-fresh-potential-fight-against-corruption-ukraine) in July 2020 between these two institutions and Switzerland.\n\n## Learn more\n\n*   See [press release issued by the OPG](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gp.gov.ua\u002Fua\u002Fnews?_m=publications&_t=rec&id=288260&fp=20) (in Ukrainian).\n*   The Swiss Embassy in Kyiv [tweeted about the signing here](https:\u002F\u002Ftwitter.com\u002FSwissUA\u002Fstatus\u002F1358684965496569856).\n*   Learn more about the [Basel Institute’s engagement in Ukraine](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Ftripartite-agreement-brings-fresh-potential-fight-against-corruption-ukraine) and the country’s progress in recovering stolen assets.","2021-02-10","new-cooperation-agreement-with-prosecutor-generals-office-in-ukraine-1971","New cooperation agreement with Prosecutor General’s Office in 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forum. This reflects a shift in mindset among global business leaders, towards recognising the power and necessity of multi-stakeholder collaboration for anti-corruption and integrity.\n\nFostering Collective Action initiatives is one of three [policy recommendations of the B20 Integrity and Compliance Task Force](https:\u002F\u002Fb20brazil.org\u002Fintegrity-compliance). These were handed over to G20 leaders at the [B20 Summit](https:\u002F\u002Fb20brasil.org\u002Fthe-summit) in São Paulo on 25 October 2024.\n\nA Key Performance Indicator or KPI will track countries’ adoption of concrete Collective Action approaches and initiatives, based on the data in the Basel Institute’s [B20 Collective Action Hub](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002F) – which itself has been selected as a B20 legacy project.\n\nSo what’s new and why does it matter?\n\n## Return of the Integrity & Compliance Task Force\n\n> \"I was pleased to represent the Basel Institute at this year’s Summit, joining political and business leaders from around the world plus representatives from international organisations and financial institutions. The Basel Institute has supported the B20 process for over a decade, including this year as Network Partner to the Integrity & Compliance Task Force.\"\n> \n> – Scarlet Wannenwetsch, Senior Specialist, Collective Action\n\nThe B20 Integrity & Compliance Task Force has existed since 2011, with the exception of the Chinese and Indian presidencies. It convenes a variety of stakeholders engaged in anti-corruption, compliance, integrity and transparency in business. Unlike other B20 Task Forces it has a direct counterpart: the G20 Anti-Corruption Working Group.\n\nIt is thus a powerful voice for business integrity on the global stage. Its recommendations also reflect evolving understandings of how businesses should integrate ethics and integrity into their systems and value chains.\n\n## Responsible business, ethical leadership and Collective Action\n\nThe Task Force’s 2024 recommendations include longstanding B20 priorities that encourage the implementation of integrity and anti-corruption measures to enhance responsible business. New this year, there is also a focus on promoting ethical leadership to cultivate inclusive growth.\n\nThough anti-corruption Collective Action has been a reoccurring theme under the B20 over the past 12 years, this year we are pleased that:\n\n*   Collective Action is one of only three recommendations. This highlights the weight and importance given to Collective Action as a tool for companies to engage and lead in the fight against corruption.\n*   The Collective Action recommendation is specific. It calls on B20 and G20 leaders to stimulate Collective Action by “promoting collaboration of public sector, private sector, and civil society to strengthen integrity and resilience in the value chain”.\n*   There is a strong focus on “developing specific approaches for situations related to environmental and human rights issues”, recognising the synergies between ethical business and these areas.\n*   The recommendation calls on governments to strengthen their own engagement in Collective Action, calling out [Integrity Pacts](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002Fexplore\u002Fintegrity-pacts) and [High-Level Reporting Mechanisms](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002Fexplore\u002Fhlrm) that help to protect public procurement from corruption and unfair practices.\n*   A Key Performance Indicator (KPI) will enable scrutiny and monitoring of countries’ uptake of Collective Action approaches and initiatives. This is a first in the history of the B20.\n*   The [B20 Collective Action Hub](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002F) has been chosen as one of five B20 Brazil legacy projects. This demonstrates clear buy-in and support for the continuation of the KPI and key Collective Action tools beyond the current B20 cycle.\n\n## Tracking support for Collective Action among G20 countries\n\n[](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fsites\u002Fdefault\u002Ffiles\u002F2024-10\u002FKPI%20Number%20of%20G20%20countries%20engaging%20in%20at%20least%20one%2)\n\nThe newly developed 2024 Collective Action KPI measures the number of G20 governments that are engaged in or provide support to at least one Collective Action initiative. The scope of “G20 countries\" is wide, comprising core members and associated members, including all countries in the African Union and the European Union.\n\nThe measurement is based on data from the B20 Collective Action Hub, which has a global [database](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002Fexplore\u002Finitiatives) of Collective Action initiatives.\n\nCurrently, 43 of the 96 G20 governments – or 45 percent – support or are engaged in at least one Collective Action Initiative. This result demonstrates the success of two decades of effort by the Basel Institute and others who champion multi-stakeholder approaches to business integrity. But it also highlights room for improvement. The aim is to reach 100 percent by 2030.\n\nThis new KPI allows the B20 and the Collective Action community to track something many companies and practitioners identify as crucial for the success of Collective Action: government support. Government support for Collective Action strengthens incentives for companies to engage and invest in corruption prevention.\n\n## Learn more\n\n*   Download the [2024 B20 Integrity & Compliance Policy Paper](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002Fexplore\u002Fpublications\u002F2371)\n*   View the [panel discussion on day 2 of the B20 Summit in Brazil](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.youtube.com\u002Flive\u002FFIJTLVtq9vY?si=TV2QO0PaShcmqbn_&t=28746)\n*   Learn more about the [B20's work on integrity, compliance and Collective Action](https:\u002F\u002Fcollective-action.com\u002Fexplore\u002Fb20-g20)","2024-10-25","b20-brazil-rings-in-a-new-era-for-collective-action-2711","B20 Brazil rings in a new era for Collective Action","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fapi\u002Fassets\u002F09dd2874-9359-4c37-841f-380c53260a07?width=1000&height=650&format=webp&quality=90",[265],7090,[50,51],[268],"",[],2711,[50,65],[],[274],1100,[276,277],218,219,[16,50],[],"2024-10-26T19:38:12.000Z","2026-08-06T10:06:04.000Z",[],[],"\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fb20-brazil-rings-in-a-new-era-for-collective-action-2711",{"id":286,"body":287,"status":6,"type":10,"date":288,"slug":289,"title":290,"image":291,"countries":292,"topic":294,"activity":295,"tags":296,"nid":297,"topics":298,"activities":299,"authors":300,"images":301,"websites":302,"area":13,"programme":13,"language":13,"translations":303,"translation_of":13,"user_created":71,"date_created":304,"user_updated":305,"date_updated":306,"content":307,"translations_news":308,"link":309},9698,"Estamos encantados de [haber firmado un Convenio de Cooperación Interinstitucional](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.baselgovernance.org\u002Fnews\u002Fnew-agreement-perus-special-public-prosecutors-office-brings-fresh-firepower-efforts-recover) con la Procuraduría General del Estado del Perú. A continuación figura el discurso pronunciado por Gretta Fenner, Directora General del Basel Institute on Governance, en la ocasión de la ceremonia de suscripción del Convenio de Cooperación Interinstitucional el 29 de julio del 2020:\n\nDistinguido Procurado General de la Republica, Dr. Daniel Soria Luján. Distinguido Secretario Técnico del Consejo de Defensa Jurídica del Estado, Dr. Martín Mijichich Loli. Distinguidos Miembros del Consejo de Defensa Jurídica del Estado.\n\nUna vez más, es un enorme placer estar frente a ustedes el día de hoy en ocasión de la firma del Convenio de Cooperación entre nuestras instituciones. A pesar de las condiciones desfavorables debido a la pandemia y de que esta reunión sea por video conferencia, quisiera comenzar por renovar nuestro compromiso con el Estado peruano en general y con la Procuraduría publica en particular.\n\nDesde el año 2013, el Basel Institute on Governance mantiene una fructífera relación interinstitucional con los procuradores especializados, en virtud del Convenio y adendas suscritas con el Ministerio de Justicia y Derechos Humanos.\n\nGracias a este marco de cooperación, el Basel Institute ha prestado asistencia técnica a la Procuraduría Especializada en Delitos de Corrupción en casos emblemáticos para la recuperación de activos ilícitos sustraídos al Estado peruano, como las cuentas vinculadas al ex asesor presidencial Vladimiro Montesinos, ubicadas en Suiza y en Luxemburgo; lográndose la recuperación de más de USD 30 millones que actualmente se encuentran en proceso de repatriación.\n\nAsimismo, nuestros especialistas han hecho esfuerzos para fortalecer las competencias de los procuradores públicos en recuperación de activos y temas vinculados a través de la impartición de actividades de formación continua, conceptualizadas especialmente de acuerdo con sus demandas específicas.\n\nPor otra parte, nuestra participación en el proceso legislativo de la nueva ley de extinción de dominio por invitación del Dr. Martin Mijichich y del Consejo de Defensa Jurídica del Estado, nos abre muchas oportunidades de colaboración con la Procuraduría General en los años por venir.\n\nAsí, en esta nueva etapa, el presente Convenio de Cooperación Interinstitucional tiene como objetivos renovados la asistencia técnica aplicada y el fortalecimiento de las capacidades de los operadores del Sistema de Defensa Jurídica del Estado en temas de lucha contra la corrupción, el lavado de activos y la recuperación de activos ilícitos a través de la cooperación internacional en materia penal, áreas principales de intervención nuestra institución.\n\nCreo firmemente que la cooperación entre nuestras instituciones beneficiará notablemente a los esfuerzos realizados por el Estado peruano para la recuperación del dinero ilícito ubicado en jurisdicciones extranjeras y contribuirá a la consolidación del sistema de administración de justicia del Perú.\n\nPara finalizar, quisiera expresar mi profundo agradecimiento, a Ud. Procurador Soria y a su competente equipo, por la confianza depositada en nuestra institución y por la excelente colaboración en estos casi 8 años de trabajo conjunto. No esta demás reiterarle nuestro gran interés y disponibilidad para continuar en este trabajo coordinado para conseguir los objetivos comunes de nuestras instituciones: erradicar la corrupción y recuperar los activos que éste crimen odioso procura en detrimento del pueblo del Perú.\n\n_“Si ha existido una época en la historia del mundo en la cual la corrupción destruye las vidas de las personas y en la cual la recuperación de activos puede contrarrestar esta tendencia, ese tiempo es ahora”._\n\nPor ese motivo, desde el lugar que nos ha tocado ocupar en la historia, daremos nuestro mejor esfuerzo para ayudar a la recuperación y al desarrollo de vuestro magnifico país.\n\nMe gustaría terminar mi breve presentación enviándoles un fuerte abrazo fraterno a todos los peruanos por el aniversario patrio que se celebra esta semana en el Perú. 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