[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":2289},["ShallowReactive",2],{"anti-corruption-integrity-model-peru":3,"all-stories":211,"story-anti-corruption-integrity-model-peru-body-assets":2280},[4],{"id":5,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":8,"description":9,"slug":10,"highlights":11,"region":12,"area":14,"image":16,"content":30,"tags":126,"countries":182,"donors":197},18,"published",null,"Embedding Peru’s national anti-corruption standards in subnational governments","How the Basel Institute’s Subnational Public Finance Management programme (Programa GFP Subnacional) is helping Peruvian regional and local governments embed the country’s national Integrity Model, its anti-corruption framework, into everyday operations. ","anti-corruption-integrity-model-peru","- **Getting on the right track:** The programme focused on six subnational governments with significant gaps in corruption prevention and in the early stages of implementing Peru’s national Integrity Model.\n- **Targeting priorities:** Official Preventive Capacity Index results helped identify institutional gaps and priorities to guide targeted activities and capacity building with local authorities.\n- **Leading national rankings:** In just one year, the Loreto and Apurímac regional governments moved from 17th to 4th and 18th to 1st places respectively in the national Preventive Capacity Index.",[13],"Latin America Caribbean",[15],"Public Financial Management",{"id":17,"storage":18,"filename_disk":19,"filename_download":20,"title":21,"type":22,"created_on":23,"modified_on":24,"charset":7,"filesize":25,"width":26,"height":27,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":28,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":29,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":23},"ef03c514-68b0-4cd3-88b2-5cfb3bbf60c3","local","ef03c514-68b0-4cd3-88b2-5cfb3bbf60c3.jpg","Integrity-officers-in-Apurimac-2025.jpg","Integrity Officers in Apurimac 2025","image\u002Fjpeg","2026-10-26T10:34:01.000Z","2026-10-26T10:35:11.000Z",265433,1527,737,"Regional Meeting of Integrity Officers in Apurímac, 2025.",{},[31,58,71,84,96,113],{"id":32,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":35,"item":54},85,"text",1,{"id":5,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":8,"image":17,"description":9,"slug":10,"highlights":11,"region":36,"area":37,"content":38,"tags":44,"countries":50,"donors":52},[13],[15],[32,39,40,41,42,43],86,87,88,89,90,[45,46,47,48,49],58,59,60,61,62,[51],19,[53],4,{"id":55,"text":56,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},138,"Peru faces significant public integrity challenges. In 2024, the Comptroller General estimated that corruption and misconduct resulted in losses of approximately PEN 24.3 billion (around USD 7 billion) in\n2023, equivalent to 2.8 percent of GDP. Subnational governments accounted for around 44 percent of these losses.\n\nThe main risks include manipulated procurement, overvaluation of works and services, improper payments and unsupported consultancy contracts. Another was weaknesses in internal controls and\ntransparency, particularly in public procurement and budget execution processes.\n\nIn response, the Peruvian state established the Integrity Model, a five-stage tool designed to guide state entities in implementing anti- corruption frameworks based on international standards and best\npractices. The goal is to strengthen a culture of integrity and improve the capacity to prevent and respond to unethical or corrupt practices. The Preventive Capacity Index assesses the effectiveness of its implementation.\n\nYet formal rules and requirements, such as those of the Integrity Model, do not automatically translate into effective corruption prevention. Many subnational governments face difficulties turning these rules\ninto concrete actions that become part of their work, often because of unclear roles and responsibilities and weak follow-up.\n\nThese gaps are particularly significant in territories with limited institutional capacity and complex development challenges.","The situation",{"id":39,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":60,"item":67},2,{"id":5,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":8,"image":17,"description":9,"slug":10,"highlights":11,"region":61,"area":62,"content":63,"tags":64,"countries":65,"donors":66},[13],[15],[32,39,40,41,42,43],[45,46,47,48,49],[51],[53],{"id":68,"text":69,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},139,"The programme developed an approach to make integrity part of everyday public financial management and decision-making. It focused on entities in the early stages of adopting and implementing the Integrity Model that also scored low on preventive capacity.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002Fd43152e5-5a4c-4525-9282-998913a0d6ed)\n\nThe programme combined several forms of support:\n\n- **Evidence-based diagnostics:** identifying the main institutional gaps and priority actions, based on the results of the Preventive Capacity Index evaluation.\n- **Bringing actors together:** working together with authorities and technical teams to develop integrity programmes aligned with national requirements and define implementation roadmaps.\n- **Developing concrete plans and tools:** helping institutions define clear responsibilities, deadlines, indicators and follow-up mechanisms, and translating regulatory and technical requirements into processes and tools that public officials could use in their daily work.\n- **Ongoing technical assistance:** helping officials address implementation challenges as they arose.\n\nThis approach aimed both to strengthen institutional ownership and to build lasting capacities that would endure beyond the programme’s conclusion.","What we did",{"id":40,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":73,"item":80},3,{"id":5,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":8,"image":17,"description":9,"slug":10,"highlights":11,"region":74,"area":75,"content":76,"tags":77,"countries":78,"donors":79},[13],[15],[32,39,40,41,42,43],[45,46,47,48,49],[51],[53],{"id":81,"text":82,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},140,"The programme contributed to significant improvements in the supported regional governments’ capacities to plan, implement and monitor measures to prevent corruption risks, according to their scores in the official evaluations of the Integrity Model.\n\nEven in complex institutional contexts, where serious issues existed at the outset, corruption prevention capacity saw a positive change thanks to the combination of technical assistance, institutional commitment and a practical approach to implementation.\n\nBeyond improving their Preventive Capacity Index scores, the programme left these institutions with methodologies, skills and practical tools that can be applied further, across other subnational\ngovernments and public entities. These resources aim to support sustainable change towards an institutional culture focused on transparency, risk prevention and continuous improvement in public financial management.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002Fdb23c4d4-a3a1-4f47-8687-3b9a2bfebd4a)","The impact",{"id":41,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":85,"item":92},{"id":5,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":8,"image":17,"description":9,"slug":10,"highlights":11,"region":86,"area":87,"content":88,"tags":89,"countries":90,"donors":91},[13],[15],[32,39,40,41,42,43],[45,46,47,48,49],[51],[53],{"id":93,"text":94,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},141,"The experience demonstrates that subnational governments can strengthen their preventive capacity through targeted support, while generating methodologies and tools that can be adapted elsewhere in Peru and internationally.\n\nFor Switzerland and other development partners, this experience offers value on three levels.\n\n1. **Impact** strengthening public institutions responsible for managing public resources and delivering essential services to people in regions facing significant development challenges.\n2. **Knowledge** generating tested methodologies and practical tools for strengthening integrity in subnational governments with different levels of capacity and institutional maturity.\n3. **Global public goods** contributing to corruption prevention, stronger democratic governance and more transparent and efficient public financial management.\n\nFor governments and development partners seeking to strengthen corruption prevention at subnational level, the model offers a practical starting point: work with existing national frameworks, identify implementation gaps, build local capacity and provide sustained technical support until integrity\nbecomes part of everyday public management.","Wider 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It is leading to tangible increases in frozen and recovered assets and in successful international cooperation.","zambia","- Embedded experts supported 31 complex corruption and financial crime cases, with an estimated asset value of CHF 640 million and tangible recovery results.\n- Transferred skills, not just knowledge, through a train-the-trainer model and multi-agency case simulations that are now institutionalised within Zambian authorities.\n- Strengthened cross-border enforcement, helping Zambia issue mutual legal assistance requests to 12 jurisdictions and cooperate internationally to freeze illicit assets.\n- Helped secure a landmark corruption conviction against a former minister and high-level public servant, and the confiscation of GBP 2 million in assets. ",[218],"Africa",[220,221],"Asset recovery and enforcement","Learning and training",{"id":223,"storage":18,"filename_disk":224,"filename_download":225,"title":226,"type":227,"created_on":228,"modified_on":229,"charset":7,"filesize":230,"width":231,"height":232,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":233,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":234,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":228},"1771acba-7b15-4a82-b901-8a4139683856","1771acba-7b15-4a82-b901-8a4139683856.png","story_zambia.png","Story Zambia","image\u002Fpng","2026-02-28T22:17:20.000Z","2026-02-28T22:39:29.000Z",796818,902,672,"An ICAR train-the-trainer workshop in Zambia in 2024, which saw five Zambian practitioners certified to train their peers on financial investigations and asset recovery using ICAR’s training methodology.",{},[236,250,261,272,283],{"id":207,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":237,"item":247},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":238,"area":239,"content":240,"tags":244,"countries":245,"donors":246},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],9,10,11,[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":248,"text":249,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},36,"Effectively enforcing laws and recovering illicit assets is vital to mobilise resources for development and reduce reliance on aid. Strong asset recovery systems reinforce justice institutions and the rule of law, which are essential for civic trust, stability and investment. However, many countries face challenges in investigating complex financial crimes, cooperating internationally and managing seized and confiscated assets.",{"id":241,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":251,"item":258},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":252,"area":253,"content":254,"tags":255,"countries":256,"donors":257},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":259,"text":260,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},37,"Drawing on over 20 years of experience, the International Centre for Asset Recovery, a specialised centre of the Basel Institute on Governance, provided tailored technical assistance to Zambian authorities through an embedded expert model.\n\nWorking closely with investigators and prosecutors from the Anti-Corruption Commission, Drug Enforcement Commission and National Prosecution Authority, our experts combined in-person mentoring on complex, high-value cases with targeted training and guidance on legal and institutional reforms. Since 2024, our Zambia-based team supported 31 corruption and financial crime cases with an estimated asset value of CHF 640 million.",{"id":242,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":262,"item":269},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":263,"area":264,"content":265,"tags":266,"countries":267,"donors":268},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":270,"text":271,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},38,"Step by step, Zambia is strengthening its ability to investigate financial crime and recover illicit assets.\n\n- **Building sustainable skills:** Through a train-the-trainer programme initiated in 2024, [five officers from different agencies became certified to deliver ICAR’s financial investigations and asset recovery training](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fzambia-five-local-trainers-certified-to-train-peers-in-financial-investigations-and-asset-recovery-2783\u002F). Nearly 130 frontline officers participated in multi-agency workshops using simulated cases tailored to the Zambian context. The Anti-Corruption Commission also integrated ICAR eLearning into its induction programme; 50 officers completed this training in 2024 and registered Zambian users on our online learning platform [Basel LEARN](https:\u002F\u002Flearn.baselgovernance.org\u002F) rose to over 500.\n- **Recovering and freezing assets:** By the end of 2024, our case support assisted Zambia to recover around CHF 30 million, confiscate additional property including farmland, hotels, residential buildings, a commercial complex and 37 vehicles, helicopters and freeze a further CHF 24 million in property and cash.\n- **Strengthening international cooperation:** Zambia is engaging productively with international financial centres for the first time. In 2024, authorities sent 16 mutual legal assistance requests to 12 jurisdictions and cooperated on parallel investigations with two jurisdictions. Over CHF 14 million has been frozen in Jersey and Switzerland.\n- **Supporting prosecutions:** In 2025, the Zambian authorities successfully [prosecuted a former minister and a high-level public servant](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fnews\u002Fzambia-convicts-former-foreign-minister-in-helicopter-corruption-trial-with-international-support-2846)for corruption-related offences. Both individuals received prison sentences, and the conviction resulted in the confiscation of GBP 2M in assets.\n",{"id":243,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":273,"item":280},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":274,"area":275,"content":276,"tags":277,"countries":278,"donors":279},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":281,"text":282,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},39,"Alongside casework, ICAR experts contributed to updated legislation and institutional reforms to improve mutual legal assistance and international cooperation. They also supported the development of a national policy on asset recovery and asset management and contributed to the development of a legal and institutional framework for asset management.\n\nICAR provides this type of targeted, case-based technical assistance on asset recovery to more than 40 government agencies across four continents.\n\n",{"id":107,"collection":284,"sort":98,"stories_id":285,"item":292},"quote",{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":286,"area":287,"content":288,"tags":289,"countries":290,"donors":291},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":34,"quote":293,"author":294},"We value the partnership we continue to enjoy with you. We have seen the effects of your efforts. You are the real deal.","Gilbert Phiri, Director of Public Prosecutions, Zambia",[296,307,318,329],{"id":59,"stories_id":297,"tags_id":304},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":298,"area":299,"content":300,"tags":301,"countries":302,"donors":303},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":305,"name":306},843,"Asset recovery",{"id":72,"stories_id":308,"tags_id":315},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":309,"area":310,"content":311,"tags":312,"countries":313,"donors":314},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":316,"name":317},1372,"Training",{"id":53,"stories_id":319,"tags_id":326},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":320,"area":321,"content":322,"tags":323,"countries":324,"donors":325},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":327,"name":328},1365,"Technical assistance",{"id":114,"stories_id":330,"tags_id":337},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":331,"area":332,"content":333,"tags":334,"countries":335,"donors":336},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":158,"name":159},[339],{"id":34,"stories_id":340,"countries_id":347},{"id":53,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":213,"image":223,"description":214,"slug":215,"highlights":216,"region":341,"area":342,"content":343,"tags":344,"countries":345,"donors":346},[218],[220,221],[207,241,242,243,107],[59,72,53,114],[34],[],{"id":348,"name":349,"code":350,"latitude":351,"longitude":352},244,"Zambia","ZM",-13.1339,27.84933,[],{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":359,"area":361,"image":362,"content":375,"tags":447,"countries":468,"donors":497},"International cooperation in action: recovering illicit assets across borders","How successful collaboration between the Colombian and Guernsey authorities, with support from the Basel Institute on Governance’s International Centre for Asset Recovery, led to the successful enforcement of a non-conviction based confiscation order and the sharing of illicit assets linked to drug crimes.","illicit-assets","- Enabled Colombia’s first successful international asset recovery based on its non-conviction based forfeiture law, with nearly half a million US dollars confiscated and shared across borders.\n- Supported effective cooperation between Colombia and Guernsey, enabling the identification, freezing, confiscation and repatriation of illicit assets through mutual legal assistance.\n- Turned a complex transnational case into a practical precedent, generating lessons and good practices to strengthen future international asset recovery efforts",[13,360],"Europe",[220],{"id":363,"storage":18,"filename_disk":364,"filename_download":365,"title":366,"type":227,"created_on":367,"modified_on":368,"charset":7,"filesize":369,"width":370,"height":371,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":372,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":373,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":374},"922c9e2b-65d7-41f5-90e2-678fd8240d49","922c9e2b-65d7-41f5-90e2-678fd8240d49.png","story_illicitassets.png","Story Illicitassets","2026-02-28T22:52:28.000Z","2026-02-28T22:54:30.000Z",868355,1055,681,"The Attorneys General of Colombia (left) and Guernsey (right) signed an asset return agreement in early 2025 following the successful conclusion of the case in 2024.",{},"2026-02-28T22:52:29.000Z",[376,392,403,414,425,436],{"id":377,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":378,"item":389},13,{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":379,"area":380,"content":381,"tags":386,"countries":387,"donors":388},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],14,15,16,17,[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":390,"text":391,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},40,"Asset recovery depends not only on national laws and investigative capacity, but also on effective cooperation between countries holding evidence or assets. Transnational cases are often legally complex and operationally sensitive, particularly when they rely on non-conviction based confiscation. Successful cooperation in such cases can set important precedents, opening the door to future asset recoveries and returns.",{"id":382,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":393,"item":400},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":394,"area":395,"content":396,"tags":397,"countries":398,"donors":399},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":401,"text":402,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},41,"The International Centre for Asset Recovery, a specialised centre of the Basel Institute on Governance, supported cooperation between authorities in Colombia and Guernsey in the Don Efra case. This was a landmark international asset recovery linked to Colombia’s non-conviction based forfeiture regime, *Extinción de dominio*.\n\nOn 30 November 2023, a Colombian court ordered the non-conviction based forfeiture of funds held in a trust account in Guernsey, amounting to GBP 361,146. The court found that the assets were proceeds of drug trafficking committed by Efraín Antonio Hernández Ramírez, known as “Don Efra”, a notorious cartel leader in the 1990s, and his former spouse. \n\nFollowing mutual legal assistance proceedings between both jurisdictions, Colombia and Guernsey concluded an asset-sharing agreement in London on 30 January 2025, ordering the repatriation of the confiscated assets.\n",{"id":383,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":404,"item":411},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":405,"area":406,"content":407,"tags":408,"countries":409,"donors":410},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":412,"text":413,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},42,"Guernsey’s confiscation of nearly half a million US dollars in criminal proceeds on behalf of Colombia set an important precedent. It marked Colombia’s first successful international asset recovery based on its non-conviction based forfeiture law and demonstrated that such measures can be enforced effectively across borders.\n\nThe case also strengthened operational cooperation between the two jurisdictions. Early and trust-based coordination enabled the identification, freezing, confiscation and repatriation of the assets, while overcoming legal and institutional challenges. The success adds to recent international enforcement of Extinción de dominio decisions by authorities in Peru and Guatemala.",{"id":384,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":415,"item":422},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":416,"area":417,"content":418,"tags":419,"countries":420,"donors":421},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":423,"text":424,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},43,"Beyond the recovery itself, ICAR supported the extraction of key lessons from the case through a dedicated practitioner-focused case study. The takeaways highlight the decisive role of early international cooperation, the importance of identifying beneficial ownership, the value of direct enforcement of foreign confiscation orders and the role of asset-sharing agreements and international standards in strengthening cooperation incentives. By documenting good practices and challenges, the case contributes to wider learning and more effective international asset recovery in future cases.\n\nThrough ICAR, the Basel Institute provides training and support on international cooperation and mutual legal assistance to both victim states and international financial centres. We support multiple transnational cases of corruption and other serious financial crimes.",{"id":385,"collection":284,"sort":98,"stories_id":426,"item":433},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":427,"area":428,"content":429,"tags":430,"countries":431,"donors":432},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":59,"quote":434,"author":435},"This has been an excellent example of how judicial authorities can work together to ensure the recovery of the proceeds derived from criminal activities.","Luz Adriana Camargo, Attorney General of Colombia",{"id":5,"collection":284,"sort":114,"stories_id":437,"item":444},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":438,"area":439,"content":440,"tags":441,"countries":442,"donors":443},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":72,"quote":445,"author":446},"The case highlights the importance of international co-operation, through intelligence sharing and mutual legal assistance, and demonstrates that non-conviction based asset forfeiture is a powerful tool in the fight to deprive individuals of their ill-gotten gains. The support of the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery has been invaluable, and the success of this case owes a lot to their expertise and their commitment to support the global effort to recover illicit funds.","Megan Pullum KC, His Majesty’s Procureur of Guernsey",[448,457],{"id":207,"stories_id":449,"tags_id":456},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":450,"area":451,"content":452,"tags":453,"countries":454,"donors":455},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":305,"name":306},{"id":241,"stories_id":458,"tags_id":465},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":459,"area":460,"content":461,"tags":462,"countries":463,"donors":464},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":466,"name":467},822,"International cooperation",[469,483],{"id":72,"stories_id":470,"countries_id":477},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":471,"area":472,"content":473,"tags":474,"countries":475,"donors":476},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":478,"name":479,"code":480,"latitude":481,"longitude":482},78,"Guernsey","GG",49.46569,-2.58528,{"id":53,"stories_id":484,"countries_id":491},{"id":98,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":355,"image":363,"description":356,"slug":357,"highlights":358,"region":485,"area":486,"content":487,"tags":488,"countries":489,"donors":490},[13,360],[220],[377,382,383,384,385,5],[207,241],[72,53],[],{"id":492,"name":493,"code":494,"latitude":495,"longitude":496},47,"Colombia","CO",4.57087,-74.29733,[],{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":503,"area":504,"image":507,"content":517,"tags":580,"countries":621,"donors":635},"Anti-corruption support to Ukraine during wartime","How we support Ukraine to safeguard reconstruction, strengthen anti-corruption systems, build defensive strength with integrity, and advance asset recovery even under wartime conditions. A snapshot of our diverse efforts.","anti-corruption-ukraine","- **Strengthened anti-corruption frameworks** across infrastructure, transport, forestry, medical procurement and the private sector, adapted to wartime conditions.\n- **Produced the first joint strategic corruption risk assessment** of Ukraine’s civil infrastructure recovery, in partnership with the National Agency for Corruption Prevention (NACP) and the State Audit Service.\n- **Provided ongoing support to Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions** at a critical juncture, amid increasing political pressure and risks to institutional independence. The programme delivered advanced training to more than 93 prosecutors, investigators and judges, with training now expanding to the Specialised Environmental Prosecutor’s Office to address environmental crime risks.\n- **Enabled progress on international asset recovery**, including execution of six mutual legal assistance requests by Switzerland and expert support on frozen Yanukovych-era assets.\n- **Assessed corruption risks** in 336 restoration grants worth UAH 61.8 billion, with our recommendations formally endorsed by the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development.\n",[360],[505,506],"Corruption Prevention and Public Governance","Ukraine",{"id":508,"storage":18,"filename_disk":509,"filename_download":510,"title":506,"type":511,"created_on":512,"modified_on":512,"charset":7,"filesize":513,"width":514,"height":515,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":7,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":516,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":512},"2a10135b-52e1-4f71-9c4c-0df4c05a82a8","2a10135b-52e1-4f71-9c4c-0df4c05a82a8.webp","ukraine.webp","image\u002Fwebp","2026-02-28T23:26:34.000Z",298332,1600,1093,{},[518,537,548,559,570],{"id":51,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":519,"item":534},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":520,"area":521,"content":522,"tags":527,"countries":532,"donors":533},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],20,23,21,22,[528,529,530,531],32,33,34,35,[59],[],{"id":535,"text":536,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},44,"Anti-corruption is essential in Ukraine, especially during wartime. As Ukraine defends itself against aggression, it also plays a pivotal role in preserving the rule of law and contributing to the security and stability of Europe as a whole.\n \nWartime conditions create severe challenges for anti-corruption work. Yet public demand for accountability remains exceptionally strong, reflecting an unusually low tolerance for corruption even under pressure. With scarce resources and immense reconstruction needs, preventing corruption is central to Ukraine’s resilience and to its commitment to building back better.",{"id":523,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":538,"item":545},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":539,"area":540,"content":541,"tags":542,"countries":543,"donors":544},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":546,"text":547,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},45,"Despite the security and financial challenges, we reinforced support to the Government of Ukraine, state-owned enterprises and civil society to strengthen transparency, oversight and enforcement. Much of this work was made possible through long-standing support from the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC), with additional funding from Norway, Liechtenstein, the EBRD, Swedfund, NEFCO and USAID.\n \nOur approach combines hands-on corruption risk assessments, the development of mitigation measures and practical guidance on strengthening anti-corruption frameworks, adapted to volatile wartime conditions.",{"id":524,"collection":549,"sort":72,"stories_id":550,"item":557},"image",{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":551,"area":552,"content":553,"tags":554,"countries":555,"donors":556},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":114,"image":558,"caption":7},"0cf2e2dd-e0dc-4800-ae2f-6f96bfc5f285",{"id":525,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":560,"item":567},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":561,"area":562,"content":563,"tags":564,"countries":565,"donors":566},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":568,"text":569,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},46,"### Safeguarding restoration and infrastructure\nUkraine’s restoration costs are already in the hundreds of billions of dollars – and reconstruction is ongoing even as the war rages. In 2024, working with the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development, we assessed corruption risks in 336 restoration grants worth UAH 61.8 billion. We identified regulatory weaknesses and provided detailed recommendations, which were formally endorsed by the Ministry, strengthening safeguards for future projects.\n \nWe also supported the State Agency for Restoration and Infrastructure Development to develop policies on whistleblowing, internal investigations, handling corruption reports, transparent recruitment and a Code of Ethics, complemented by targeted training and a monthly anti-corruption newsletter.\n\n### Strengthening integrity in state-owned enterprises\nUkrainian Railways (UZ), a strategically vital state-owned enterprise, faces heightened corruption risks due to its size and wartime role. Building on long-standing cooperation, in 2024 we helped adapt its corruption risk assessment methodology to wartime realities and strengthened its compliance framework with a new Anti-Corruption Programme, Code of Ethics and related policies, followed by training to support implementation. We also advised UZ on the reform of its sizable procurement system, reducing one of the long-standing corruption risks.\n\n### Protecting Ukraine's forests from corruption\nTogether with the National Agency for Corruption Prevention, WWF Ukraine and the Specialised Environmental Prosecutor’s Office, we published an in-depth study on corruption risks related to forests and the timber sector. We continue to work with partners to strengthen the regulatory framework and reduce corruption risks in this sector.\n \nIn parallel, we collaborate with the state-owned enterprise Forests of Ukraine to strengthen its anti-corruption framework, helping to protect forests and support a sustainable and profitable timber trade.\n\n### Recovering assets from abroad\nBuilding sustainable capacity in financial investigations and asset recovery is essential to Ukraine’s ability to uncover and prosecute corruption and related financial crimes and to recover vital public funds.\n \nIn 2025, five practitioners from the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office, the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the High Anti-Corruption Court were certified as national trainers in financial investigations and asset recovery after completing the International Centre for Asset Recovery’s Train-the-Trainer programme. This milestone helps embed practitioner-led training across key anti-corruption institutions. As experienced investigators and prosecutors, the certified trainers are also well placed to apply and promote innovative approaches to asset recovery within their own organisations.\n \nAlongside capacity building, ICAR experts facilitated a meeting in Switzerland between the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine and the Swiss Federal Office of Justice, resulting in the execution of six mutual legal assistance requests. We also provided expert opinions in seven cases linked to frozen Yanukovych-era assets.\n",{"id":526,"collection":33,"sort":98,"stories_id":571,"item":578},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":572,"area":573,"content":574,"tags":575,"countries":576,"donors":577},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":492,"text":579,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},"We have been working in Ukraine for over a decade. A significantly increased team of 10 experts in Kyiv delivers the vast majority of our programming, with headquarters support.\n \nIn 2025 and 2026 the effort continues, with an additional three-year project funded by the Government of Norway to promote transparency and accountability in three strategically vital sectors:\n \n- **Natural resources**: Tackling corruption risks in forestry and the critical minerals sector.\n- **Energy**: Supporting transparency and accountability in energy-related enterprises, starting with a collaboration with the Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine to establish a comprehensive anti-corruption compliance system.\n- **Defence industries**: Strengthening compliance and integrity systems in defence manufacturers as they produce vital materiel for Ukraine’s defence and integrate with Europe’s broader security architecture. This builds on our ongoing partnership with Ukraine Defense Industries (UkrOboronProm or UOP).\n \nIn addition, multi-year support from the Principality of Liechtenstein is allowing us to build a dedicated programme focused on reducing corruption risks in renewable energy. As Ukraine shifts away from centralised fossil fuel-based generation capacity, both for security and decarbonisation purposes, ensuring that the energy transition is not undermined through corruption is doubly crucial. \n",[581,592,603,612],{"id":528,"stories_id":582,"tags_id":589},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":583,"area":584,"content":585,"tags":586,"countries":587,"donors":588},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":590,"name":591},1306,"Governance",{"id":529,"stories_id":593,"tags_id":600},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":594,"area":595,"content":596,"tags":597,"countries":598,"donors":599},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":601,"name":602},830,"Business integrity",{"id":530,"stories_id":604,"tags_id":611},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":605,"area":606,"content":607,"tags":608,"countries":609,"donors":610},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":305,"name":306},{"id":531,"stories_id":613,"tags_id":620},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":614,"area":615,"content":616,"tags":617,"countries":618,"donors":619},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":136,"name":137},[622],{"id":59,"stories_id":623,"countries_id":630},{"id":114,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":499,"image":508,"description":500,"slug":501,"highlights":502,"region":624,"area":625,"content":626,"tags":627,"countries":628,"donors":629},[360],[505,506],[51,523,524,525,526],[528,529,530,531],[59],[],{"id":631,"name":506,"code":632,"latitude":633,"longitude":634},225,"UA",48.37943,31.16558,[],{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":642,"area":643,"image":644,"content":654,"tags":703,"countries":722,"donors":746},7,"From hidden accounts to recovered assets: Peru and Luxembourg","With support from the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery\n(ICAR), authorities overcame legal barriers to recover millions and set a model for\ninternational asset recovery.","peru-luxembourg","- Tens of millions of dollars in illicit assets linked to the Fujimori–Montesinos network were recovered.\n- Authorities engaged in direct judicial cooperation without a bilateral treaty, using the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC) as a legal basis.\n- The case established a practical precedent for international asset recovery between jurisdictions without prior cooperation frameworks.",[13,360],[220],{"id":645,"storage":18,"filename_disk":646,"filename_download":647,"title":648,"type":511,"created_on":649,"modified_on":649,"charset":7,"filesize":650,"width":651,"height":652,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":7,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":653,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":649},"4b0f3e8f-b0e3-4b9b-a2c8-d8c855a30b89","4b0f3e8f-b0e3-4b9b-a2c8-d8c855a30b89.webp","peru-luxembourg.webp","Peru Luxembourg","2026-03-30T20:58:43.000Z",140946,2000,1091,{},[655,669,681,692],{"id":656,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":657,"item":666},24,{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"image":645,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":658,"area":659,"content":660,"tags":663,"countries":664,"donors":665},[13,360],[220],[656,530,661,662],25,26,[248,259],[114,637],[],{"id":667,"text":668,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},48,"Recovering assets from large-scale corruption depends not only on strong domestic cases\nbut also on effective international cooperation. This is particularly true when illicit funds are\nhidden in complex offshore structures across multiple financial centres.\n\nThe Fujimori–Montesinos case is one of Latin America’s most significant asset recovery\nefforts. After the regime collapsed in 2000, Peruvian authorities began tracing funds moved\nabroad through sophisticated financial networks spanning several jurisdictions.\n\nFrom around 2014, Peru stepped up efforts to enforce confiscation decisions internationally.\nThis shift coincided with the development of non-conviction based forfeiture and the growing\nuse of international frameworks such as UNCAC.\n\nLuxembourg was a key jurisdiction in these efforts, as it hosted some of the remaining\naccounts linked to the corrupt network. However, cooperation had to be built from the ground\nup. There was no bilateral agreement, no established practice for enforcing foreign\nconfiscation orders and no diplomatic presence to facilitate engagement.",{"id":530,"collection":670,"sort":59,"stories_id":671,"item":678},"box",{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"image":645,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":672,"area":673,"content":674,"tags":675,"countries":676,"donors":677},[13,360],[220],[656,530,661,662],[248,259],[114,637],[],{"id":59,"title":679,"text":680},"Key terms","**Non-conviction based forfeiture**: A legal tool that allows authorities to recover assets\nwithout a criminal conviction. Courts can order forfeiture if assets are proven to be linked to\nunlawful activity.\n\n**Mutual legal assistance (MLA)**: A formal process through which countries request and\nshare evidence or enforce judicial measures in criminal matters, enabling cooperation across\njurisdictions.",{"id":661,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":682,"item":689},{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"image":645,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":683,"area":684,"content":685,"tags":686,"countries":687,"donors":688},[13,360],[220],[656,530,661,662],[248,259],[114,637],[],{"id":690,"text":691,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},49,"The Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) helped translate the\nlegal possibilities under UNCAC into a practical cooperation framework between Peruvian\nand Luxembourg authorities. Over more than a decade, ICAR supported Peru in\nstrengthening legal frameworks, building institutional capacity and advancing complex asset\nrecovery cases.\n\nThis support combined technical advice with hands-on engagement, including:\n- Strengthening asset recovery strategies and international cooperation practices.\n- Promoting and implementing non-conviction based forfeiture frameworks.\n- Developing legal strategies to enable the enforcement of Peruvian confiscation decisions abroad, including confirming through practitioner exchanges that UNCAC could serve as a sufficient legal basis.\n\nThese efforts were closely linked to reforms within Peru, where ICAR supported the\ndevelopment and implementation of non-conviction based forfeiture. The approach operated\nat two levels: strengthening domestic capacity to produce robust confiscation decisions, and\nsupporting strategies to enforce them internationally. This alignment proved essential.\n\nCases such as [The Blue Ridge Trust and the Hudson Trust](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gob.pe\u002F23084-casos-emblematicos-del-gran-ducado-de-luxemburgo), [Southland Securities Inc.](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fblog\u002Fun-caso-historico-de-recuperacion-de-activos-pone-prueba-la-legislacion-peruana-de-extincion)\nand [James Stone](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fjames-stone-case-perus-fight-recover-assets-academy-bulletin) illustrate this approach. By combining conviction-based and non-\nconviction based confiscation with flexible forms of international cooperation, authorities\nwere able to navigate complex financial structures and recover illicit assets across\njurisdictions.\n\nIn particular, the use of UNCAC – especially Articles 46 and 55 – as a legal basis for mutual\nlegal assistance and the enforcement of foreign confiscation orders was instrumental. It\nenabled cooperation and turned legal frameworks into operational results.",{"id":662,"collection":33,"sort":98,"stories_id":693,"item":700},{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"image":645,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":694,"area":695,"content":696,"tags":697,"countries":698,"donors":699},[13,360],[220],[656,530,661,662],[248,259],[114,637],[],{"id":701,"text":702,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},50,"Peru is now one of the most advanced and active countries in Latin America in international\nasset recovery. Its experience includes:\n\n- Early large-scale restitutions from Switzerland, the United States and other jurisdictions.\n- Development of domestic confiscation and non-conviction based forfeiture frameworks.\n- Leadership in promoting international cooperation practices across the region. Peru’s experience has informed similar approaches in other jurisdictions.\n\nThrough ICAR, the Basel Institute continues to support authorities in Peru and elsewhere in\ntackling complex corruption and financial crime cases, sharing lessons learned and\nstrengthening global asset recovery efforts.",[704,713],{"id":248,"stories_id":705,"tags_id":712},{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"image":645,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":706,"area":707,"content":708,"tags":709,"countries":710,"donors":711},[13,360],[220],[656,530,661,662],[248,259],[114,637],[],{"id":305,"name":306},{"id":259,"stories_id":714,"tags_id":721},{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"image":645,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":715,"area":716,"content":717,"tags":718,"countries":719,"donors":720},[13,360],[220],[656,530,661,662],[248,259],[114,637],[],{"id":466,"name":467},[723,732],{"id":114,"stories_id":724,"countries_id":731},{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"image":645,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":725,"area":726,"content":727,"tags":728,"countries":729,"donors":730},[13,360],[220],[656,530,661,662],[248,259],[114,637],[],{"id":192,"name":193,"code":194,"latitude":195,"longitude":196},{"id":637,"stories_id":733,"countries_id":740},{"id":637,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":638,"image":645,"description":639,"slug":640,"highlights":641,"region":734,"area":735,"content":736,"tags":737,"countries":738,"donors":739},[13,360],[220],[656,530,661,662],[248,259],[114,637],[],{"id":741,"name":742,"code":743,"latitude":744,"longitude":745},132,"Luxembourg","LU",49.81527,6.12958,[],{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":752,"area":753,"image":754,"content":766,"tags":824,"countries":843,"donors":853},"Following the money: how Peru reshaped corruption investigations after Odebrecht","With support from the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery, Peru has become a regional model for proactive financial investigations and cross-border cooperation.","reshaped-corruption-investigations-peru","- **Corruption cases now routinely include parallel financial investigations.** Asset tracing and evidence development support prosecutions from the outset.\n- **Authorities use international cooperation more systematically and at earlier stages.** This improves the speed and coordination of cross-border investigations.\n- **The approach contributed to landmark convictions,** including a former president, and has influenced anti-corruption practice across the region.\n",[13],[220],{"id":755,"storage":18,"filename_disk":756,"filename_download":757,"title":758,"type":227,"created_on":759,"modified_on":760,"charset":7,"filesize":761,"width":762,"height":763,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":764,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":765,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":759},"d80a28ef-b6a6-415d-8e65-243e94b9668d","d80a28ef-b6a6-415d-8e65-243e94b9668d.png","odebrecht.png","Odebrecht","2026-03-30T21:24:57.000Z","2026-03-30T21:25:33.000Z",392210,732,412,"Photo credit: ICAR delegation at the Toledo trial. From left to right: Stefan Lenz, Diana Cordero and Oscar Solórzano, Head of Latin America at the International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR).",{},[767,781,791,802,813],{"id":768,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":769,"item":778},28,{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"image":755,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":770,"area":771,"content":772,"tags":775,"countries":776,"donors":777},[13],[220],[768,529,773,774,528],30,31,[768,270],[98],[],{"id":779,"text":780,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},52,"The Odebrecht case exposed one of the largest corruption schemes in Latin America. It involved bribery networks, offshore structures and coordinated payments across multiple jurisdictions.\n\nIn Peru, the scale of the case posed serious challenges. Investigators had to trace financial flows across borders, identify beneficial owners and coordinate with several authorities at once. Earlier cases provided some experience. But Odebrecht required a more systematic and sustained response.\n\nAt the outset, capacity was uneven. Financial investigations were not always integrated into corruption cases. International cooperation – particularly mutual legal assistance – was often reactive and fragmented. Legal tools for asset recovery, including non-conviction based forfeiture, were still being consolidated.\n\nAuthorities needed not only to investigate and prosecute corruption, but to build a coordinated strategy able to address its financial dimension and enable sustained cross-border cooperation. This was in a context of political backlash against prosecutorial authorities and significant resource constraints.",{"id":529,"collection":670,"sort":59,"stories_id":782,"item":789},{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"image":755,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":783,"area":784,"content":785,"tags":786,"countries":787,"donors":788},[13],[220],[768,529,773,774,528],[768,270],[98],[],{"id":34,"title":679,"text":790},"**Non-conviction based forfeiture**: A legal tool that allows authorities to recover assets\nwithout a criminal conviction. Courts can order forfeiture if assets are proven to be linked to\nunlawful activity.\n\n**Mutual legal assistance (MLA)**: A formal process through which countries request and\nshare evidence for criminal investigations, enabling cooperation across jurisdictions.",{"id":773,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":792,"item":799},{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"image":755,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":793,"area":794,"content":795,"tags":796,"countries":797,"donors":798},[13],[220],[768,529,773,774,528],[768,270],[98],[],{"id":800,"text":801,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},54,"From 2015 onwards, the Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR)\nsupported Peruvian authorities to address the financial and cross-border dimensions of the\nOdebrecht case. Specialists were embedded within prosecution teams across several\njurisdictions. They provided hands-on support in financial analysis and, in some cases, acted\nas expert witnesses in court.\n\nThe support focused on two priorities: strengthening financial investigations and enhancing\ninternational cooperation.\n\nIn practice, this included:\n- Embedding financial investigations into corruption cases so that asset tracing, financial analysis and evidence development progressed alongside criminal proceedings.\n- Strengthening prosecutorial and judicial capacity through specialised training on complex financial crime.\n- Promoting earlier and more systematic use of mutual legal assistance, both formal and informal, while facilitating direct exchanges between authorities.\n- Supporting the application of asset recovery tools, including non-conviction based forfeiture and other confiscation mechanisms.\n\nOver time, ICAR helped translate legal frameworks into operational practice. Investigations\nbecame more structured, coordinated and proactive.\n\nSupport operated at two levels. It strengthened domestic capacity and improved cooperation\nacross jurisdictions. These approaches were tested and refined in cases involving [complex\noffshore structures](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fnexus-between-corruption-and-money-laundering-deconstructing-toledo-odebrecht-network) and layered financial transactions.",{"id":774,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":803,"item":810},{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"image":755,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":804,"area":805,"content":806,"tags":807,"countries":808,"donors":809},[13],[220],[768,529,773,774,528],[768,270],[98],[],{"id":811,"text":812,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},55,"The impact is visible not only in individual cases but also in how corruption is investigated and prosecuted in Peru.\n\nAt the judicial level, the approach contributed to major convictions. Former presidents\n[Alejandro Toledo](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gob.pe\u002Finstitucion\u002Fpj\u002Fnoticias\u002F1043841-poder-judicial-impone-20-anos-y-seis-meses-de-carcel-para-expresidente-alejandro-toledo-por-colusion-y-lavado-de-activos) was sentenced to 20 years in prison for bribery and illicit campaign financing linked to the Odebrecht scheme. Other senior officials have also been convicted.\n\nThese outcomes show that complex corruption cases can be pursued effectively, including across borders.\n\nThe most significant change is institutional. Financial investigations are now central to corruption cases. Asset tracing, financial intelligence and evidence analysis have become standard practice.\n\nInternational cooperation has also evolved. Mutual legal assistance is used earlier and more strategically, with better coordination between jurisdictions.\n\nA key development was the creation of the Unidad de Recuperación Activos en el Extranjero (URAE), an asset recovery unit within the Office of the Attorney General. Established with ICAR’s support, it has contributed to significant asset recovery efforts linked to the Odebrecht case and related proceedings.\n\nMore broadly, Peru has shifted from reactive enforcement to a more proactive, financially driven approach. This demonstrates that sustained technical support, combined with institutional commitment, can strengthen both individual cases and long-term capacity.",{"id":528,"collection":33,"sort":98,"stories_id":814,"item":821},{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"image":755,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":815,"area":816,"content":817,"tags":818,"countries":819,"donors":820},[13],[220],[768,529,773,774,528],[768,270],[98],[],{"id":822,"text":823,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},56,"Peru’s experience with the Odebrecht case has influenced approaches in other jurisdictions,\nincluding Ecuador and Colombia, where ICAR has also provided support. Comparable\nresults are beginning to emerge as cases progress.\n\nMore broadly, the case reflects a shift in anti-corruption practice – from isolated prosecutions\nto more integrated strategies that combine legal, financial and cooperative tools. It has also\nstrengthened networks of prosecutors who exchange information and coordinate action, both\nformally and informally.\n\nParallel financial investigations and the systematic use of mutual legal assistance are now\ncentral to enforcement in Peru and increasingly across the region. However, capacity gaps\nremain. Economic crime continues to evolve, and new technologies add complexity. At the\nsame time, political and legal backlash against anti-corruption measures remains a\nchallenge.\n\nOngoing investment in skills, cooperation and effective implementation of frameworks such\nas the United Nations Convention against Corruption will be essential.",[825,834],{"id":768,"stories_id":826,"tags_id":833},{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"image":755,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":827,"area":828,"content":829,"tags":830,"countries":831,"donors":832},[13],[220],[768,529,773,774,528],[768,270],[98],[],{"id":305,"name":306},{"id":270,"stories_id":835,"tags_id":842},{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"image":755,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":836,"area":837,"content":838,"tags":839,"countries":840,"donors":841},[13],[220],[768,529,773,774,528],[768,270],[98],[],{"id":466,"name":467},[844],{"id":98,"stories_id":845,"countries_id":852},{"id":207,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":748,"image":755,"description":749,"slug":750,"highlights":751,"region":846,"area":847,"content":848,"tags":849,"countries":850,"donors":851},[13],[220],[768,529,773,774,528],[768,270],[98],[],{"id":192,"name":193,"code":194,"latitude":195,"longitude":196},[],{"id":241,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":855,"description":856,"slug":857,"highlights":858,"region":859,"area":860,"image":861,"content":874,"tags":919,"countries":973,"donors":988},"Applying behavioural insights to reduce corruption in a Tanzanian hospital","How a behavioural anti-corruption pilot in a Dar es Salaam hospital reduced gift-giving and generated evidence on how social norms interventions can tackle corruption in public services.","tz-hospital","- **Direct impact:** Reduced gift-giving intentions, attitudes and positive beliefs among hospital users by 14–44 percent within eight weeks.\n- **Behaviour change mechanism:** Trained peer champions, visible leadership support and workplace messaging shifted social norms around gift acceptance among health workers.\n- **Systemic impact:** Generated practical evidence showing that social norms and behaviour change interventions can complement traditional anti-corruption controls in frontline public services.",[218],[505],{"id":862,"storage":18,"filename_disk":863,"filename_download":864,"title":865,"type":511,"created_on":866,"modified_on":867,"charset":7,"filesize":868,"width":869,"height":870,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":871,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":872,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":873},"3db2e132-5c95-4e29-87ef-141047e12dc0","3db2e132-5c95-4e29-87ef-141047e12dc0.webp","Gemini_Generated_Image_prumrlprumrlprum.webp","Gemini Generated Image Prumrlprumrlprum","2026-05-22T13:46:54.000Z","2026-05-29T21:37:53.000Z",114158,2752,1536,"Anti-gift giving poster as part of a pilot anti-corruption intervention in a public hospital in Tanzania.",{},"2026-05-22T13:46:55.000Z",[875,886,897,908],{"id":531,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":876,"item":883},{"id":241,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":855,"image":862,"description":856,"slug":857,"highlights":858,"region":877,"area":878,"content":879,"tags":880,"countries":881,"donors":882},[218],[505],[531,248,259,270],[107,377,382,383,384],[207],[],{"id":884,"text":885,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},73,"In many public service settings, including health facilities, users offer unofficial “gifts” to frontline staff to build social relationships and secure better treatment. Rooted in social norms of reciprocity, this practice can fuel petty corruption, entrench inequality and distort access to essential services like healthcare. Traditional anti-corruption measures like training or controls are often insufficient in such contexts, but approaches that target social norms and behaviour change show promise.",{"id":248,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":887,"item":894},{"id":241,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":855,"image":862,"description":856,"slug":857,"highlights":858,"region":888,"area":889,"content":890,"tags":891,"countries":892,"donors":893},[218],[505],[531,248,259,270],[107,377,382,383,384],[207],[],{"id":895,"text":896,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},74,"We piloted a behavioural anti-corruption intervention in a public hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in collaboration with the UK Behavioural Insights Team, the University of Dar es Salaam and the University of Utrecht. The intervention targeted social norms underpinning gift-giving and leveraged the social networks of health workers.\n\nUsing a peer-driven model, we recruited and trained anti-corruption champions from multiple professional groups. These champions shared messages discouraging gift acceptance in staff meetings and personal conversations. \n\nPosters and desk signs reinforced the messages, stating that staff do not accept bribes. Desk signs also provided guidance on tactfully refusing gifts and appealed to professional ethics, with endorsement from hospital management and the national medical association.",{"id":259,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":898,"item":905},{"id":241,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":855,"image":862,"description":856,"slug":857,"highlights":858,"region":899,"area":900,"content":901,"tags":902,"countries":903,"donors":904},[218],[505],[531,248,259,270],[107,377,382,383,384],[207],[],{"id":906,"text":907,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},75,"**Direct impact: measurable behaviour change**\nWithin eight weeks, the pilot recorded a 14–44 percent reduction in gift-giving intentions, attitudes and positive beliefs among hospital users. Posters and peer messaging proved more effective than written guidance on how to refuse gifts. Some beliefs – particularly around gifts given as “gratitude” after services – were more resistant to change.\n\n**Indirect impact: evidence and models for wider reform**\nBeyond the measurable results, the pilot generated practical insights for tackling corruption rooted in social norms. It demonstrated the importance of clearly communicating that all forms of gift-giving constitute corruption, highlighting the negative consequences and using trusted peer networks and visible leadership support to reinforce behaviour change.\n\nThe intervention also showed the value of locally adapted, participatory approaches that complement traditional compliance measures. These lessons provide a foundation for applying similar social norms interventions in other hospitals and adapting the approach to address corruption risks in other public service sectors.",{"id":270,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":909,"item":916},{"id":241,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":855,"image":862,"description":856,"slug":857,"highlights":858,"region":910,"area":911,"content":912,"tags":913,"countries":914,"donors":915},[218],[505],[531,248,259,270],[107,377,382,383,384],[207],[],{"id":917,"text":918,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},76,"The Tanzania hospital pilot reflects the Basel Institute’s broader approach of linking research with practical anti-corruption action. Our Prevention, Research and Innovation team examines how corruption is shaped by social norms, informal practices and political realities, recognising that behaviour change is central to sustainable reform.\n\nBy piloting innovative interventions in real-world settings, we generate evidence on what works in practice. 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They can also strengthen asset recovery efforts by helping authorities to target the profits that sustain organised criminal networks in a more coordinated and comprehensive way.",{"id":390,"collection":670,"sort":59,"stories_id":1022,"item":1029},{"id":242,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":990,"image":998,"description":991,"slug":992,"highlights":993,"region":1023,"area":1024,"content":1025,"tags":1026,"countries":1027,"donors":1028},[13],[220,996],[281,390,401,667,412,690,423],[385,5,51,523,525,526,524,656,661,662,1016],[241,242,243],[],{"id":114,"title":1030,"text":1031},"Key term","**Joint Investigation Team:** A formal cooperation mechanism that allows prosecutors and investigators from different countries to work together on a shared cross-border case. They enable direct evidence sharing, coordinated investigative action and faster cooperation while respecting national laws and sovereignty.\n",{"id":401,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":1033,"item":1040},{"id":242,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":990,"image":998,"description":991,"slug":992,"highlights":993,"region":1034,"area":1035,"content":1036,"tags":1037,"countries":1038,"donors":1039},[13],[220,996],[281,390,401,667,412,690,423],[385,5,51,523,525,526,524,656,661,662,1016],[241,242,243],[],{"id":1041,"text":1042,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},79,"Through our International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) and Green Corruption programme, the Basel Institute is promoting the development and implementation of Joint Investigation Teams with partner countries tackling cross-border corruption and organised crime.\n\nSupport combines technical expertise with practical assistance: helping authorities build trust across jurisdictions, strengthening cooperation frameworks and supporting the design and operationalisation of these mechanisms.\n\nOne example comes from Latin America. In 2025, prosecutorial authorities in Peru, Panama and Ecuador established the first Joint Investigation Team on wildlife trafficking in Latin America to investigate a shark fin trafficking network spanning the countries’ borders. \n",{"id":667,"collection":284,"sort":53,"stories_id":1044,"item":1051},{"id":242,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":990,"image":998,"description":991,"slug":992,"highlights":993,"region":1045,"area":1046,"content":1047,"tags":1048,"countries":1049,"donors":1050},[13],[220,996],[281,390,401,667,412,690,423],[385,5,51,523,525,526,524,656,661,662,1016],[241,242,243],[],{"id":525,"quote":1052,"author":1053},"This significant milestone was achieved with the sustained support of the Basel Institute on Governance, whose assistance was instrumental from the initial engagement, through the facilitation of in-person trust-building exchanges among prosecutors, to the design, formalisation and operationalisation of the agreement.","Sebastián Aguilar J., Directorate of Cooperation and International Affairs, Office of the Attorney General of Ecuador",{"id":412,"collection":33,"sort":98,"stories_id":1055,"item":1062},{"id":242,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":990,"image":998,"description":991,"slug":992,"highlights":993,"region":1056,"area":1057,"content":1058,"tags":1059,"countries":1060,"donors":1061},[13],[220,996],[281,390,401,667,412,690,423],[385,5,51,523,525,526,524,656,661,662,1016],[241,242,243],[],{"id":1063,"text":1064,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},80,"The Peru–Panama–Ecuador agreement established a framework for direct information exchange, coordinated investigative strategies and joint prosecutorial action across borders. It also created an important regional precedent, by showing how countries can work collectively against organised criminal networks operating across jurisdictions. \n\nThe wildlife trafficking case is one example of a broader effort. The Basel Institute is supporting partners to use Joint Investigation Teams in other cross-border cases, such as corruption or – in the case referred to below – illegal mining: ",{"id":690,"collection":284,"sort":114,"stories_id":1066,"item":1073},{"id":242,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":990,"image":998,"description":991,"slug":992,"highlights":993,"region":1067,"area":1068,"content":1069,"tags":1070,"countries":1071,"donors":1072},[13],[220,996],[281,390,401,667,412,690,423],[385,5,51,523,525,526,524,656,661,662,1016],[241,242,243],[],{"id":526,"quote":1074,"author":1075},"ICAR’s support has been essential in strengthening our capacity to combat organised crime in Peru. With their guidance, our office has successfully launched one of the country’s first Joint Investigation Teams, marking a significant step forward in cross-border cooperation. What I particularly value is the daily, dedicated technical assistance provided by ICAR’s experts, which has not only supported our work on cases but has also improved our institutional capabilities.","Mayda Virginia Mori Anto, Chief Provincial Prosecutor, Second Supraprovincial Specialized Prosecutor's Office for Organised Crime of Peru",{"id":423,"collection":33,"sort":637,"stories_id":1077,"item":1084},{"id":242,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":990,"image":998,"description":991,"slug":992,"highlights":993,"region":1078,"area":1079,"content":1080,"tags":1081,"countries":1082,"donors":1083},[13],[220,996],[281,390,401,667,412,690,423],[385,5,51,523,525,526,524,656,661,662,1016],[241,242,243],[],{"id":1085,"text":1086,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},81,"Joint Investigation Teams remain underused in many regions affected by corruption and organised crime. 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Citizens and organisations working to strengthen accountability face limited resources, shifting political realities and shrinking civic space. 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Yet practitioners at the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU), the Specialised Anti-Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) and the High Anti-Corruption Court (HACC) have continued to pursue complex cases under wartime conditions – and to invest in the skills needed to do so.\n\nStrong capacity in financial investigations and asset recovery is essential to uncovering and prosecuting corruption and related financial crimes, and to recovering public funds that Ukraine urgently needs.\n\nTo make that capacity last, Ukrainian institutions needed to move beyond one-off external training events. They needed a way to embed advanced investigative techniques, such as standalone money laundering charges and “source and application” financial analysis, and to deliver high-quality, practitioner-led training themselves.",{"id":811,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":1492,"item":1499},{"id":377,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1461,"image":1468,"description":1462,"slug":1463,"highlights":1464,"region":1493,"area":1494,"content":1495,"tags":1496,"countries":1497,"donors":1498},[360],[220,221,506],[800,811,822,1484,45],[412,423],[382],[],{"id":1500,"text":1501,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},115,"The Basel Institute’s International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR) partnered with NABU, SAPO and HACC on a two-year [train-the-trainer programme (TTT)](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Flearning\u002Ftraining\u002Ftrain-the-trainer) on financial investigations and asset recovery.\n\nThe support combined in-depth technical training with mentoring of selected future trainers:\n\n-   **Advanced technical curriculum:** Covered essential financial investigation methods, including standalone money laundering charges, asset tracing and [“source and application” analysis](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fquick-guide-22-analysing-suspects-financial-affairs-corruption-case) to identify [unexplained wealth](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Fillicit-enrichment-guide-laws-targeting-unexplained-wealth).\n-   **Practitioner-led certification:** Selected five experienced practitioners (investigators, prosecutors and judges) to undergo rigorous training and mentoring. 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Because training is now delivered from within the institutions themselves, specialist knowledge relies less on external expertise and is more resilient to staff turnover and wartime pressures. Rostyslav Batig, SAPO Prosecutor and certified trainer, said:\n\n> These sessions gave me structured knowledge of money laundering that I was able to apply directly in one of my cases... Being able to train others allows me to test and discuss ideas, receive additional perspectives from specialists in the same field, and develop additional skills such as public speaking, preparing presentations and using analytical tools. \n\n### Applying new methods in practice\nPractitioners report applying approaches such as standalone money laundering charges and “source and application” analysis to identify unexplained wealth in their cases – methods that were not widely used before.\n\n### Enforcement results in context\nOver the same period, Ukraine’s anti-corruption authorities stepped up their work on money laundering. Between 2023 and 2025:\n\n- Money laundering cases initiated by NABU rose from 30 to 65.\n- Money laundering convictions entering into force, following SAPO prosecution of NABU cases, rose from four to nine.\n- Civil confiscation lawsuits targeting unexplained wealth, based on NABU material, increased from one to eight.\n\nThese results are the achievement of Ukraine’s anti-corruption institutions and the professionals within them, working under extremely difficult conditions.\n",{"id":1484,"collection":549,"sort":53,"stories_id":1514,"item":1521},{"id":377,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1461,"image":1468,"description":1462,"slug":1463,"highlights":1464,"region":1515,"area":1516,"content":1517,"tags":1518,"countries":1519,"donors":1520},[360],[220,221,506],[800,811,822,1484,45],[412,423],[382],[],{"id":637,"image":1522,"caption":7},"cd693284-959f-4fa4-a3e9-f6b887de7fa8",{"id":45,"collection":33,"sort":98,"stories_id":1524,"item":1531},{"id":377,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1461,"image":1468,"description":1462,"slug":1463,"highlights":1464,"region":1525,"area":1526,"content":1527,"tags":1528,"countries":1529,"donors":1530},[360],[220,221,506],[800,811,822,1484,45],[412,423],[382],[],{"id":1532,"text":1533,"class":7,"title":1534,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},117,"Ukraine’s experience sends a powerful message. If anti-corruption institutions can make specialist skills a priority while their country is at war, institutions elsewhere can do the same – whatever pressures they face.","Sustainable systemic reform",[1536,1545],{"id":412,"stories_id":1537,"tags_id":1544},{"id":377,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1461,"image":1468,"description":1462,"slug":1463,"highlights":1464,"region":1538,"area":1539,"content":1540,"tags":1541,"countries":1542,"donors":1543},[360],[220,221,506],[800,811,822,1484,45],[412,423],[382],[],{"id":1159,"name":1160},{"id":423,"stories_id":1546,"tags_id":1553},{"id":377,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1461,"image":1468,"description":1462,"slug":1463,"highlights":1464,"region":1547,"area":1548,"content":1549,"tags":1550,"countries":1551,"donors":1552},[360],[220,221,506],[800,811,822,1484,45],[412,423],[382],[],{"id":316,"name":317},[1555],{"id":382,"stories_id":1556,"countries_id":1563},{"id":377,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1461,"image":1468,"description":1462,"slug":1463,"highlights":1464,"region":1557,"area":1558,"content":1559,"tags":1560,"countries":1561,"donors":1562},[360],[220,221,506],[800,811,822,1484,45],[412,423],[382],[],{"id":631,"name":506,"code":632,"latitude":633,"longitude":634},[],{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1570,"area":1571,"image":1572,"content":1583,"tags":1653,"countries":1692,"donors":1702},"How better warehousing keeps classrooms supplied in Peru","How the Basel Institute’s Subnational Public Financial Management programme (Programa GFP Subnacional) is helping regional governments in Peru modernise their education warehouses, so that school books and learning materials reach students on time and in good condition.","warehouse-management-peru","- **Standard protocols and better data:** The programme introduced a Warehouse Management Protocol and digital georeferencing tools, helping regional governments assess warehouse conditions, identify problems and plan improvements based on evidence.\n- **Space recovered and costs reduced:** In San Martín, the work freed up around 1,080 m² of warehouse space and generated estimated annual savings of PEN 231,000 (USD 68,000) by reducing the need for rented storage.\n- **Stronger regional capacity:** Training, digital tools and clearer procedures are helping regional governments manage public resources more independently and support more reliable education services.\n- **Influencing national practice:** Evidence and tools developed in six regions have informed work by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, including similar warehouse management assessments elsewhere and changes to guidance on storage and inventories.\n",[13],[15],{"id":1573,"storage":18,"filename_disk":1574,"filename_download":1575,"title":1576,"type":22,"created_on":1577,"modified_on":1578,"charset":7,"filesize":1579,"width":1256,"height":1580,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":1581,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":1582,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":1577},"3782b32e-7132-49ec-95fd-5cf0f50f922d","3782b32e-7132-49ec-95fd-5cf0f50f922d.jpg","Training-at-San-Martín-warehouse_PFM programme.jpg","Training at San Martín Warehouse Pfm Programme","2026-10-19T12:52:20.000Z","2026-10-19T12:57:48.000Z",98460,675,"Inside the San Martín warehouse, where staff completed training and operational improvements.",{},[1584,1598,1609,1620,1631,1642],{"id":46,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":1585,"item":1595},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1586,"area":1587,"content":1588,"tags":1591,"countries":1593,"donors":1594},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],65,66,[535,546,568,1592],63,[383],[34],{"id":1596,"text":1597,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},118,"When warehouses stocking school books and learning materials – and their inventories – are not properly managed, it can lead to losses, damage, unnecessary purchases, increased storage fees and delays in delivery to schools and their students. These problems affect rural and lower-income communities most severely, widening existing inequalities in education.\n\nIn Peru, the Ministry of Education designs, produces and purchases materials for early years, primary and secondary education. It transports them to regional education bodies and local school districts, which must then store, organise and distribute them to individual schools. This final stage is especially difficult in remote Andean and Amazonian areas.\n\nOfficial figures show the scale of the problem. In 2019, only 16.6 percent of primary schools received printed materials in sufficient quantities, in good condition and before the school year began. The\nfigure was just 6.7 percent in rural areas. School districts report late deliveries, too few warehouse staff and inadequate storage space as major constraints.",{"id":47,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":1599,"item":1606},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1600,"area":1601,"content":1602,"tags":1603,"countries":1604,"donors":1605},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":1607,"text":1608,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},119,"The Subnational PFM programme works with six regional governments and their local school districts. Its support covers the full warehouse process: receiving materials, organising and storing them, managing inventories and distributing them to schools.\n\nThe aim is simply to help materials arrive complete, undamaged and on time.\n\nThe programme combines several forms of support, following thorough assessments of the status quo:\n\n- **Training for warehouse teams:** Practical training and technical assistance help logistics and warehouse staff improve day-to-day management.\n- **Common procedures:** Standard protocols set clear steps for receiving, organising, storing, controlling, distributing and disposing of materials.\n- **Reliable information:** Digital tools record warehouse conditions, identify operational gaps and track progress.\n- **Warehouse-specific plans:** Diagnostics are translated into practical actions on layout, signage, security, working conditions, inventory control and use of space.\n- **Better stock control:** Information systems improve records and make stored goods easier to trace.\n- **Follow-through:** The programme monitors improvements and helps education and logistics teams work together across the supply chain.",{"id":48,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":1610,"item":1617},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1611,"area":1612,"content":1613,"tags":1614,"countries":1615,"donors":1616},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":1618,"text":1619,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},120,"Regional governments and school districts now have clearer procedures for receiving, storing, recording and distributing educational materials. Staff training and standard protocols have improved inventory control and created better conditions for timely delivery to schools.\n\nThe programme has also helped warehouses use their existing space more effectively. Teams have reorganised storage and removed obsolete or unused materials. Digital tools make it easier to track stock, monitor warehouse conditions and base decisions on reliable information.\n\nThe work has influenced practice beyond the six participating regions. Diagnostics produced by the programme highlighted common gaps and prompted Peru’s Ministry of Economy and Finance to carry out similar assessments elsewhere and refine national guidance on storage and inventories. The programme contributes evidence and practical tools, while the Ministry provides regulatory oversight, specialist training and support for wider adoption.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002F4367dacb-52f3-44e6-8587-f0565295dd96)\n",{"id":49,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":1621,"item":1628},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1622,"area":1623,"content":1624,"tags":1625,"countries":1626,"donors":1627},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":1629,"text":1630,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},121,"This experience shows that education logistics can improve without relying only on expensive new infrastructure. Clear procedures, usable information and trained staff can recover space, cut avoidable costs and make warehouses more secure and reliable. Coordination with national authorities also creates a route for successful approaches to spread beyond the original regions.\n\nFor development partners, the key lesson is that strengthening the less visible parts of public administration can have a direct effect on whether children – hundreds of thousands in this case, many in rural areas – receive the materials they need to learn. It is a concrete investment in better use of public funds and more equitable education services.",{"id":1589,"collection":97,"sort":98,"stories_id":1632,"item":1639},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1633,"area":1634,"content":1635,"tags":1636,"countries":1637,"donors":1638},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":114,"title":108,"description":109,"image":1640,"image_alt":7,"file":7,"link":1641,"link_text":112,"reverse":34,"class":7,"items_label":7,"items":7},"6967895d-b905-4bf9-a29b-f02363faa0af","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Flearning-from-practice-pfm-from-shelf-to-school",{"id":1590,"collection":33,"sort":114,"stories_id":1643,"item":1650},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1644,"area":1645,"content":1646,"tags":1647,"countries":1648,"donors":1649},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":1651,"text":1652,"class":7,"title":125,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},122,"::: links\n- [About public financial management](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fwork\u002Fprogrammes\u002Fpublic-financial-management\u002F)\n- [Programa GFP Subnacional website](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.gfpsubnacional.pe\u002F)\n\n:::",[1654,1665,1674,1683],{"id":535,"stories_id":1655,"tags_id":1662},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1656,"area":1657,"content":1658,"tags":1659,"countries":1660,"donors":1661},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":1663,"name":1664},1300,"Education",{"id":546,"stories_id":1666,"tags_id":1673},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1667,"area":1668,"content":1669,"tags":1670,"countries":1671,"donors":1672},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":180,"name":181},{"id":568,"stories_id":1675,"tags_id":1682},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1676,"area":1677,"content":1678,"tags":1679,"countries":1680,"donors":1681},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":158,"name":159},{"id":1592,"stories_id":1684,"tags_id":1691},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1685,"area":1686,"content":1687,"tags":1688,"countries":1689,"donors":1690},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":147,"name":148},[1693],{"id":383,"stories_id":1694,"countries_id":1701},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1695,"area":1696,"content":1697,"tags":1698,"countries":1699,"donors":1700},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":192,"name":193,"code":194,"latitude":195,"longitude":196},[1703],{"id":34,"sort":34,"stories_id":1704,"donors_items_id":1711},{"id":382,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1566,"image":1573,"description":1567,"slug":1568,"highlights":1569,"region":1705,"area":1706,"content":1707,"tags":1708,"countries":1709,"donors":1710},[13],[15],[46,47,48,49,1589,1590],[535,546,568,1592],[383],[34],{"id":207,"logo":208,"link":209,"title":210,"description":7},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1717,"area":1718,"image":1719,"content":1731,"tags":1804,"countries":1843,"donors":1853},"Strengthening property tax collection in Peruvian municipalities","How the Basel Institute’s Subnational Public Finance Management programme (Programa GFP Subnacional) is helping Peruvian municipalities strengthen property tax collection. The result is a more reliable local revenue base and less dependence on central government transfers.","property-tax-collection-peru","- **47 percent tax revenue growth:** From 2019 to 2025, the five municipalities significantly improved their property tax collection. The highest jump was in Abancay, at 138 percent.\n- **Early fiscal liquidity:** By issuing tax bills on time, funds started arriving earlier – allowing for better, more reliable planning of public spending.\n- **Closing gaps in the tax base:** Municipalities were able to identify unregistered and under-declared properties, update outdated records, and strengthen coordination between tax, IT, legal and other departments.\n- **Low-cost, high-impact tech:** By leveraging widely used digital channels, the programme helped set up mass payment reminders, enforcement messages and 24\u002F7 support for taxpayers.\n- **Changing taxpayer behaviour:** Frequent, targeted communication raised awareness of tax payment processes and deadlines. More importantly, it helped create a culture of compliance.\n- **A playbook for other governments:** Practical tools and evidence from the interventions can now support other subnational governments seeking to boost their tax collection rates.",[13],[15],{"id":1720,"storage":18,"filename_disk":1721,"filename_download":1722,"title":1723,"type":22,"created_on":1724,"modified_on":1725,"charset":7,"filesize":1726,"width":1256,"height":1727,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":1728,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":1729,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":1730},"1be18209-8ebe-4ad4-be7e-daab818a086f","1be18209-8ebe-4ad4-be7e-daab818a086f.jpg","Screenshot 2026-10-07 at 10.42.19.jpg","Screenshot 2026 10 07 at 10.42.19","2026-10-19T15:17:34.000Z","2026-10-19T15:20:30.000Z",123266,581,"Taxpayer services office of the Provincial Municipality of Abancay.",{},"2026-10-19T15:17:36.000Z",[1732,1750,1761,1772,1783,1794],{"id":1733,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":1734,"item":1747},67,{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1735,"area":1736,"content":1737,"tags":1743,"countries":1745,"donors":1746},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],68,69,70,71,72,[492,667,690,1744],64,[384],[],{"id":1748,"text":1749,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},123,"In 2021, property tax collection across Peru only represented 0.5 percent of GDP, compared to 0.9 percent in Latin America and 1.9 percent in OECD countries.\n\nDue to their unreliability as a source of income, municipal taxes have become less central to financing municipalities’ own spending across Peru.\n\nThe OECD has identified weak property records as a major obstacle to effective property tax collection. As part of Peru’s accession process, the OECD recommends expanding and modernising systems for recording real estate ownership, strengthening technical capacity to manage that data and using incentives to reward timely payment.\n\nClosing these gaps will reduce dependence on central government transfers and build more robust, self-reliant local governments.",{"id":1738,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":1751,"item":1758},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1752,"area":1753,"content":1754,"tags":1755,"countries":1756,"donors":1757},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":1759,"text":1760,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},124,"The Subnational PFM programme covered the five main processes of municipal tax administration:\n\n1. Registering and assessing tax liability\n2. Managing accounts\n3. Treasury and payments\n4. Resolving claims and disputes\n5. Issuing notifications\n\nAll of them should provide ongoing taxpayer guidance and customer service.\n\nThe following table sets out the gaps that were identified and how the\nprogramme helped officials to respond:\n\n| Identified problem | Programme response |\n| ------------------ | ------------------ |\n| Incomplete and outdated property registers | - Annual inspection plans with clear targets and indicators\u003Cbr>- Use of the Ministry of Economy and Finance's fiscal register and updated tariff values\u003Cbr>- Targeted inspection campaigns |\n| Delays in issuing and distributing annual property tax invoices and service charge assessments | - Identification of administrative and regulatory bottlenecks\u003Cbr>- Preparation of roadmaps with responsibilities and deadlines\u003Cbr>- Stronger coordination across tax, legal, budget, IT and communications functions |\n| Weak taxpayer communication | - Low-cost mass reminders by SMS, email and WhatsApp\u003Cbr>- Training for staff to oversee and manage the tools |\n| Limited capacity to recover overdue tax bills | - Segmentation of debtors by amount, age and debt status\u003Cbr>- Targeted enforcement communications |\n| Limited channels for taxpayer information and customer service | - Implementation of automated platforms, like chatbots, to answer frequently asked questions and provide guidance on procedures\u003Cbr>- Online queries on debts and payments |\n\n![Meeting with the authorities of the Provincial Municipality of Abancay.](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002F1fa0d026-70c3-4789-9c4a-6e91031f8ae8)\n\n### Harnessing technology to reach taxpayers\n\nAcross every stage of the reforms, the programme helped municipalities make use of technology, from updating and cleaning their databases for better decision-making to improving communication with taxpayers and non-payers.\n\nThe goal was to leverage modern, low-cost and automated channels. Given how widely WhatsApp and SMS are used across Peru, the programme supported tax offices to set up the relevant technologies, configure them for municipal use and train staff to run them.\n\nThrough these channels, municipalities now send automated reminders, payment incentives and enforcement messages, and answer common queries 24\u002F7 via an official municipal account.\n\nConsistent and clear communication, paired with information about why paying taxes matters and timely enforcement messaging, also helps build a culture of compliance. This in turn makes future tax collection easier and less adversarial.\n\n### Building capacity for the long term\n\nThe programme partnered with Peru’s National School of Public Administration and the National Civil Service Authority to deliver a specialised training programme in municipal taxation for officials from\nlocal tax administrations. It covers tax regulations, inspection, collection and process modernisation.\n\nThe course is now part of the National School of Public Administration’s regular training portfolio, which helps sustain and extend its reach.\n\n",{"id":1739,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":1762,"item":1769},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1763,"area":1764,"content":1765,"tags":1766,"countries":1767,"donors":1768},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":1770,"text":1771,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},125,"The five supported municipalities, home to around three million inhabitants, saw their tax collection become more effective and taxpayer-oriented:\n\n- A stronger revenue base. Identifying unregistered and underdeclared properties permanently expanded the local tax base, thus creating a more reliable source of own revenue.\n- First-quarter liquidity. Issuing invoices on time shifted collection towards the start of the year. This gave municipalities immediate cash flow to plan for public services.\n- Higher payment rates at lower cost. Low-cost digital reminders (SMS\u002FWhatsApp) and targeted, data-driven enforcement improved payment rates while easing pressure on limited administrative resources.\n- Wider, more permanent customer service. Chatbots expanded access to information on obligations, procedures and payments.\n- Long-lasting capacity. The new training programme with Peru’s National School of Public Administration has strengthened, and will continue to strengthen, municipal officials’ technical capacity, while helping anchor these gains within the civil service.\n\nProperty tax collection across the five municipalities grew by an average 47 percent between 2019 and 2025. The scale of that growth shows what targeted, sustained technical assistance can do to strengthen local fiscal autonomy.",{"id":1740,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":1773,"item":1780},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1774,"area":1775,"content":1776,"tags":1777,"countries":1778,"donors":1779},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":1781,"text":1782,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},126,"Achieving greater fiscal autonomy for subnational governments is an important part of improving public financial management. It enables them to plan spending, invest in infrastructure and deliver public\nservices in line with local priorities.\n\nStrengthening property tax mobilisation offers municipalities a significant opportunity to increase their own-source revenue. With collection levels still below OECD averages, there is considerable room to improve performance through comprehensive, sustained reforms.\n\nResults from just five of Peru’s hundreds of municipalities are promising. They show that a holistic approach can generate measurable gains in a relatively short period. It can also create tools and capacities that municipalities can continue to use beyond the initial technical assistance.\n\nFor development partners, this is a practical entry point to strengthen the fiscal autonomy of subnational governments and their ability to finance local public services – in Peru and beyond.",{"id":1741,"collection":97,"sort":98,"stories_id":1784,"item":1791},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1785,"area":1786,"content":1787,"tags":1788,"countries":1789,"donors":1790},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":637,"title":108,"description":109,"image":1792,"image_alt":7,"file":7,"link":1793,"link_text":112,"reverse":34,"class":7,"items_label":7,"items":7},"9c1028ff-1a67-4ae5-ad9f-b3d71b1826be","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Flearning-from-practice-pfm-revenue-close-to-home",{"id":1742,"collection":33,"sort":114,"stories_id":1795,"item":1802},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1796,"area":1797,"content":1798,"tags":1799,"countries":1800,"donors":1801},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":1803,"text":1652,"class":7,"title":125,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},127,[1805,1814,1823,1834],{"id":492,"stories_id":1806,"tags_id":1813},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1807,"area":1808,"content":1809,"tags":1810,"countries":1811,"donors":1812},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":158,"name":159},{"id":667,"stories_id":1815,"tags_id":1822},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1816,"area":1817,"content":1818,"tags":1819,"countries":1820,"donors":1821},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":180,"name":181},{"id":690,"stories_id":1824,"tags_id":1831},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1825,"area":1826,"content":1827,"tags":1828,"countries":1829,"donors":1830},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":1832,"name":1833},1377,"Technology",{"id":1744,"stories_id":1835,"tags_id":1842},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1836,"area":1837,"content":1838,"tags":1839,"countries":1840,"donors":1841},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":147,"name":148},[1844],{"id":384,"stories_id":1845,"countries_id":1852},{"id":383,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1713,"image":1720,"description":1714,"slug":1715,"highlights":1716,"region":1846,"area":1847,"content":1848,"tags":1849,"countries":1850,"donors":1851},[13],[15],[1733,1738,1739,1740,1741,1742],[492,667,690,1744],[384],[],{"id":192,"name":193,"code":194,"latitude":195,"longitude":196},[],{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1859,"area":1860,"image":1861,"content":1872,"tags":1939,"countries":1985,"donors":1995},"Early warning systems against deforestation in Peru","How the Basel Institute’s Subnational Public Finance Management programme (Programa GFP Subnacional) is helping regional governments in Peru use satellite data and early warning systems to monitor Amazonian forest. Staff training, historical baselines and open-source tools are helping authorities target patrols where deforestation pressure is greatest.","early-warning-systems-peru","- **2.8 million hectares across nine Regional Conservation Areas:** The programme is supporting monitoring and conservation management across nine Regional Conservation Areas in Cusco, Loreto and San Martín – around 75 percent of the total area under regional conservation management in Peru.\n- **Nine validated deforestation baselines for better decisions:** For the first time, participating Regional Conservation Areas have standardised evidence showing where forest loss occurred, how much was lost and what caused it.\n- **Stronger local technical capacity:** Regional teams have been trained in geographic information systems, remote sensing and satellite-image analysis, reducing reliance on external specialists.\n- **Faster, more consistent monitoring:** Open-source tools are being introduced to automate the processing and reporting of deforestation alerts, shortening the gap between detection and management decisions.\n- **Satellite evidence is guiding action:** Authorities are using satellite data to update surveillance plans, improve patrol routes and complement satellite monitoring with drone surveillance to target areas under pressure.\n- **A practical model for other regions:** The methods, tools and proposed national guidance offer a scalable approach for other resource-constrained territories facing similar forest-monitoring challenges.",[13],[15],{"id":1862,"storage":18,"filename_disk":1863,"filename_download":1864,"title":1865,"type":22,"created_on":1866,"modified_on":1867,"charset":7,"filesize":1868,"width":1256,"height":1869,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":1870,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":1871,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":1866},"49ebd383-52bc-4e85-89c3-860a1e2a834d","49ebd383-52bc-4e85-89c3-860a1e2a834d.jpg","Park-rangers-Cordillera-Escalera-Regional-Conservation-Area.jpg","Park Rangers Cordillera Escalera Regional Conservation Area","2026-10-19T15:41:27.000Z","2026-10-19T15:42:52.000Z",122553,652,"Park rangers patrolling the Cordillera Escalera Regional Conservation Area.",{},[1873,1885,1896,1907,1917,1929],{"id":884,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":1874,"item":1882},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1875,"area":1876,"content":1877,"tags":1879,"countries":1880,"donors":1881},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],77,[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":1883,"text":1884,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},128,"### A vast forest under growing pressure\n\nPeru has one of the world’s largest forest areas. Just over 72 million hectares are forested and around 94 percent of this is Amazon rainforest – an area larger than Switzerland and France combined.\n\nForest loss has increased significantly. Peru lost an average of 115,000 hectares a year between 1990 and 2000, rising to 172,000 hectares a year between 2010 and 2020. Agricultural expansion is the main driver. Illegal gold mining, illegal logging, illicit crops and new roads also\ncontribute, often in combination.\n\n### Why regional conservation areas matter\n\nPeru’s protected natural areas conserve biodiversity and associated cultural, landscape and scientific value. They also support sustainable development. Some are managed nationally by the National Service for Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP), while others are managed by regional governments and are known as Regional Conservation Areas.\n\nRegional Conservation Areas cover 3.6 million hectares, or 2.8 percent of Peru’s territory. They protect ecosystems and species, maintain services such as water regulation, pollination and carbon storage and support the sustainable use of natural resources by local communities.\n\n### The gap between detection and response\n\nSatellite imagery is the most scalable way to monitor forest cover across large, remote territories. It enables systematic observation, comparison over time and the generation of near real-time information. Yet regional authorities often lack the systems and capacity to turn this information\ninto timely action. Problems include:\n\n- **Skills gaps:** Technical teams have limited experience with remote sensing, geographic information systems and satellite-image analysis.\n- **Fragmented processes:** Alert analysis and field verification are often manual, fragmented and poorly integrated.\n- **Missing baselines:** There is no consistent historical baseline against which to assess changes over time.\n- **Slow response:** Reporting is not sufficiently automated or connected to operational decisions.\n\nThese constraints delay the response to forest loss and make it harder to direct scarce surveillance resources where they are most needed.",{"id":895,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":1886,"item":1893},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1887,"area":1888,"content":1889,"tags":1890,"countries":1891,"donors":1892},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":1894,"text":1895,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},129,"The Subnational PFM programme developed a practical response centred on local capacity, reliable historical information, accessible technology and the use of evidence in surveillance decisions. The work covers nine Regional Conservation Areas in Cusco, Loreto and San Martín. Together, they span 2.8 million hectares – around 75 percent of the total area of all Regional Conservation Areas in Peru and approximately 4 percent of the Peruvian Amazon.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002Fedff02c9-f764-4b64-ad0b-c491a9122b98)\n\nThe table below shows how the programme responds to the main barriers:\n\n| Identified problem | Programme response |\n| ------ | ------ |\n| **Limited capacity in geographic information systems and remote sensing, creating reliance on external specialists**   | Training for regional staff in geographic information systems, remote sensing and satellite-image processing   |\n| **No comparable, systematised historical deforestation baselines**   | Preparation and validation of historical baselines for analysis and monitoring  |\n| **Manual and fragmented processes for analysing and verifying alerts**   | Open-source tools to automate processing and generate reports every two weeks   |\n| **Limited use of geospatial evidence to prioritise surveillance and control**   | Technical support to apply the information in patrol planning and other management decisions   |\n",{"id":917,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":1897,"item":1904},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1898,"area":1899,"content":1900,"tags":1901,"countries":1902,"donors":1903},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":1905,"text":1906,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},131,"### Nine validated baselines\n\nFor the first time, the nine participating conservation areas have standardised and validated information on changes in forest cover. The baselines identified a cumulative loss of 9,808 hectares. Human-caused deforestation accounted for 49 percent, mainly from agriculture. Natural forest loss accounted for 37 percent and false or previously unverified alerts for 14 percent.\n\nWithin the human-caused losses, agriculture accounted for 37 percent of the total, livestock farming for 4 percent, transport for 3 percent and other causes for 5 percent (Basel Institute on Governance, 2025a–c).\n\n### More independent regional teams\n\nTraining has strengthened the ability of regional teams to generate and interpret geospatial evidence without relying as heavily on external assistance. This helps retain expertise within public institutions and lowers ongoing costs of environmental monitoring.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002Fc9b34b50-8afe-4b4d-acb1-54d1694ffaa3)\n\n### Faster information for decisions\n\nAutomated processing and reporting are improving the timeliness and consistency of information used for environmental surveillance. They also support coordination between regional governments and SERNANP by making it easier to integrate regional evidence with national monitoring systems.\n\nAccess to recent, sufficiently detailed satellite imagery remains important. Cooperation with Peru’s Space Agency, CONIDA, offers a sustainable way to access higher-resolution images, improve accuracy and reduce the need for separate purchases.\n\n### Evidence guiding patrols\n\nThe information is already shaping practical decisions. In Loreto, three of the four participating conservation areas began updating their surveillance and control plans using the new baselines. Across Cusco, Loreto and San Martín, managers are using the evidence to target patrols, optimise routes, complement drone surveillance and focus limited resources on areas facing the greatest pressure.\n\n### Making the system part of routine, low-cost forest management\n\nThe programme is leaving regional governments with skills, data and tools that can strengthen forest management over the long term. Historical baselines, trained staff and automated alert processing create a practical foundation for more consistent surveillance and evidence- based decisions.\n\nThe experience also shows that effective remote monitoring does not always require expensive proprietary systems. Accessible technologies can deliver strong results when they are supported by sound methods, quality assurance and sustained institutional ownership.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002Ff5e3c8c0-062a-4e23-a935-803ec3fbfb1d)\n\n### Supporting biodiversity and climate goals\n\nBetter management of Regional Conservation Areas supports Peru’s national biodiversity goals and contributes to Target 3 of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, known as the 30x30 target. This calls for at least 30 percent of the world’s land and sea to be effectively conserved by 2030.",{"id":1878,"collection":33,"sort":53,"stories_id":1908,"item":1915},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1909,"area":1910,"content":1911,"tags":1912,"countries":1913,"donors":1914},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":741,"text":1916,"class":7,"title":95,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},"This work shows what targeted investment in regional government capacity can achieve:\n\n- **Stronger institutions:** Regional teams are better equipped to monitor deforestation across biodiverse Amazonian territories and act on the evidence.\n- **Practical knowledge:** The programme has produced tested methods for remote monitoring, geospatial analysis and alert management that can be adapted elsewhere.\n- **Global benefits:** Better forest protection supports carbon storage, climate regulation, biodiversity and local livelihoods. The approach can help regional authorities – in Peru and elsewhere – better identify threats to forests and respond with limited resources.",{"id":478,"collection":97,"sort":98,"stories_id":1918,"item":1925},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1919,"area":1920,"content":1921,"tags":1922,"countries":1923,"donors":1924},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":242,"title":108,"description":1926,"image":1927,"image_alt":7,"file":7,"link":1928,"link_text":112,"reverse":34,"class":7,"items_label":7,"items":7},"Interested in learning more in detail about what we did, read case studies, lessons from this project and how they can inform similar work elsewhere?\n","e7e9e1c5-a594-4efd-9616-fdf15144c99b","https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fresources\u002Fpublications\u002Flearning-from-practice-pfm-early-warning-systems",{"id":906,"collection":33,"sort":114,"stories_id":1930,"item":1937},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1931,"area":1932,"content":1933,"tags":1934,"countries":1935,"donors":1936},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":1938,"text":1652,"class":7,"title":125,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},130,[1940,1949,1958,1967,1976],{"id":701,"stories_id":1941,"tags_id":1948},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1942,"area":1943,"content":1944,"tags":1945,"countries":1946,"donors":1947},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":1181,"name":1182},{"id":1375,"stories_id":1950,"tags_id":1957},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1951,"area":1952,"content":1953,"tags":1954,"countries":1955,"donors":1956},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":158,"name":159},{"id":779,"stories_id":1959,"tags_id":1966},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1960,"area":1961,"content":1962,"tags":1963,"countries":1964,"donors":1965},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":1832,"name":1833},{"id":1376,"stories_id":1968,"tags_id":1975},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1969,"area":1970,"content":1971,"tags":1972,"countries":1973,"donors":1974},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":180,"name":181},{"id":1589,"stories_id":1977,"tags_id":1984},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1978,"area":1979,"content":1980,"tags":1981,"countries":1982,"donors":1983},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":147,"name":148},[1986],{"id":385,"stories_id":1987,"countries_id":1994},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1988,"area":1989,"content":1990,"tags":1991,"countries":1992,"donors":1993},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":192,"name":193,"code":194,"latitude":195,"longitude":196},[1996],{"id":59,"sort":34,"stories_id":1997,"donors_items_id":2004},{"id":384,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":1855,"image":1862,"description":1856,"slug":1857,"highlights":1858,"region":1998,"area":1999,"content":2000,"tags":2001,"countries":2002,"donors":2003},[13],[15],[884,895,917,1878,478,906],[701,1375,779,1376,1589],[385],[59],{"id":207,"logo":208,"link":209,"title":210,"description":7},{"id":385,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":2006,"description":2007,"slug":2008,"highlights":2009,"region":2010,"area":2011,"image":2012,"content":2022,"tags":2088,"countries":2134,"donors":2144},"Helping protect Peru’s Amazon forests and their residents","How the Basel Institute’s Subnational Public Finance Management programme (Programa GFP Subnacional) is helping regional governments in Peru strengthen conservation agreements, a participatory tool for protecting Amazon forests. ","conservation-agreements-peru","- **Nine new agreements:** Programme support contributed to nine agreements in the region of San Martín, with four more in development. Before, only two such agreements existed nationwide.\n- **Unlocking funding opportunities:** Signing a conservation agreement can help local associations qualify for competitive funding, such as the *Entrepreneurs for Nature* fund, to support conservation commitments and sustainable economic activities.\n- **A model for other regions and countries:** San Martín’s proposed Regional Directive on Conservation Agreements can help institutionalise the approach and support its use in other regions and countries.",[13],[15],{"id":2013,"storage":18,"filename_disk":2014,"filename_download":2015,"title":2016,"type":22,"created_on":2017,"modified_on":2018,"charset":7,"filesize":2019,"width":2020,"height":327,"duration":7,"embed":7,"description":7,"location":7,"tags":7,"metadata":2021,"focal_point_x":7,"focal_point_y":7,"tus_id":7,"tus_data":7,"uploaded_on":2017},"d7f679be-08df-4e3d-a145-1fa1bc78626b","d7f679be-08df-4e3d-a145-1fa1bc78626b.jpg","20260203_120021.jpg-edited-2048x1365.jpg","Conservation agreements Peru PFM","2026-10-26T09:37:27.000Z","2026-10-26T10:07:41.000Z",722981,2048,{},[2023,2034,2045,2056,2067,2078],{"id":1041,"collection":33,"sort":34,"stories_id":2024,"item":2031},{"id":385,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":2006,"image":2013,"description":2007,"slug":2008,"highlights":2009,"region":2025,"area":2026,"content":2027,"tags":2028,"countries":2029,"donors":2030},[13],[15],[1041,1063,1085,1270,1281,1292],[800,811,822,1484,1590],[5],[72],{"id":2032,"text":2033,"class":7,"title":57,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},133,"### Peru’s forests under pressure\n\nTropical forests store vast amounts of carbon, regulate the climate, protect biodiversity and sustain millions of livelihoods. The Amazon is home to around 10 percent of all known species. Peru has a strategic role in its conservation: more than 72 million hectares of forest cover around 56 percent of the country.\n\nYet these ecosystems face growing threats. Peru lost an average of 172,000 hectares of forest each year between 2010 and 2020. Around 80 percent of this loss is linked to agricultural expansion, particularly farming and livestock production. Other drivers include illegal mining, illegal logging and illicit crops.\n\nPeru has established protected natural areas to conserve biodiversity and ecosystem services. Effective management of these areas protects strategic ecosystems, supports local livelihoods and advances national and international environmental commitments. These include Target 3 of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, known as the 30x30 target. This calls for at least 30 percent of the world’s land and sea to be effectively conserved by 2030.\n\nSome protected areas are managed by the national government through the National Service for Natural Areas Protected by the State (SERNANP). Others are managed by regional governments and are known as Regional Conservation Areas. The Subnational PFM programme works with the latter. These areas cover 3.6 million hectares, or 2.8 percent of Peru’s territory.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002F1e9ba85e-b2ba-4b12-9f2f-5cf205679308)\n\n### Why conservation agreements are needed\n\nOne of the main management challenges is effective coordination between public bodies, local organisations and other actors in the area.\n\nTo address this challenge, the Peruvian Government promotes participatory approaches to biodiversity conservation and the sustainable use of natural resources. Conservation agreements are one such approach. Through these voluntary instruments, the authorities responsible for protected areas agree conservation commitments with communities, associations, businesses and other local actors.\n\nHowever, regional governments face significant barriers when putting conservation agreements into practice.\n\n- Institutional frameworks and procedures are often underdeveloped.\n- Managers and technical teams may have limited knowledge of the mechanism.\n- Coordination can also be difficult between SERNANP and the regional governments responsible for the conservation areas.\n\nThese gaps limit the agreements’ potential and underline the need for stronger capacities, clearer procedures and better coordination.",{"id":1063,"collection":33,"sort":59,"stories_id":2035,"item":2042},{"id":385,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":2006,"image":2013,"description":2007,"slug":2008,"highlights":2009,"region":2036,"area":2037,"content":2038,"tags":2039,"countries":2040,"donors":2041},[13],[15],[1041,1063,1085,1270,1281,1292],[800,811,822,1484,1590],[5],[72],{"id":2043,"text":2044,"class":7,"title":70,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},134,"The Subnational PFM programme developed a practical strategy to address these barriers. It focused on strengthening institutional capacity, improving coordination with SERNANP and establishing a more robust framework for participatory conservation.\n\nThe table below shows how the support responded to the main gaps identified.\n\n| Identified problem | Programme response |\n| ------ | ------ |\n| **Limited awareness of conservation agreements among managers and technical teams**  | Training and technical assistance on designing, implementing, monitoring and reviewing conservation agreements   |\n| **Weak coordination between SERNANP and regional governments**   | A clear roadmap and technical support throughout the preparation, signature and review of agreements, in coordination with SERNANP  |\n| **Weak institutional frameworks and procedures**  | Support to develop a regional directive that standardises procedures and strengthens legal certainty  |\n\nThe programme’s technical assistance introduced a more rigorous method for managing conservation agreements.\n\n- **Clear stages for better monitoring:** In line with SERNANP guidance, the new agreements set out clear stages for design, implementation, monitoring, review and feedback. This makes it easier to verify commitments and assess whether activities are reducing threats such as deforestation and contributing to ecosystem conservation.\n- **Defined areas:** Each agreement also defines a precisely georeferenced area and aligns its commitments with the conservation objectives in the relevant area’s Master Plan.\n- **Stronger capacity:** The programme also strengthened the capacity of conservation area managers, local associations and other actors through specialised workshops, coordination meetings and ongoing technical support. This helped participants understand the mechanism, improved coordination between regional governments and SERNANP, and supported the consistent application of national standards.\n\n### From individual agreements to a regional directive\n\nThe programme provided support throughout the process, from identifying potential signatories to preparing workplans and monitoring arrangements.\n\nIn San Martín, it also helped develop a proposed Regional Directive on Conservation Agreements in coordination with SERNANP. The directive is intended to standardise procedures for designing, implementing, monitoring and overseeing agreements. It should help institutionalise\nthe approach, sustain it over time and provide a model for other regions.",{"id":1085,"collection":33,"sort":72,"stories_id":2046,"item":2053},{"id":385,"status":6,"sort":7,"title":2006,"image":2013,"description":2007,"slug":2008,"highlights":2009,"region":2047,"area":2048,"content":2049,"tags":2050,"countries":2051,"donors":2052},[13],[15],[1041,1063,1085,1270,1281,1292],[800,811,822,1484,1590],[5],[72],{"id":2054,"text":2055,"class":7,"title":83,"anchor":7,"link":7,"link_text":7},135,"### More agreements in place\n\nBefore the Subnational PFM programme became involved, only two conservation agreements were in force across Peru’s Regional Conservation Areas, both in Loreto.\n\nWith programme support, nine agreements have been signed in two conservation areas in San Martín and four more are being developed. This represents a significant expansion in the use of this participatory management tool.\n\n![](https:\u002F\u002Fbaselgovernance.org\u002Fcms\u002Fassets\u002F71aec161-4bf5-4916-9a5b-3b2fe3e4056a)\n\n### Stronger local stewardship\n\nThe signed agreements are strengthening surveillance, control and ecosystem conservation. Participating associations have become strategic partners for conservation area managers. They\nhelp monitor the territory and prevent illegal activities and other threats to natural resources.\n\nThe agreements also provide greater legal certainty for the sustainable use of resources. 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