While most of the world celebrates International Anti-Corruption Day on 9 December, Peru has kickstarted a new tradition: an entire week dedicated to integrity, transparency and anti-corruption events and celebrations.
We are delighted that our highly successful programme to strengthen public finance management at the regional and local levels in Peru is entering its third four-year phase.
Funded by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) since 2013, the Programa GFP Subnacional aims to improve how public finances are managed and spent at the subnational level and to optimise the delivery of public services to Peruvian citizens.
USD 94 million dollars is the amount of money recovered so far by the Peruvian State through its Extinción de Dominio law, according to Attorney General Juan Carlos Villena Campana.
Introduced in 2018, the non-conviction based forfeiture law has been rolled out across the country via a subsystem of specialised prosecutor’s offices, tribunals and courts. The development and implementation of the law was supported by the Basel Institute and its International Centre for Asset Recovery (ICAR), which has worked with the country’s criminal justice authorities since 2013.
Authorities in Cusco in southeast Peru have succeeded in recovering a house and land linked to acts of corruption by the former mayor of the province of Canchis, using a recently introduced non-conviction based forfeiture law.
Better management of public infrastructure projects could save significant amounts of taxpayers’ money and result in better buildings, roads and bridges. But the public officials managing the projects are often unaware of academic frameworks and tools that could help them to manage the investments more efficiently and transparently.
A new academic course developed by our Subnational Public Finance Management Strengthening Programme (Programa GFP) and the University of Piura seeks to address that issue for public officials in Peru.
Corruption prevention measures are often talked about at the national level: “Governments need to do this and that to prevent corruption.”
But Peru’s Regional Government of San Martín provides a good example of what can be achieved at the subnational levels to increase public integrity and transparency.
The ingredients: strong political commitment, a clear understanding of regional corruption vulnerabilities and dedicated technical support.
Our Subnational Public Finance Management (PFM) Strengthening Programme in Peru is ramping up efforts to encourage peer learning, capacity building and innovation on public-sector integrity, with the first joint public integrity workshop held on 14 July 2023.
Leaders from six regional governments joined representatives from Peru’s central Public Integrity Secretariat and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to discuss progress and challenges in the country’s Regional Integrity Strengthening Agenda.
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This document offers guidance to municipal governments in Peru on managing risks that affect the efficient administration and collection of property taxes. Property taxes are a major source of revenue for municipal governments in Peru, yet collection rates appear low compared to other countries in Latin America.
Peru’s first National Convention of Judges Specialised in Extinción de Dominio brought together judicial practitioners from across Peru. They aim was to harmonise the understanding and practical application of Peru's non-conviction based forfeiture law, Extinción de Dominio, across Peru’s decentralised tribunals.
Peru’s first National Convention of Prosecutors Specialised in Extinción de Dominio brought together 80 prosecutors, lawyers, police officers and other justice practitioners to share experiences on the application of Peru’s Extinción de Dominio law.