UA Anticorruption & Asset Recov. Support

Principaux résultats attendus:  

• Recovery-related agencies and SOEs receive technical assistance to increase their performance on core integrity strengthening tasks such as the development of integrity risk mapping, analysis, evaluation and mitigation plans. 
• Recovery-related agencies and SOEs’ risk mitigation measures are implemented. 
• Law enforcement agencies receive technical assistance primarily through on-the-job coaching on an agreed list of priority cases, structured trainings addressing capacity gaps of the respective organizations and support in international cooperation with foreign jurisdictions. 
• Backstopping, training and advice upon demand provided to Swiss cooperation projects: needs assessments, access to customized anti-corruption advice to mitigate potential risks, relevant staff of projects learn how to mitigate corruption risks. 

Principaux résultats antérieurs:   The Swiss based Basel Institute on Governance (BIG) has been collaborating with Ukrainian law enforcement authorities since the 2014, with a particular focus on assets stolen by former President Yanukovych and his entourage, including those frozen by the Federal Council in Switzerland. BIG delivered both case support and extensive training, as well as recommendations for the development of a national Asset Recovery strategy. A parallel track involved the development of anti-corruption compliance, including the support in the set-up of the Ukrainian Ombudsman and the Ukrainian Network of Integrity and Compliance. Since 2020, the Basel Institute has advised the Ukrainian Roads Authority on corruption prevention. After the 24.02.2022, efforts have shifted significantly to support the Ukrainian government in the areas of recovery with integrity and rule of law based war-time asset confiscation and sanctions enforcement. 

• The project aims to boost the transversal nature of good governance and public integrity in the Swiss Cooperation Programme. Projects across the cooperation domains will benefit from the targeted advice and expertise to be more effective/efficient. 
• The project complements Switzerland’s core contribution to the Basel Institute, as well as political and financial support to anti-corruption efforts in Ukraine by the EU, US, UK, and other western countries.