Europe

While the Basel Institute’s primary focus has always been supporting countries and regions with more limited capacity and resources to address corruption and financial crime, European institutions and governments are increasingly seeking our specialist expertise, training and operational experience.

In Ukraine, our Kyiv-based team supports government institutions, state-owned enterprises, the private sector and civil society to strengthen transparency, accountability and resilience in wartime and recovery contexts.

In Moldova and Kosovo, our International Centre for Asset Recovery provides technical assistance and training to prosecutors and other authorities to strengthen financial investigations and asset recovery capacity.

In Romania, we assist authorities including the Ministry of Justice, prosecutors and asset management institutions through training, eLearning and specialist assessment services to strengthen asset recovery systems and enforcement capacity.

In Albania and Armenia, we support state institutions and state-owned enterprises to strengthen anti-corruption and compliance systems. In Albania, this also includes assistance to strengthen integrity in the health sector and anti-corruption communications, alongside efforts to mainstream anti-corruption approaches into development programmes.

Corruption prevention work in North Macedonia and Moldova also includes political economy analysis and governance assessments.

From Switzerland, where our headquarters are based, we contribute research, teaching and technical assistance through partnerships with universities and development institutions. Our experts teach university courses on corruption and governance at the University of Basel, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) and other institutions across Europe.

This includes participation in the EU-funded FALCON research consortium addressing the links between corruption and organised crime in the European Union.

We also contribute technical expertise to Swiss development cooperation institutions and international research initiatives.

At the regional level, we contribute to anti-corruption and asset recovery cooperation across Europe through partnerships and practitioner networks. This includes serving as Associate Member of the Europol-hosted CARIN Asset Recovery Inter-Agency Network and Observer the Europol Financial Intelligence Public Private Partnership (EFIPPP). We work closely with Europe-based institutions including the OECD, OSCE, UNODC and the EU Network Against Corruption.