Basel Institute on Governance Information

The Basel Institute on Governance is an independent not-for-profit competence centre working around the world to strengthen governance and counter corruption. Established in 2003 in Basel, Switzerland, the Basel Institute works worldwide with the public and private sectors and civil society. The Basel Institute's work deals with cross-cutting anti-corruption and good governance issues, including: • Asset Recovery case advice, capacity building and legal, policy and institutional strengthening through its International Centre for Asset Recovery. • Public Governance research, training and technical assistance with a focus on behavioural science and political economy analysis. • Private Sector engagement to address corruption challenges and raise standards of integrity and fair competition in business. • Green Corruption, a multi-disciplinary programme that targets the corruption and financial crimes driving environmental degradation. • Public Finance Management at the subnational level in Peru to strengthen effective, efficient and transparent use of public funds. The Basel Institute seeks to enable others to fight corruption by sharing practical expertise and providing practitioners with evidence-based knowledge and tools: • Basel LEARN, a virtual platform hosting free, high-quality eLearning courses and resources for anti-corruption practitioners. • Basel AML Index, a long-standing annual country ranking and risk assessment tool for money laundering and terrorist financing. • Basel Open Intelligence, an investigative tool for open-source research on people, organisations and financial crimes.