United Nations Convention against corruption:Article 60 Training and technical assistance

United Nations Convention against corruption

Article 60 Training and technical assistance

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1.

Each State Party shall, to the extent necessary, initiate, develop or improve specific training programmes for its personnel responsible for preventing and combating corruption. Such training programmes could deal, inter alia, with the following areas:

a)

Effective measures to prevent, detect, investigate, punish and control corruption, including the use of evidence-gathering and investigative methods;

b)

Building capacity in the development and planning of strategic anti-corruption policy;

c)

Training competent authorities in the preparation of requests for mutual legal assistance that meet the requirements of this Convention;

d)

Evaluation and strengthening of institutions, public service management and the management of public finances, including public procurement, and the private sector;

e)

Preventing and combating the transfer of proceeds of offences established in accordance with this Convention and recovering such proceeds;

f)

Detecting and freezing of the transfer of proceeds of offences established in accordance with this Convention;

g)

Surveillance of the movement of proceeds of offences established in accordance with this Convention and of the methods used to transfer, conceal or disguise such proceeds;

h)

Appropriate and efficient legal and administrative mechanisms and methods for facilitating the return of proceeds of offences established in accordance with this Convention;

i)

Methods used in protecting victims and witnesses who cooperate with judicial authorities; and

j)

Training in national and international regulations and in languages.

2.

States Parties shall, according to their capacity, consider affording one another the widest measure of technical assistance, especially for the benefit of developing countries, in their respective plans and programmes to combat corruption, including material support and training in the areas referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, and training and assistance and the mutual exchange of relevant experience and specialized knowledge, which will facilitate international cooperation between States Parties in the areas of extradition and mutual legal assistance.

3.

States Parties shall strengthen, to the extent necessary, efforts to maximize operational and training activities in international and regional organizations and in the framework of relevant bilateral and multilateral agreements or arrangements.

4.

States Parties shall consider assisting one another, upon request, in conducting evaluations, studies and research relating to the types, causes, effects and costs of corruption in their respective countries, with a view to developing, with the participation of competent authorities and society, strategies and action plans to combat corruption.

5.

In order to facilitate the recovery of proceeds of offences established in accordance with this Convention, States Parties may cooperate in providing each other with the names of experts who could assist in achieving that objective.

6.

States Parties shall consider using subregional, regional and international conferences and seminars to promote cooperation and technical assistance and to stimulate discussion on problems of mutual concern, including the special problems and needs of developing countries and countries with economies in transition.

7.

States Parties shall consider establishing voluntary mechanisms with a view to contributing financially to the efforts of developing countries and countries with economies in transition to apply this Convention through technical assistance programmes and projects.

8.

Each State Party shall consider making voluntary contributions to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime for the purpose of fostering, through the Office, programmes and projects in developing countries with a view to implementing this Convention.

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