Responsible Investment, Social Reuse and Sustainable Use of Recovered Assets

Course overview

Recovered assets can do more than add to the treasury. Countries such as Italy have shown that confiscated property can become schools, cooperatives and community centres, and that recovered money can be invested responsibly for long-term public benefit. This social reuse of confiscated assets course helps African institutions design policies that achieve the same, adapted to local law, needs and risks.

Participants compare international models of social reuse and responsible investment, and examine the legal and policy choices that make them work: eligibility rules, allocation processes, funding of running costs and protection against capture by the original offenders or by politically connected groups. The course also introduces responsible investment principles for recovered funds, including environmental, social and governance criteria and impact measurement, and how to balance social goals with protection of capital. Participants develop a draft social reuse policy for their own country and test it against realistic objections from finance ministries, courts and communities.

Participants leave with a policy framework for turning recovered assets into visible, sustainable public benefit.

What you will be able to do

• Compare international models of social reuse of confiscated assets
• Identify the legal and policy conditions for successful social reuse
• Design fair and transparent allocation processes for recovered assets
• Apply responsible investment principles to recovered funds
• Balance social impact with protection of capital
• Draft a social reuse policy suited to national conditions

Who should attend

For policy makers, asset recovery leaders, fund managers and civil society partners who shape how recovered assets are used.

• Asset recovery agency leaders
• Ministry of finance and justice policy officers
• Recovered asset fund managers
• County government planners
• Civil society and community organisations
• Development partner staff

Course outline

Fees are per participant in US dollars and cover tuition, course materials and your certificate. Travel and accommodation are not included.