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Thematic Areas

GovRisk offers training and consulting expertise across a wide range of technical areas within the sphere of financial crime, integrity, governance, and transparency. This includes:

FINANCIAL CRIME PREVENTION

Technical assistance and advisory support on all aspects of financial crime prevention, detection, investigation, and prosecution, including preparation and follow-up for relevant international assessments (e.g. FATF Mutual Evaluations).

ANTI-CORRUPTION

Capacity-building and technical assistance to support anti-corruption efforts from legal reform and prevention initiatives through to prosecution.

PUBLIC FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
AND ACCOUNTABILITY

Programmes and initiatives supporting the increased efficiency, transparency, and accountability of public entities’ expenditure, policies, and programmes. This includes public procurement digitalisation and legislative reform.

IMPROVING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT

Promoting improved regulation of the business environment, corporate compliance, and accountability, and fostering dialogue and effective partnerships between public policy-makers and the private sector.

JUDICIAL REFORM

Promoting the improved efficiency of judicial processes and procedures in line with international best practice.

 

Where we work

GovRisk has delivered over 65 programmes in over 55 countries and across six continents. We have particular expertise and established networks across Latin America, China and Southeast Asia, and Africa, but our faculty and experience allow us  to tailor our approach and deliver high-impact programmes in any jurisdiction.  

GovRisk has registered offices in the UK, Peru, and Australia.

Project highlights

GovRisk has more than a decade of experience delivering expert consulting, advisory, and training support to public and private institutions. Thanks to our boutique size and extensive faculty and networks, we are able to deliver projects of all sizes. Our portfolio comprises multi-year legislative reform programmes as well as short research assignments and conference organisation.

Our project funding comes from various sources.

GovRisk has a successful track record of working directly with governments worldwide, as well as delivering projects for donors and multilateral organisations. Our clients include the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the European Union, the World Bank, the United Nations, or the American Bar Association, among others. We also work in direct partnership with private sector clients.

We love to work collaboratively.

GovRisk has both technical and project management expertise to design and deliver our clients’ projects, but we also frequently partner with other organisations on large or multifaceted programmes.   

 *Below is a non-exhaustive representation of our projects

  • Modernising China’s Anti-Money Laundering Framework

    China

    In its on-going role as the principal technical advisor to China on anti-money laundering, GovRisk is currently delivering the AML strand of the China Business Environment Programme (BEP), funded by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). This is a continuation of technical assistance which GovRisk has been providing in collaboration with the People’s Bank of China (PBC) since 2016.

    This programme supports China’s on-going efforts to modernise its AML regime in line with the standards set by the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and works with a variety of stakeholders to deliver technical assistance across a broad range of focus areas, including beneficial ownership, supervision, and use of financial intelligence. As part of this work, GovRisk has also conducted extensive in-person and online training of Chinese officials and organised technical visits to the UK for both public and private sector representatives.

    This programme has allowed us to build an extensive and trusted network of Chinese public and private sector organisations and to create an inter-institutional debate fostering the alignment of international best practice.

  • Business Integrity Initiative

    Kenya | Mexico

    This cross-governmental programme is funded by the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (formerly the FCO and the Department for International Development). The initiative connects several of Britain’s strategic priorities, including: ‘Reaching Export 2020 with Integrity’, UK 2017-2022 Anti-Corruption Strategy, ‘Global Britain’ strategy, or the House of Lords Select Committee on the Review of the Bribery Act.

    In 2018, GovRisk delivered the pilot project under this Initiative, working in partnership with DIT to develop the first iteration of integrity content for GREAT.gov.uk in line with Government Digital Service and wider commitments made by the FCO and DIT to boost assistance to UK companies to increase investment in high-risk markets. GovRisk then acted as the Monitoring and Learning agent on the country pilots in Kenya and Mexico and has since established itself as a strategic advisor to HMG, recommending the most effective, impactful, and efficient ways to continue this Initiative and facilitate a global roll-out.

  • Mexico Anti-Corruption and Rule of Law

    Mexico

    The ACROL is a four-year programme launched in 2019 under the cross-governmental UK Prosperity Fund. The programme works with a range of state and federal level institutions with the aim of strengthening Mexico’s criminal justice system, thereby contributing to poverty reduction, improved gender equality and inclusive economic development.

    Aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, the programme activities are designed to improve the capacity of Mexican authorities to prevent, detect and investigate three serious crime types: homicide, embezzlement, and cyber-crime. Working together with PA Consulting, GovRisk supplies expertise and advisory support across a range of technical, capacity-building, and knowledge-sharing interventions for each crime type.

  • Monitoring and Analysis of Business Perceptions

    Indonesia | Egypt | Kenya | Nigeria | South Africa

    GovRisk works for the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and the UK Department for International Trade in several jurisdictions to facilitate the Government’s understanding of private sector perceptions, priorities, challenges, and support needs.

    These projects aim to understand the most pertinent barriers to international trade, pressing regulatory challenges, as well as business needs when it comes to Government support and campaigns. GovRisk designed comprehensive frameworks for qualitative and quantitative data collection and created a debate through industry engagement. GovRisk reporting is being used to inform future HMG initiatives in these countries and as a part of ongoing bilateral trade and diplomatic talks with some of the local governments.

Our approach

GovRisk combines exceptional project management with an internationally-recognised faculty of experts. We work collaboratively with our clients to deliver transformative impact in highly tailored projects, on time, and on budget. We value partnerships so no matter where we work we aim to foster inter-agency cooperation and build effective relationships and networks in order to ensure sustained impact on skills, working practice and culture.