The Council of Europe through its Economic Crime and Cooperation Division has been supporting countries in the implementation of European and international anti-corruption and anti-money laundering standards as well as addressing their priority reforms for two decades. Such support has taken place on the basis of country bilateral interventions and multilateral cooperation programmes. In view of the wide variety of activities and types of assistance to be provided the organisation has adopted the approach of combining in house knowledge and expertise with external expertise provided by a large pool of Council of Europe experts.

This section of the webpage of the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division (ECCD) is dedicated to the publication of call for offers and tenders that are specifically related to the activities of the Economic Crime and Cooperation Division.

The Council of Europe is currently implementing the project “Enhancing public sector resilience against corruption” in Albania until 31 December 2027, co-funded by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Council of Europe.

The project aims to support the Asset Recovery Office (ARO) and the Agency for the Management of Seized and Confiscated Assets (AMO) of Albania to enhance internation and inter-agency cooperation in asset recovery and asset management as well as promote the social and environmentally responsible reuse of confiscated assets.

In this context, the Council of Europe is seeking a maximum of six Providers, subject to a sufficient number of tenders meeting the applicable criteria, to provide specialised intellectual services in the following areas:

• Inter-agency and international cooperation in asset recovery; and
• Good practices in the management of seized and confiscated assets and social reuse mechanisms

All the information on the call for tenders, including the Tender File, Act of Engagement and the complete list of documents to be submitted, is available through the Council of Europe’s E-procurement platform. Tenderers must create an account on the platform to submit their tender.

The deadline for submitting tenders is 14 August 2026. Tenders must be submitted exclusively through the e-procurement platform. Tenders received by email or post will be rejected automatically.

Questions concerning this call for tenders must be submitted in English through the e-procurement platform no later than 7 August 2026. Questions submitted by email or post will not be processed.

The Council of Europe is currently implementing the Project on “Public Prosecutor capacity to fight economic and financial crime”, with the overall objective of enhancing the capacity of the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office of Slovenia to effectively investigate and prosecute complex economic and financial crimes.

In this context, the Organisation is seeking up to eight Providers for the provision of intellectual services in the area of forensic financial analysis, to support the implementation of the project, with particular expertise in financial forensics and the Slovenian legal framework.

The deadline for submission of tenders is 7 September 2026, 23h59 (Strasbourg time).

For further details and application instructions, please consult the full tender documentation below: 

• Tender File
• Act of Engagement