Government Agencies

GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

“I am not an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world." Socrates

Global Citizenship

for Governments

Governments realize that high net worth individuals bring combined benefit for every economy. They create jobs and open businesses, they develop or utilize existing infrastructure, they pay taxes and make social contributions, which boost the local economy and have their share in the GDP growth. At the same time, future global citizens are a powerful source for exchange of successful business practices, know-how, ideas for sustainable development, and much more. Governments are seeking to attract high net worth individuals for all of the above reasons. And one such means is to introduce or optimize adequate legislative mechanisms that offer local incentives and benefits, such a residency or citizenship.

Globalization and global migration of people, economy and capital has changed the perception of citizenship as a pure national identity and the world is increasingly becoming a one global village.

Connections'

Knowledge

Connections has extensive experience in providing professional advice to governments who seek to better utilize the possibilities of attracting foreign direct investments by means of investment immigration programs. We provide comprehensive analyses on existing practices, as well as research on current industry trends and are able to provide focused and tailored advice to each jurisdiction.

Connections affiliated companies are listed and publicly available on the respective government agency’s website.

Government

Connections

At Connections, we are developing policies and procedures to facilitate the institutional set up of new programs. We leverage our expertise and analysis on legal practices and procedural solutions relating to some key issues, including:

Advising governments on how to maximize the social and economic benefits through the utilization of global citizenship programs while maintaining the integrity of the national passport.
Producing comprehensive industry reports and analysis, which are supporting administering of legislative changes and adopting new legal practices to enhance or adopt mechanisms for the implementation of global citizen programs.
In-depth analysis of the specific economic needs and the potential to meet these needs through a customized investment model.
Providing suite of customized methodologies and practical guides to be used in the process of structuring and implementation of governmental policies in the field of attracting FDI by means of residence and citizenship programs;
Implementing policies in line with ‘know your client’ procedures, politically exposed persons, anti-money laundering, countering the financing of terrorism, and others;
Securing the transparency of the investment process and advising on the implementation of a sound communication policy to popularize the benefits from the program, once active.

Our long-term partnership with industry specialists focusing on investigative due diligence, risk management, AML, wealth management and tax advice, and our broad international network of certified partners enables us to offer turn-key solution to every government.

“Since the inception of our citizenship-by-investment programme, Arton plays an important role not only in the promotion but also in enhancing the programme’s features and its competitiveness by regularly sharing with our government insights and recommendations with respect to acquiring and sustaining best industry practices. Arton has assumed an active and important role in attracting foreign direct investments to our country.” – Hon. Gaston Browne, Prime Minister, Antigua & Barbuda