How to ensure the safety of people who point to irregularities in the work of state bodies and possible corruption will be among the main topics of the conference “Protection of Alarms at the Central and Local Levels”, which is held on Monday, September 9th at 11 AM in Belgrade Aeroklub.
Organizers of the event are the Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Serbia, the Project for Responsible Authorities of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the EU project “Prevention and Fight against Corruption” and the most famous organization for the protection of the rights of whistleblowers in Serbia “Pištaljka”. During the introductory panel, participants will be addressed by:
- Justice Minister Nela Kuburović
- Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Serbia, Ambassador Sem Fabrizi
- US Ambassador to Serbia, Kyle Scott
- Editor-in-Chief of “Pištaljka” portal Vladimir Radomirović
Among other things, the participants will discuss the impact of the recently adopted European Union Directive on the Protection of Whistleblowers on the Republic of Serbia and EU Member States. You can find the conference agenda at this link.
See the video below for more details on the importance of alarms, how this area is regulated in Serbia’s legal system and examples of brave people at the local level who discovered and reported corruption.