{"id":43906,"date":"2022-10-05T09:32:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-05T09:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/protection-of-whistleblowers\/"},"modified":"2026-01-08T10:54:34","modified_gmt":"2026-01-08T10:54:34","slug":"protection-of-whistleblowers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/protection-of-whistleblowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Protection of Whistleblowers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania<\/b> (hereinafter referred to as the Law<\/a>) establishes a mechanism for the protection of individuals who have provided information about violations in an institution with which they have or had service or employment relationships or contractual relationships. The Law also defines the rights and obligations of individuals who have reported violations in institutions, the grounds and forms of their legal protection, as well as measures for the protection, encouragement, and assistance to these individuals, aiming to create appropriate opportunities to report legal violations that threaten or harm the public interest, and to ensure the prevention and disclosure of such violations. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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According to the Law, information about violations is provided regarding:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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  1. threats to public safety or health, or to an individual’s life or health;<\/li>
  2. threats to the environment;<\/li>
  3. obstruction or unlawful influence on investigations conducted by law enforcement agencies or on the administration of justice by courts;<\/li>
  4. financing of illegal activities;<\/li>
  5. illegal or non-transparent use of public funds or assets;<\/li>
  6. assets acquired through illegal means;<\/li>
  7. concealment of the consequences of a violation, hindering the determination of the extent of the consequences;<\/li>
  8. other violations.<\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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    To effectively implement the provisions of the Law, the Resolution No. 1133 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania dated November 14, 2018, “On the Implementation of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania”<\/a><\/strong> has approved:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. The procedure for rewarding whistleblowers for valuable information;<\/li>\n
    2. The procedure for compensating whistleblowers for negative impacts or possible consequences due to the submitted report;<\/li>\n
    3. The procedure for the implementation and functioning of internal channels for reporting violations.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      The procedure for the implementation and functioning of internal channels for reporting violations sets out the requirements for internal channels for reporting violations implemented in institutions, their functioning, the provision, investigation, management, and confidentiality assurance of information about violations within the institution.<\/p>\n

      The procedure for reporting violations in the Public Institution CPO LT, approved by Order No. 3V-516 of the Director of the Public Institution CPO LT on December 31, 2019<\/a><\/strong> (hereinafter referred to as the Procedure), which establishes the procedure for providing information about possible, committed, or ongoing violations in the Public Institution CPO LT (hereinafter referred to as CPO LT), the acceptance of information about violations through the internal channel for reporting violations operating in CPO LT, its evaluation, and decision-making.<\/p>\n

      Information through the internal channel for reporting violations operating in CPO LT may be submitted by a person who has or had service or employment relationships or contractual relationships (consulting, contracting, internship, practice, volunteering, etc.) directly with CPO LT.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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      A person providing information about a violation in CPO LT may submit it in one of the following ways:<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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      1. directly to the competent authority;<\/li>
      2. by email at pranesk@cpo.sprendimai.cloud;<\/a><\/li>
      3. Form for reporting a violation.<\/a> <\/li><\/ol>

        The competent authority appointed at CPO LT is Deputy Director Vaida Vaitkevi\u010di\u016bt\u0117-Daugvil\u0117, responsible for the implementation of corruption prevention and control at CPO LT.<\/span><\/p>

        No reports or information about violations were received at the Public Institution CPO LT in 2025. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7VseV0Yz52w The Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as the Law) establishes a mechanism for the protection of individuals who have provided information about violations in an institution with which they have or had service or employment relationships or contractual relationships. The Law also defines the rights […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32183,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-43906","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43906"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43906\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43918,"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/43906\/revisions\/43918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cpo.sprendimai.cloud\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}