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Following years of advocacy by civil society organizations and legislative preparations by a dedicated working group of experts, Latvia adopted a comprehensive Whistleblowing  law  in 2018, that came into force on May 1st, 2019. For their collective work on these crucial protections enabling citizens witnessing  corruption, tax, health, environment and other violations observed in their work ...

On the International Anti-Corruption Day, the US Ambassador to Latvia John Carwille, the President of Latvia Egils Levits, several Latvian state officials, as well as other foreign ambassadors and Inese Tauriņa, the Director of the Transparency International Latvia, presented a joint video statement to mark the importance of cooperation in the fight against corruption. Ambassador Carwille ...

Online conference “Whistleblowing: the Next Level” took place on 5 and 6 November 2020 to review the progress of Latvia and share experiences with other countries in this area. During these two days, experts from Latvia and other countries will spoke about the results achieved during the first year after adoption of the Whistleblowing Law, ...

EU leaders asked to toughen anti-corruption measures in the next round of financing to protect public contracts TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL’S EU CHAPTERS AND LOCAL PARTNERS CALL FOR AN OPEN AND VIBRANT PUBLIC CONTRACTING SYSTEM FOR THE EU The next seven-year European Union (EU) budget – the ‘MFF’ – and COVID-19 recovery funds are at risk of abuse unless ...

Transparency International Latvia/Delna and the Procurement Monitoring Bureau of Latvia have jointly developed and published a sample “procurement document package”.  The goals of these sample documents are to simplify public procurement by municipalities and other institutions, as defined by the Law on Public Procurement, and to promote effectiveness and integrity in public procurements. The package was ...

We asked Sergejus Muravjovas, CEO of Transparency International Lithuania to share his experience with whistleblowing. He is one of the speakers at Whistleblowing Conference which is planned in autumn. .What are your thoughts on whistleblowing? Could you give any arguments on why people should whistleblow? Whistleblowing can be a powerful tool that helps people learn about various ...

IMPLEMENTATION PERIOD: 01.07.2020 – 31.12.2020 TOTAL VALUE OF THE PROJECT: 17 972,50 EUR DONOR: Germany Federal Foreign Office, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung AIM OF THE PROJECT: By engaging students in deciding their schools’ budgets the project aims to raise awareness about how to participate in financial decision making in their schools and municipalities, how to monitor execution and demand transparency. MAIN ACTIVITIES: ...

The latest Eurobarometer survey on corruption in EU Member States, published by the European Commission, is a stark reminder of how relevant the problem still is in Latvia. It also shows that the government needs to do more in prosecuting high-level corruption cases and reduce the tolerance of corruption to obtain public services. More than eight ...

An earlier version of this blog originally appeared on the Transparency International Latvia (Delna) website in Latvian on April 2, 2020. At the end of March 2020, a state of emergency has been declared in Latvia to deal with the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. During an emergency situation, the Saeima, the Cabinet of Ministers and ...

  We asked journalist Martin Laine from Estonia to share his experience with whistleblowing. He is one of the speakers at Whistleblowing Conference which is planned in autumn. Whistleblowing came into my mind as a concept early on in my life through a movie “All the President’s Men” which tells a real-life story about journalists working with ...