On 14.12.2022, the Institute for Applied Research for
Business from Skopje held the first of a series of trainings on the topic
“Protection of whıstleblowers in the private sector”.
Lecturers at the training were Mr. Mark Worth, executive director of Whıstleblowıng Internatıonal, who has presented the international experiences in the field of whistleblowing, as well as Dr. Gjorgi Slamkov,, university professor and expert in the field of anti-corruption policies and the rule of law, who has presented the procedure for the protection of whistleblowers in legal entities from the private sector in the Republic of North Macedonia, the legal obligations of legal entities from the private sector, the ways to protect whistleblowers, the obligation to prepare and the content of the internal act for protected internal reporting.
What must companies do to protect whistleblowers?
Under the Law on Whistleblower Protection, companies with more than 10 employees must appoint an authorised person to receive reports from whistleblowers and adopt internal acts for protected internal reporting. The Law provides sanctions for the company and for the responsible person if these obligations are not met.
IARB organises trainings for authorised persons, managers and heads of legal and human resources departments. A whistleblowers manual and toolkit are available in the Digital VS Corrupt project publications.
Who are IARB's administrative trainings and consultations for?
IARB's administrative trainings and consultations are for administrative staff in companies, public enterprises, municipalities and schools, and for the responsible officers who apply their institution's legal obligations.
Topics include office and archive work, personal data protection, communication skills, labour relations, the lobbying procedure in local self-government and free access to public information. Participants receive a certificate of participation. All administrative trainings.