On 5 and 6 October, in Chisinau, the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC), the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU) organized an intermediate training course on Whistleblower Protection in the Security Sector. The event brought together 23 participants from the security and justice sectors of Moldova and Ukraine.
The regional initiative provided practitioners with a platform to exchange experiences, discuss shared implementation challenges and identify practical solutions for strengthening integrity, oversight and transparency in the security and justice sectors through effective whistleblower protection. Discussions focused on internal and external reporting channels, institutional mandates and co-ordination, safeguards against retaliation, and the handling of disclosures. Participants also worked towards developing an inter-agency map of whistleblower reporting pathways to help clarify reporting and referral mechanisms.
“We have seen an almost 30 per cent increase in the number of whistleblower cases in the year following the adoption of the regulations. This illustrates the importance of a strong policy framework and gives us a sense of the change that is taking place in practice,” said Stela Rusu, Deputy Head of the Directorate for International Cooperation and European Integration of the National Anticorruption Center of Moldova.
“The training was particularly relevant as it...
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