Sign up now for June whistleblower events in Sarajevo!

Rights and protections for whistleblowers have been improved all over the world thanks to international and regional collaboration – particularly among NGOs and activists. To strengthen these joint efforts, Blueprint for Free Speech is co-hosting two important whistleblower events in Sarajevo on 18-19 June.

The first is the International Whistleblowing Research Network Conference. Held every two years, this is the world’s only regularly occurring gathering of whistleblower researchers, activists and policy-makers. The Network, founded more than 10 years old, is managed by Middlesex University Law Professor David Lewis, himself one of the world’s top experts in the field.

In addition to Blueprint, the conference is also being supported by the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative, an intergovernmental organisation based in Sarajevo; and two leading whistleblower NGOs, the Centre for Responsible Democracy-Luna (Bosnia and Herzegovina) and the Project on Government Oversight (US).

Registration for this important event is now open.

Immediately following the conference on 19 June will be a special work-session on whistleblowing in Southeast Europe. Proportionately, more whistleblower protection laws have been proposed or passed in Southeast Europe than any other region in the world. This session will provide a unique opportunity for policy-makers and NGOs to develop joint priorities and plans to further improve whistleblower rights and protections throughout the region. This meeting is co-hosted by the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative and Blueprint.

Image by Julian Nitzsche via wikimedia commons.