Established in May 2019, the Network of European Integrity and Whistleblowing Authorities (NEIWA) is a collaboration initiated by the Dutch Whistleblowing Authority.
The network was a direct response to the adoption of the EU Directive on Whistleblowing and serves as a platform for the exchange of knowledge, experiences, and ideas among its member authorities.
NEIWA’s Mission Statement HERE, published in 2021 states its main goals of NEIWA are to:
- Continue to gather information on the proper transposition of the EU Directive 2019/1937 on reporting persons by Member States and follow the practical implementation in Member States.
- Promote a close collaboration between NEIWA members and national, European and international public organizations for the development of common activities in the areas of whistleblowing and integrity, in particular with the EU institutions.
- Promote and disseminate NEIWA’s experiences, knowledge and recommendations and actively engage with stakeholders, including civil society and legislators.
This 2022 Comparative Report sets out the NEIWA members and their competencies: Who protects Whistleblowers in Europe – Whistleblowing International Network (whistleblowingnetwork.org)
Board
Chair
Laura Valli, Italy
National Anticorruption Authority
Vice-Chair
Zuzana Dlugosova, Slovakia
Whistleblower Protection Office
Monika Kalinauskiene, Lithuania
General prosecutors’ office of the Republic of Lithuania
Vicente Garrido Castillo, Spain
Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency
Kim Anh Nguyen, Belgium
The Federal Ombudsman
Members
| 🇧🇪 Belgium | The Federal Ombudsman Ombuds Brussels Ombudsman of Wallonia and the Wallonia-Brussels Federation Ombudsman Service of the German-speaking Community of Belgium Ombudsman Flemish community Federal Institute for the Protection and Promotion of Human Rights of Belgium |
| 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | Commission for Anti-Corruption Commission for Personal Data Protection |
| 🇭🇷 Croatia | The Office of the Ombudswoman of the Republic of Croatia |
| 🇨🇿 Czech Republic | Ministry of Justice, Conflict of Interests and Anti-Corruption Department |
| 🇫🇷 France | The Defender of Rights |
| 🇩🇪 Germany | Federal Office of Justice |
| 🇬🇷 Greece | National Transparency Authority |
| 🇬🇪 Georgia | Anti-Corruption Bureau of Georgia |
| 🇮🇪 Ireland | Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission Officer of the Protected Disclosure Commissioner |
| 🇮🇹 Italy | National Anticorruption Authority (ANAC) |
| 🇱🇻 Latvia | State Chancellery, Contact Point of Whistleblowers |
| 🇱🇹 Lithuania | General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania |
| 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | The Office for Whistleblowers |
| 🇲🇪 Montenegro | Agency for Prevention of Corruption |
| 🇳🇱 Netherlands | The Dutch Whistleblower Authority |
| 🇵🇱 Poland | The Commissioner for Human Rights |
| 🇷🇴 Romania | National Integrity Agency (ANI) Ministry of Justice |
| 🇸🇰 Slovakia | Whistleblower Protection Office |
| 🇸🇮 Slovenia | Commission for the Prevention of Corruption |
| 🇪🇸 Spain | Ministry of the Presidency, Justice and Relations with the Courts Valencian Anti-Fraud Agency (AVAF) Anti-Fraud Office of Catalonia (OAC) Andalusian Office Against Fraud and Corruption (OAAF) |
| 🇸🇪 Sweden | Swedish Work Environment Authority |
Declarations
Brussels Declaration December 2020
Declaration of Valencia April 2024
Dublin Declaration December 2021
Paris Declaration December 2019