Internal channel for reporting violations

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Internal channel for reporting violations

Library internal channel for reporting violations (internal channel)

Messages can be left by current and former employees of the Anykščiai District Municipality Liudvika and Stanislovas Didžiuliai Public Library (hereinafter referred to as the Library) or persons connected with the Library through contractual relationships (consulting, contracting, internship, practice, volunteering, etc.).

A person providing information about a violation may submit a report to the competent entity in the following ways:

  • by coming directly to the Library, at the address Vyskupo skv. 1, Anykščiai;
  • by sending a notification by mail. In this case, the note "TO A COMPETENT ENTITY PERSONALLY" must be indicated under the name of the Library;
  • by sending a message to the following email address: praneseju.apsauga@anyksciuvb.lt

Here you can submit a report about violations at the Library regarding:

  • danger to public safety or health, personal life or health, the environment,
  • obstruction or undue influence on investigations conducted by law enforcement authorities or courts in the administration of justice,
  • illegal financing of activities,
  • illegal or non-transparent use of public funds or assets,
  • illegal acquisition of property,
  • concealment of the consequences of the committed violation,
  • another violation of law that poses a threat to or violates the public interest, which you learn about through your current or future employment or contractual relationship with the Library.

The procedure for submitting reports is provided by the Anykščiai District Municipality Liudvika and Stanislovas Didžiuliai Public Library. in the description of the procedure for administering the internal whistleblowing channel.

The library's competent entity – Director Jurgita Bugailiškienė – administers the internal reporting channel and is responsible for complying with the requirements of the Whistleblower Protection Law.

Please fill out the Library Violation Report. form and send by email praneseju.apsauga@anyksciuvb.lt

For persons recognized as whistleblowers Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania and in accordance with the procedure established by other legal acts, assistance, protection and promotion measures may be applied.

ATTENTION! The internal reporting channel is not intended for complaints, requests or reports submitted to protect exclusive personal interests. Submission of information to protect exclusively personal interests is not considered a report.

We warn that 236 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania Article 11 establishes criminal liability for falsely reporting a criminal act by an innocent person or reporting a crime that was known not to have occurred.

Message processing scheme

Rights and guarantees of persons providing information about violations:
Persons who have submitted information about violations are guaranteed confidentiality and a ban on negative influence against them from the moment of receipt of the report, regardless of whether the person who submitted the report about the violation was recognized as a whistleblower by the service or not.
Confidentiality is ensured regardless of the results of the investigation of the information received about the violation.
Confidentiality is not required when:

  1. the person providing the information about the violation requests it in writing;
  2. the information provided by the person providing the information about the violation is known to be false.

A person shall not incur any contractual or tortious liability for providing information about a violation, as well as liability for defamation or defamation, if, when providing information about a violation in accordance with the procedure established by the Law, he or she reasonably believed that he or she was providing correct information.

A person is liable for damage resulting from the provision of information about a violation only if it is proven that the person could not reasonably have believed that the information provided by him was correct.
The provision of knowingly false information, as well as information constituting a state or official secret, does not provide a person with guarantees under the Law. A person who has provided knowingly false information or has disclosed a state or official secret or a professional secret shall be liable in accordance with the procedure established by legal acts.

Legal acts regulating the information provided by Reporters:

In order to effectively implement Whistleblower Protection Act provisions, Resolution No. 1133 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 November 2018 „On the Implementation of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania“ The following are approved: Description of the procedure for rewarding whistleblowers for valuable information; Description of the procedure for compensating whistleblowers for the negative impact or possible consequences experienced due to the submitted report; Description of the procedure for implementing internal channels for providing information about violations and ensuring their functioning.

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