Source: transparency.bg
Despite repeated calls from Civil Society and experts in Bulgaria, the government has failed to involve a wide range of stakeholders in the transposition process for the EU Directive on Whistleblowing.
NGO Transparency International Bulgaria have long called for a broad public discussion on and involvement of as many interested parties as possible in the process of implementation of the Directive.
Whilst the expert-level administration has accepted that position as evident from a preliminary analysis provided by the Ministry of Justice, there is no evidence that expert recommendations been taken into consideration at the political level. Employers’ associations, trade unions, branch business organisations and NGOs working on the issue of protection of whistleblowers.