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Side Event whistleblower

09:00 – 09:30
Registration, Coffee

16:20 – 16:30
Opening remarks

Moderator  –  external moderator

Speakers:

Mr. Umed Mavlyanov

Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan

Mr. Christos Marazopoulos

Head of Cooperation of the European Union Delegation to Uzbekistan

Ms. Julia Fromholz

Head, Anti-Corruption Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD

Mr. Nathaniel Rettenmayer

Director of INL Office at the U.S. Embassy in Tashkent

Ms. Akiko Fujii

UNDP Resident Representative in Uzbekistan

09:50 – 10:10
Draft Law on Whistleblower Protection of Uzbekistan: Leveraging European Union Best Practices

Speakers:

Monika Kalinauskiene

Assistant Chief Prosecutor, General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania, UNDP expert on draft of the Whistleblower Protection Law of the Republic of Uzbekistan

10:10 – 10:40
Discussions, Q&A
10:40 – 11:00
Challenges in the implementation of the Whistleblower Protection Law: Experience of members of the OECD Working Group on Bribery and jurisdictions participating in the Istanbul Action Plan

Speakers:

Erekle Urushadze

Anti-Corruption Analyst, Anti-Corruption Division, Directorate for Financial and Enterprise Affairs, OECD

11:00 – 11:20
Discussions, Q&A
11:20 – 11:40
The role of media and CSO in the implementation of the Whistleblower Protection Law: challenges and recommendations

UNDP expert (TBD)

11:40 – 12:00
Discussions, Q&A
12:00 – 12:20
Protection of whistleblowers: Experience of Latvia and recommendations for Uzbekistan

Speakers:

Agnija Birule

Transparency International Latvia

12:20 – 12:50
Discussions, Q&A
12:50 – 13:00
Wrap up and Closing Remarks

Speakers:

Umed Mavlyanov

Deputy Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan