Reporting wrongdoing in the general interest within the public administration

Go to the dedicated ANAC page

The term whistleblower refers to a public employee who reports wrongdoing of general interest and not of individual interest, of which he or she has become aware by reason of the employment relationship, according to Art. 54 bis of Leg. n. 165/2001 as amended by Law no. November 30, 2017, no. 179.

In implementation of the Directive (EU) 2019/1937, the d.lgs. n. 24 of March 10, 2023 concerning “theprotection of persons who report violations of Union law and laying down provisions concerning the protection of persons who report violations of national regulatory provisions.”
ll d.lgs. 24/2023 required ANAC to adopt, within three months of its effective date, special Guidelines on procedures for the submission and management of external reports.

These Guidelines can be found at the following link.

The regulations provide for several possible reporting channels.
As an INTERNAL reporting channel, the institution proposes as a basic rule to contact directly the Head of Prevention of Corruption and for Transparency (RPCT), Lawyer Paolo Goldoni, whom the reporter can contact independently and paying attention to the confidentiality necessary both for the protection of his figure and of the possible reporting subject.

As an EXTERNAL reporting channel ANAC provides its own dedicated application, which was already available on the entity’s website before the enactment of Leg. 24/2023. The external channel may be used if the reporting person had reasonable grounds to believe that if he or she made an internal report, the report would not be effectively followed up or that the same report might result in a risk of retaliation.

Access the reporting management application proposed by ANAC