AMMAN — The
Jordan Transparency Center (JTC) organized a training workshop introducing whistleblower protection
mechanisms to enhance anti-corruption efforts through capacity building and
awareness on Thursday in Madaba, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
The workshop, held at Prince Hashem Bin
Abdullah II Youth City in Madaba, was titled "Strengthening Whistleblower
and Witnesses Protection Systems in Corruption Cases" and was organized
with the support of the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.
Speaking at the event, Madaba Governor Nayef
Al-Hdayat emphasized the importance of achieving transparency, combating
corruption, and protecting whistleblowers in corruption cases.
His Majesty King Abdullah has stressed the
need to provide whistleblower and witness protection in corruption cases by
issuing new regulations to this end and keeping reports under strict
confidentiality, Hdayat said.
Hilda Ejeilat of the JTC highlighted
Jordan's efforts to combat corruption and its steps to protect whistleblowers
and witnesses, noting that the Kingdom was the first Arab country to ratify the
International Convention Against Corruption in 2004.
Ejeilat also highlighted the JTC's role in
preserving public money, monitoring institutions, and contributing to raising
public awareness on anti-corruption cases.
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