Pasvalys Sport School has the possibility to report an infringement through the internal channel of the institution. Persons who are or have been in a service or employment relationship or contractual relationship (consultancy, contract, internship, apprenticeship, volunteering, etc.) with the Pasvalys Sport School may report.

Violation - defined in the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania as a criminal offence, administrative offence, official misconduct or violation of employment obligations, as well as a serious violation of mandatory professional ethics norms or any other violation of the law threatening or infringing the public interest, of which the whistleblower becomes aware from his/her service, employment or contractual relationship with the institution.

Article 3 of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania stipulates that individuals may provide information on violations because:
(1) a risk to public safety or health or to the life or health of a person;
2) environmental risks;
3. obstructing or improperly influencing investigations by law enforcement authorities or the administration of justice;
4) financing illegal activities;
5) illegal or non-transparent use of public funds or assets;
6) ill-gotten wealth;
7) concealing the consequences of the infringement, obstructing the determination of the extent of the consequences;
8. other infringements.

The School has designated competent entities to manage the internal whistleblowing channel, to handle the information received through the channel, to ensure the confidentiality of the person who has reported the whistleblowing, and to carry out other functions:

The following legislation may be relevant to persons providing information on infringements:
Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania;
Resolution of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 14 November 2018 No 1133 "On the Implementation of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania";
Description of the procedure for providing information on violations under the Whistleblower Protection Law of the Republic of Lithuania at Pasvalys Sports School.

We recommend that you report the infringement by filling in the infringement notification form or by a free-form notification, indicating your name, surname, personal identification number or date of birth if you do not have a personal identification number, your place of work, contact details (place of residence and/or place where you receive correspondence or e-mail address, telephone number or other contact details); details of the infringement (who is preparing to commit, is committing, has committed or has committed an infringement, when, in which way and by what means, etc.If possible, any documents or information in their possession which may reveal the nature of the possible infringement; whether the infringement has already been reported to anyone and, if so, to whom it was reported and whether a reply was received; and that he/she has been informed of the legal consequences of providing false information.

IMPORTANT! When submitting a free-form notification, it is necessary to indicate that the notification is being submitted in accordance with the Whistleblower Protection Act by stating that "THIS INFORMATION IS BEING SUBMITTED UNDER THE WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION ACT".

A person providing information about a violation at the School may do so in one of the following ways:

email pazeidimai@pasvaliosm.lt;
by post to Pasvalys Sports School, Taikos g. 22, LT-39184 Pasvalys, When sending a message by post, the name of the addressee must be followed by the mark "FOR COMPETENT SUBJECT PERSONAL";
Directly to the prosecution. A person shall refer an infringement directly to the competent authority where any of the following applies:
the infringement is of substantial importance for the public interest;

it is essential to prevent or stop the infringement as soon as possible, as serious damage could result;

those in a managerial, employment or contractual relationship with the institution may themselves be committing or have committed irregularities;

information about an infringement was submitted through an internal whistleblowing channel, but no response was received or no action was taken in response to the information submitted, or the measures taken were ineffective;

there are grounds for believing that the submission of information on the infringement through the internal whistleblowing channel may not guarantee the anonymity or confidentiality of the whistleblower or may be intended to conceal the reported infringement;

The Administration does not have an internal whistleblowing channel;

the person is unable to use the internal whistleblowing channel because he or she no longer has an employment or other legal relationship with the Administration.

In public. Information on an infringement may be made public to report an imminent threat to human life, public health or the environment, where urgent action is necessary to prevent such a threat and time constraints do not allow the infringement to be reported by other means or where the infringement has not been reported by other means and the necessary action has not been taken in time.

Rights and guarantees for persons providing information on infringements

Persons who have provided information on infringements shall, from the moment of receipt of the report, be guaranteed personal confidentiality and shall not be subject to any adverse influence, whether or not the person who has made the report has been recognised as a whistleblower by the Service. The legal remedies against adverse effects are set out in Article 11(3) and (5) of the PAA. The rights and guarantees and responsibilities for non-disclosure are set out in Article 3(3) of the RTI.

Confidentiality is ensured regardless of the information received about the infringement or the results of the investigation.

Confidentiality is not required when:

the person providing the information about the infringement so requests in writing;

the information provided by the person reporting the infringement is knowingly false.

In accordance with the provisions of the Law on the Protection of Whistleblowers of the Republic of Lithuania, whistleblowers are guaranteed confidentiality and may be subject to protection, incentive and assistance measures.

Please note that Article 236 of the Criminal Code of the Republic of Lithuania provides for criminal liability for false reporting or reporting of a non-existent crime.