Module Learning Objective

prepare a report explaining implementation, gaps and future measures

1. Regulatory Concept & Core Standards

This video focuses on how to prepare a report explaining implementation, gaps and future measures. Follow the sequence of decisions in the example rather than simply memorising a list. Notice who is involved, what information is needed and the expected result. These points help turn the content into a practice that another person can verify. After preventive measures are approved, verify implementation and effect. This course addresses indicators, evidence and review. An internal calendar is a management choice unless a specific legal duty is identified. Programme reporting differs from reporting on an individual whistleblowing case.

Periodic management reporting compares planned and completed actions, explains delays and supports decisions. Its proposed schedule is an organisational choice unless a specific rule applies. The confidential person’s statutory written report to the Ombudsman within 30 days of a decision is a separate obligation. Do not replace it with annual statistics.

Apply the following rule: The employer adopts and makes accessible a general act on internal reporting and appointment of the confidential person and deputy. The employer must not interfere with their statutory handling to protect the reporting person. An unauthorised recipient must forward the report without delay and without alteration to the confidential person, protecting its data. Articles 17 and 18 regulate oral reports and requested meetings, including recording consent and the opportunity to check records. Portuguese RGPC is not Croatian legislation.

2. Practical Implementation & Procedure

State period, scope, method and sources. Separate implemented, delayed and ineffective measures rather than hiding differences in one percentage. Explain causes and remedial actions. Identify any national publication or reporting duty and its required data. Keep figures traceable to evidence without including individual case identifiers in widely distributed reports. Before moving on, turn this procedure into a sequence you could explain to a colleague. Identify the first check, the action that depends on its outcome and the record that allows the decision to be reconstructed. Follow the sequence on screen and identify the point where an error would change the result.

3. Case Study & Compliance Action

A report shows 80% implementation but omits that missing measures address the highest risks. Review presents results by risk level and identifies urgent decisions. The aggregate figure no longer conceals actual priorities. Now read the case carefully. Separate established facts from information you would still need to confirm. Do not add motives or events that have not been described. This distinction matters when choosing a response proportionate to the information available.

The exercise is as follows: Does a high overall percentage show that the main exposures are controlled? Choose an answer and write one sentence explaining it. During the pause, compare your choice with the criteria we have just considered. Also think about the material you would retain to explain the decision later.

No. Identify which measures are missing and their risks. The report must reveal priorities and limitations as well as quantify implementation through an explicit method.

One mistake to avoid is: using averages that conceal delays in priority measures.

Now apply the national rule to a second decision. The team presents every integrity instrument as mandatory in every country. How should the message be revised?

Distinguish what national law actually requires, the conditions for its application to the entity and the proposed good practices. The specific rule just examined must appear in the corresponding procedure. Each duty needs a source; each management choice needs a purpose, an owner and evidence of implementation.

National Legal Framework: Zakon o zaštiti prijavitelja nepravilnosti, transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.