Module Learning Objective

decide risk-plan changes based on incidents and implementation tests

1. Regulatory Concept & Core Standards

In this video we will consolidate a skill: decide risk-plan changes based on incidents and implementation tests. Use the case to test what you would do in a similar situation. We will explain the proposed response step by step so that you can understand each choice and recognise when more information would be needed. Monitoring separates the existence of a rule, implementation and effect. Integrity-plan entities also follow KPK reporting requirements. Indicators and sampling methods are practical tools to adapt to the actual risk.

A new process may change risks, responsibilities and data flows. An old plan is not necessarily wrong but no longer covers the whole operation. Review follows the change rather than automatically waiting for an annual date.

Apply the following rule: ZZPri covers information about breaches of rules applicable in Slovenia obtained in a work-related context. Protection requires reasonable grounds for believing the information true at the time of reporting and use of a route under the Act. Article 5 excludes protection where the report is made two years or more after the breach ceased. This is not a retention period. Relevant previous and developing relationships, facilitators and connected persons are covered under statutory conditions.

2. Practical Implementation & Procedure

Gather control failures, activity changes, audits and aggregated incident information. Assess matrix implications and consult departments. Update owners, measures and priorities. Record versions, required approval and dissemination. Preserve history to explain the plan's evolution rather than rewriting past assessments as though unchanged. 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

The organisation starts awarding financial support while its plan covers only procurement. New authority and decisions require assessment. 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: Is an unchanged procurement checklist sufficient? 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. Assess support-specific criteria, interests and evidence. The existing model can assist but must reflect the new process.

One mistake to avoid is: keeping an outdated plan until the scheduled review date.

Now apply the national rule to a second decision. The system automatically marks a report protected because it contains the word corruption. What has it not checked?

Assess facts, the work-related context, reasonable grounds at reporting, the chosen route and statutory conditions, including time since the breach ceased. The label does not determine protection. Clarify missing information safely and proportionately.

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