# Western Balkans

URL: https://www.transparency.org/en/region/western-balkans
Type: Region
Published: 2024-06-13
Updated: 2024-06-13

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### Publications

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## [Whistleblower protection in EU enlargement countries - Towards EU standards and best practice](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/whistleblower-protection-in-eu-enlargement-countries)

Publication • 16 April 2026

Whistleblower protections in EU candidate countries lag behind EU standards, with legal gaps and weak systems undermining accountability.

## [Between anti-corruption reform and decline: Examining key actors, strengths and weaknesses in the Western Balkans and Türkiye’s national integrity systems](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/anti-corruption-reform-decline-examining-key-actors-strengths-weaknesses-western-balkans-t%C3%BCrkiyes-national-integrity-systems)

Publication • 19 June 2024

Assessments in the Western Balkans and Türkiye reveal a complex mixture of slow progress in strengthening integrity systems, along with democratic backsliding that strongly…

## [Examining State Capture: Undue Influence on Law-Making and the Judiciary in the Western Balkans and Turkey](https://www.transparency.org/en/publications/examining-state-capture)

Publication • 15 December 2020

The capture of the state in the Western Balkans and Turkey is enriching politicians and their networks at the severe cost of ordinary citizens.

### Blog posts

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[## Making the Western Balkans safe for whistleblowers Transparency Int'l 19 June 2024](https://www.transparency.org/en/blog/making-the-western-balkans-safe-for-whistleblowers "Making the Western Balkans safe for whistleblowers")

### Projects

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## [Western Balkans and Turkey: Citizen engagement for public integrity (CEPI)](https://www.transparency.org/en/projects/western-balkans-turkey)

Project

This action builds on the Western Balkans and Turkey projects Ending Impunity for Grand Corruption Crimes, completed in 2021, and Strengthening National Integrity Systems,…

## [Empowering whistleblowers against corruption (EWAC)](https://www.transparency.org/en/projects/empowering-whistleblowers-against-corruption-ewac)

Project

Empowering Whistleblowers Against Corruption (EWAC) supports the creation of safe environment for whistleblowers in Moldova, Montenegro and North Macedonia to report corruption.…