Anti-corruption training for Pärnu County local governments

Anti-corruption training for local governments in Pärnu County.

Programme: ethics and values and their role in preventing corruption; the concept and content of corruption; management and organisational culture as tools for prevention; civil servants and officials – who is an official and which anti-corruption rules apply to them at work; forms of conflict of interest, examples and prevention, including due diligence in procurement; restrictions on activities and related persons, including exemptions; gifts and benefits, corrupt income and other risk situations such as bribery; the permissibility of side activities and notifying about them; reporting work-related violations and protecting whistleblowers.

Trainer: Steven-Hristo Evestus, a member of the Estonian anti-corruption association Korruptsioonivaba Eesti (Corruption-Free Estonia), its board chair in 2019–2022 and executive director in 2022–2023. He spent 16 years as a prosecutor, leading pre-trial proceedings and representing the state in court, set up the prosecutors' ethics council, and has delivered anti-corruption training to the public, private and third sectors. He has been a sworn advocate since August 2023.

Time and place: 25 November 2026, 10:00, Tartu University Pärnu College, room C206, Ringi 35, Pärnu.