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<p>The Department for International Development (DFID) has a robust process in place
for reporting and managing all whistleblowing concerns. This process was recently
refreshed to ensure it remains in line with Cabinet Office standards and recommended
best practice. The process is managed independently by DFID’s internal audit department
and has been designed to give confidence to all stakeholders to raise concerns, in
line with the open and transparent culture that DFID has sought to create.</p><p>The
whistleblowing reporting process is set out clearly on DFID’s external website (<a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-international-development/about#reporting-fraud"
target="_blank">Reporting Fraud</a>) and in more detail within the department’s internal
intranet, accessible by all staff. DFID has made civil service e-learning on fraud
modules mandatory for all staff and has embedded fraud awareness components across
many of its core training interventions. DFID has appointed a dedicated fraud resource
across the department’s country office network to support staff on an on-going basis
and keep the profile of whistleblowing high.</p><p>In additional to the regular awareness
raising activities undertaken, DFID played an active role in publicising the cross
civil service whistleblowing awareness week in 2016 and will do so again during September
2017.</p>
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