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  • 23/09/22
    CONFERENCE ON THE SUBJECT: “IMPROVEMENT OF THE SYSTEM FOR FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION OF PUBLIC CHARACTER”

    Today, a conference was held on the subject of “Improvement of the system for free access to public information,” hosted by the Center for Change Management and co-hosted by the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information and the Deputy President of the Government of the Republic of North...
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  • 19/09/22
    PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFORMS EXPLANATORY MEETING

    The Agency’s Secretary General for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, Tanja Kovachev, participated today in the explanatory meeting for the area of Public Administration Reforms. The weight of the Fundamental Values cluster comes from the fact that it contains areas that are novel to the accession negotiations, such as...
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  • 07/09/22
    WORKING MEETING WITH THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION SOCIETY AND ADMINISTRATION

    The director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, Plamenka Bojcheva, and the General Secretary, Tanja Kovachev, held a working meeting with the Minister of Information Society and Administration, Admirim Aliti. At this meeting, participants explored the need to increase accountability in institutional transparency to combat corruption...
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  • 05/09/22
    REPORT ON THE CONDUCTED ANALYSIS FOR IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF INFORMATION HOLDERS FOR FREE ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION

    The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information prepared a Report on the conducted analysis to promote transparency and accountability of information holders for free access to public information. According to the Conclusion adopted at the Sixty-third session of the Government of the Republic of North Macedonia held on...
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  • 11/08/22
    ADMINISTRATION’S SILENCE ANALYSIS

    The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information and the Association for Democratic Initiative conducted a short analysis that answers the questions of why and for what reasons institutions do not respond to submitted requests for public information. At the same time, the analysis deals with the additional aspects...
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  • 11/08/22
    YOUNG PEOPLE’S HANDBOOK ON HOW TO EXERCISE THEIR RIGHT OF FREE ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION

    The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information and the Association for Democratic Initiative has prepared a handbook for young people on exercising their right to free access to public information. The purpose of this handbook is to inform young people about the basic goals and benefits of the...
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  • 13/07/22
    OFFICIAL LAUNCH OF THE “CHOOSE THE RIGHT DIRECTION: INTEGRITY” CAMPAIGN

    At today’s press conference, the campaign “Choose the Right Direction: Integrity” was launched with the goal of promoting integrity as a key foundation of society and democracy, as well as one of the EU’s founding principles. The integrity campaign is part of the European Union-funded project “Promoting the transparency and accountability of public administration in...
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  • 11/07/22
    REPORT ON THE EXAMINATION OF PUBLISHED DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION THAT THE HOLDERS OF THE JUDICIAL AUTHORITY IN THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA ARE REQUIRED TO PUBLISH ON THEIR WEBSITES

    The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, in accordance with its competencies and in line with the signed Memorandum of Cooperation with the Judicial Council for increasing the active transparency of the courts regarding the consistent implementation of the provisions of the Law on LFAPI and the realization...
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  • 19/05/22
    WITH PROACTIVE TRANSPARENCY TO WELL-INFORMED CITIZENS

    Plamenka Bojcheva, director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, addressed the participants during the panel session on “Ethics and Anonymization of Data” attending the International Open Data Conference in Skopje, held from 18th to 20th May 2022. “Data and the Culture of Openness” was the theme...
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  • 18/05/22
    A MEMORANDUM FOR AN INCREASED JUDICIAL OPENNESS AND ACCESSIBILITY

    To ensure the consistent implementation of the provisions of the Law on Free Access to Public Information and the realization of the citizen’s right to free access to public information, the Director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, Plamenka Bojcheva, and the President of the Judicial...
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  • 21/04/22
    FIVE EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS ON EXERCISING THE RIGHT OF FREE ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED UNDER THE PREMISE THAT “CITIZENS HAVE THE RIGHT TO KNOW”

    The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information and the Association for Democratic Initiative, as part of the USAID Project for Citizen Participation, successfully realized five informational and educational sessions for young people, journalists, representatives of civil society organizations and institutions on exercising the right to free access to...
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  • 05/04/22
    PRESENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN’S PRACTICE OF PROVIDING CITIZENS WITH A FREE ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION

    Within the framework of the IPA II project, financed by the EU, in the activity of raising the capacities of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, a two-day online workshop was held with representatives of the European Ombudsman, Mr. Fergal Anthony O’Regan, Ms. Honor Mahoney, Mrs. Teresa...
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  • 01/04/22
    INFORMATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS WITH YOUNG PEOPLE, JOURNALISTS, AND REPRESENTATIVES OF CIVIL ORGANIZATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS ORGANIZED BY AFAPI AND ADI

    The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information and the Association for Democratic Initiative, as part of the USAID Project for Citizen Participation, are organizing informational and educational sessions with young people, journalists, representatives of civil society organizations, and institutions on using the right to free access to public...
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  • 16/03/22
    BOJCHEVA: “The good cooperation and partnership with the General Secretariat of the Government is an example of advancing the right of access to public information.”

    The director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, Plamenka Bojcheva, and the Secretary-General, Tanja Kovachev, met today with the Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of North Macedonia in charge of good governance policies, Slavica Grkovska. At the meeting, the representatives of the Agency emphasized the...
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  • 15/02/22
    THE AGENCY FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT OF FREE ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION IS SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTING A REORGANIZATION OF THE WORK TASKS PERFORMANCE AND OBLIGATIONS

    The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information informs that it has implemented a successful reorganization of the work tasks and obligations, thus aiming to raise the quality of the services provided by the Agency to applicants and holders of public information. In this regard, the Quality Management System...
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  • 27/01/22
    INTEGRITY CAMPAIGNS: “FREE ACCESS TO PUBLIC INFORMATION” AND “I WANT TO KNOW”

    According to research conducted as part of the Campaign for Integrity in December of last year, citizens’ awareness of their right to free access to publicly available information is growing. In accordance with the Law on Free Access to Public Information, 56% of the respondents believe they have the right to submit a request to...
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