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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...

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...

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...

“There is a shortage of 536 firefighters in the country, and we have 200 fire engines, most of which are older than 18 years. Furthermore, we have a total of 183 ambulances, of which 77% were donated. These data were obtained through the right of access to public information and were indicated at the public...

Plamenka Bojcheva, director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, delivered a speech at the occasion of International Anti-Corruption Day, which was held under the slogan “Choose the right direction! Choose integrity!”  During the second session entitled “The State Commission and the Creation of an Integrity System”...

To facilitate the exercise of the right of access to public information and enhance the implementation of the Law on Free Access to Public Information within the scope of the IPA 2 project “Transparency and Accountability of the Public Administration”, two electronic portals have been developed – one for holders and one for applicants.  Given...

“Citizens have the right to know how their money is spent through the budgets of the institutions, as well as to receive other data from various information holders. The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information reacts whenever the institutions do not provide the requested information”. “In the Agency...

The Director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, Plamenka Bojcheva, attended an event within the Campaign for Integrity and Joint Action in the Fight Against Corruption, Strengthening the Integrity of Institutions and Promoting the Right To Free Access to Public Information And Protection of Whistleblowers. The...

Plamenka Bojcheva, director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, and Maja Markovska, director of the Association for Sustainable Development “Milieukontakt Macedonia”, Aarhus Center — Skopje, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. This agreement establishes a long-term partnership between the Agency and the Association to promote the principles...

Plamenka Bojcheva, Director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, attended the second meeting of independent bodies for freedom of access to information on the 3-5th of October in Bled, Republic of Slovenia, at the invitation of the Information Commissioner of the Republic of Slovenia. Slovenia, Croatia,...

Plamenka Bojcheva, director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, delivered the following address on the occasion of the International Day for Access to Information on September 28th: “Dear event participants, I’d hereby like to thank you for attending the International Day of Free Access to Public...

Today, the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information marked September 28th as the International Day for Universal Access to Information with a hybrid event. In the presence of selected guests, including Frejk Janmaat – Head of Department at the Delegation of the European Union and Mr. Ljupcho Nikolovski...

Following its competencies, the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information monitored 88 holders of information, i.e. the websites of municipalities, the Community of Local Self-Government Units, and the Centers for the Development of Planning Regions, that were published the list of holders of information on the Agency’s website. ...

The Minister of Information Society and Administration, Jeton Shaqiri and the Director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, Plamenka Bojcheva, signed a Memorandum of Cooperation. This Memorandum advances the cooperation between the Agency and the Ministry in the field of free access to public information. By...

The director of the Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, Plamenka Bojcheva, gave an interview to the “Observer” portal, which we are transmitting in its entirety. The Agency for the Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information is one of the institutions involved in the...

Today, July 13th, 2021, starting at 11:00 a.m., an online conference will be held to mark the beginning of the integrity campaign, which will present the objectives of raising public awareness for the prevention of corruption, as well as the right of free access to public information and whistleblower protection. The director of the Agency...