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Under the Article 36 of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance is provided for that the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance within three months upon termination of a financial year shall present to the National Assembly the annual financial report on actions taken by the government bodies relating to the application of this Law, as well as on his work and expenditures.

Today the Commissioner, fulfilling these obligations, has submitted to the National Assembly The Report of the Implementation of the Law of the Free Access to Information of Public Importance.    

The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and OSCE Mission to Serbia and Montenegro have finalized the second phase of the joint project dedicated to the training of the personnel employed with local level authorities as for the application of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance.

The seminar held yesterday in Prokuplje was the last one in the train of seminars held within the project also in Niš, Kruševac, Kraljevo, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Pancevo, Uzice, Smederevo and Jagodina.

In his letter addressed to Chairmen of Managing Boards and Managers of Public Enterprises at the level of the Republic and Autonomous Province, The Commissioner for Information of Public Importance has warned liable officers of failures in carrying out the commitments the public enterprises have, pursuant to the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance. 

Commissioner for Information of public importance, Rodoljub Šabić, estimated that the relation to the accessions to the information, of the majority of the government, especially information about the disposal of the public money and resources, is not satisfactory. That relation, according to the Commissioner, is complicating the accomplishing of free accession to the information and lowering the chances for the realization of serious results in the fight against the corruption.