Within the project "Protection of Freedom of Expression and of the Media in Serbia ((PRO-FREX-S)"), as part of the joint initiative of the European Union and the Council of Europe "Horizontal Support for the Western Balkans and Turkey", an expert workshop in the field of free access to information of public importance was held in Vrdnik from June 27 to 28, 2023.

At the workshop, Council of Europe experts and employees of the Commissioner's Office discussed the European standards for the application of Article 10 of the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in the context of free access to information of public importance. They particularly discussed all the key judgments of the European Court of Human Rights in the context of freedom of expression.

Also, the standards of the Council of Europe Convention on Access to Official Documents (Tromso Convention) were analyzed and the practice of the Republic of Serbia in applying the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance was presented.