On 16.5.2025, a seminar on improving access to environmental information was held in Banja Koviljača, organized by the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection and the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The seminar brought together representatives of public authorities, the civil sector, and journalists to discuss the legal framework and obligations of public authorities regarding the provision of environmental information, the role of the Commissioner in the complaint procedure, and practices and challenges in access to environmental information.

Most of the day was dedicated to the practical work of seminar participants preparing specific requests for access to environmental information, and learning how to respond to such requests using practical examples.

The workshop was facilitated by Slavoljupka Pavlović, Acting Assistant Secretary General, Sector for Complaints and Enforcement in the Field of Access to Information, and Dina Đorđević, journalist and Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Center for Investigative Journalism of Serbia (CINS).