Prime Minister Ana Brnabic announced today that the principle of open administration that our country follows, entails the obligation to involve citizens in decision-making processes that directly affect the quality of their lives.
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Belgrade,
15 March 2019
Speaking at the opening of conference "Open Government Partnership in Serbia – Openness builds trust", organised within the framework of the Open Management Week which is being celebrated all over the world from 11 to 17 March, Brnabic underlined that the development of electronic communications and data transparency, as well as transparency and efficiency of public administration are crucial in order to achieve this.
She pointed out that the citizens of Serbia and their associations in the past year participated in public consultations and debates directly influencing the drafting of 19 draft laws and 16 other public policy documents.
The opening of the data is important primarily for increasing the transparency of public administration and building confidence with citizens and the economy, Brnabic said.
The Prime Minister noted that within the framework of the Open Government Partnership, our country has committed itself to fulfilling 28 goals.
Some of these goals are the launch of the open data portal, the improvement of the law on free access to information of public importance, adoption of the law on e-business, simplification of administrative procedures, and some of these goals have already been achieved.
Minister of Public Administration and Local Self-Government Branko Ruzic said that there are 30 institutions on the national portal of open data, of which 12 local self-governments opened their data, which citizens and the economy can find in 500 files.
Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia Andrea Orizio stressed that, in creating a responsible and transparent government that represents an efficient service to citizens, the role of local governments in applying the principles of the Open Society Partnership at the local level is of paramount importance.
UNDP representative in Serbia Steliana Neder assessed that progress in implementing priorities in the process of European integrations too is inseparable because they are part of the same process.
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