We bring you an open letter sent to all Heads of State and Government of the European Union by the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO), on behalf of 52 organizations having signed it, to ask that the Trade Secrets Protection Directive, due to be examined during the next Agriculture Council on May 17, is further amended before…
Tag: Access to information
ImamoPravoZnati.org – an opportunity for democratic political culture
In an effort to facilitate access to information concerning public authorities via the Internet and to contribute to transparency and responsibility toward citizens, the Programme for Croatia and GONG NGOs on Tuesday presented a new Internet platform – ImamoPravoZnati.org where citizens can search, in three steps, information concerning 6,000 public bodies. The new web site…
Milanovic says TTIP is in Croatia’s interest
Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic said that the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) was in Croatia’s interest, criticising an interpellation of 21 Croatian members of parliament regarding the matter of this trade agreement being negotiated between the European Union and the United States. I can understand that someone wants to be politically popular, but the…
Personal Data Protection Agency officials seek EC’s protection
Croatian Personal Data Protection Agency (AZOP) director Anto Rajkovaca and his deputy Dubravka Dolenc have sought protection from the European Commission after the government proposed that they be relieved of their duties because state officials’ declarations of assets were removed from the website of the Conflict of Interest Commission, the agency announced on its website…
Gov’t to replace privacy information agency head
During the closed section of the government session, the government forwarded a decision to parliamentary procedure to replace the director of the Agency for the Protection of Personal Data, Ante Rajkovac and his deputy Dubravka Dolenc. The Agency has established that publication of certain data from the declarations of assets of office-holders on the committee’s…
E-counselling website launched for citizens to take part in law making
The Croatian government on Monday presented the central web portal “e-savjetovanja” (e-counselling) enabling citizens to take active part in law making. This is a unique portal in the world, as it brings together all public bodies in one site, said the head of the Croatian Office for Associations, Igor Vidacek. The web portal provides an…