Platform B: Freedom of Information in the Balkans: Classified, Rejected, Delayed

Due to the ongoing pandemic, Platform B event series will be organised in accordance with all relevant health measures. As the situation improves, we hope to be able to host some of the events in BIRN spaces in Sarajevo and Belgrade, and elsewhere in the region.

The Platform B will be an opportunity for individuals and groups to meet monthly on selected topics.

Illustration. BIRN/Igor Vujcic

Next event: Freedom of Information in the Balkans: Classified, Rejected, Delayed

Date: July 15, 2021 (Thursday)

Time: 2pm-3.30pm, CET

The global pandemic has been used as an excuse for many Balkan states to not fully implement freedom of information laws, leaving the public in the dark.

Transparency has been another victim of the COVID-19 pandemic.

While on paper, freedom of information laws are up-to-date in almost all countries in the region, implementation is patchy at best and has grown worse since governments clamped down on the flow of information with the onset of the coronavirus.

Together with journalists, public information officers and colleagues from Open Government Partnership and Access Info we will reflect on the findings of BIRN's tracking institutional transparency report and offer recommendations on how to make our institutions open and accountable.

More information and registration

Upcoming events from August until October:

Power Dynamics in Media: Why Don't We Have More Women in Top Management Positions?

#metoo in Journalism: When Will Balkan Journalists Speak Up?

Digital Violence and Female Journalists

More information will follow soon.