Open Government Partnership

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.

Deputy PM Dan Barna points out that Health Minister Vlad Voiculescu has 101 percent support from the Save Romania Union - Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity (USR - PLUS) Alliance and that transparency is part of a good governance. "When we promised a revolution of good governance, we also referred to public data transparency.

According to the Serbian government, Brnabic andwill discusse cooperation of the two countries with Prime Minister of Georgia Mamuka Bahtadze.

Brnabic will also meet with Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili and Georgian Parliament Speaker Irakli Kobakhidze.

Open administration and civic participation represent essential conditions in order to build a more inclusive society, a more performing and equitable economy, and a more transparent democracy, Deputy Prime Minister for implementing Romania's strategic partnerships Ana Birchall stated on Monday, according to a release of the Executive sent to AGERPRES.

The controversial Macedonian journalist who claimed the desecration of a Bulgarian memorial plaque in September became a member of a number of governmental workgroups earlier this year, Macedonian media report.

The U.S. government is currently working with partners from around the world, Romania included, to ensure access to government information through the Open Government Partnership, U.S. Charge d'affaires a.i. Dean Thompson on Friday told the Open Data Day Conference organized by the government of Romania together with the Open Data Coalition, under the aegis of the American partnership.

"The main goal of this law is to encourage the participation of the public and interest groups in decision making and governance, and raise the efficiency, transparency and accountability of public institutions toward the public," OSFA said in a statement after parliament approved the law on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Serbian Deputy Parliament Speaker Vladimir Marinkovic on Tuesday addressed a panel discussion in Podgorica on the relationship between the Serbian parliament and non-governmental organisations.

Marinkovic is taking part in a two-day conference on parliamentary engagement and strengthening the parliament through openness and transparency.