In the period between October 7 and November 11, the Commission for PRFAPI, in accordance to the planned program realized 7 out of the 15 planned regional trainings in the whole country. The two-day training educations were held for the official persons in charge of mediating public information. The trainings were held in Ohrid, Strumica, Kicevo, Gevgelija, Kavadarci, Bitola and Prilep. The persons in charge of implementation of the Law on Free Access to Public Information on FAPI from the institutions in the smaller municipalities took part at the trainings. The trainers transferred their experiences to around 175 people that are in charge of mediating public information.
The next training will be held in Kocani, in Novemeber 13 and 14, for the official persons for mediating public information from municipalities of Vinica, Zrnovci and Cesino-Oblesevo. On 17 and 18 of November the trainings will take place in Stip and will focus on the Law on FAPI and the constitutional right to access to public information. Similar trainings will also be held in Gostivar, Tetovo, Veles and Kumanovo. There are also possibilities for education through trainings for the official persons from other municipalities in Macedonia.
The trainings are part of the activities from the project “Technical Assistance and Rising of the Awareness for the Support of the Application of the Law on Free Access to Public Information” in RM, realized with the financial support of the Embassy of Great Britain, approved by the Government of the Republic of Macedonia. Implementers of the projects are the Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information and the Macedonian Institute for Media.
This project plans holding of 50 trainings for educating about 1000 official persons appointed for implementation of the Law on Free Access to Public Information. Until the beginning of the summer holidays, the Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information held trainings for 20 groups of official persons from Skopje.
The realization of the trainings is expected to contribute to a more transparent and more responsible governing in Macedonia, as well as to a more professional communication with the media and the public in the process of euro-integration of the Republic of Macedonia.