ТAIEX Workshop on the Interaction of Free Access to Information with Personal Data and Classified Information

Skopje, 29 - 30 November 2016

Four representatives of the Directorate for Security of Classified Information participated in the workshop on “The Interaction of Free Access to Information with Personal Data and Classified Information”, held on 29-30 November 2016 in Skopje, and organized by the Commission for Protection of the Right to Free Access to Public Information, with the support of the TAIEX instrument of the European Commission. The workshop gathered guest lecturers from Estonia, Germany, Scotland, Slovenia and Spain, and participants from the state organs having the capacity of officials for mediation during exercising the right for free access to public information.
The local perspective of the interaction of the three laws was presented by the representatives of the Commission, the Directorate for Protection of Personal Data and the Directorate for Security of Classified Information. The accent of the lectures and the discussions at the workshop was put on the legislation in place for freedom of information and the practice related to the access to public information and the procedure on denying access to information subject to protection.