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Commissioner Milan Marinović participated today, in the opening of the First Student Professional Practice in Public Administration Fair 2021/2022, held online, on a specially designed digital platform, in the virtual space of the Palace of Serbia.

Commissioner Marinović presented the work of his institution and invited all students, interested in working in public administration, to do a professional practice with the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection. He pointed out that the student professional practice in the Commissioner's Office is a unique opportunity for students to get acquainted with the work of an independent state body dealing with the protection of human rights to information, ie access to information of public importance held by authorities and the right to personal data protection.

The first Student Professional Practice in Public Administration Fair, which is being held today and tomorrow, gathered 400 students from state universities in Belgrade, Novi Sad, Kragujevac, Nis and Novi Pazar, who now have the opportunity to choose a professional practice in 18 public administration bodies (13 state bodies and 5 local self-governments).

Slavoljupka Pavlović, Assistant Secretary General in the Commissioner’s Office - Sector for Appeals and Enforcement - Access to Information, held a training in Novi Sad yesterday in the field of free access to information of public importance for employees of the provincial administration, organized by the Human Resources Management Services of the Provincial Government of the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The training was attended by persons authorized to act upon requests for access to information of public importance, as well as persons responsible for the development and updating of the Information Booklet on work of the provincial public authorities.

 Today, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection signed an Agreement on Cooperation in Providing Public Administration Support to Higher Education Institutions in the Education Process, in order to conduct professional practice for students of five state universities - in Belgrade, Kragujevac, Nis, Novi Sad and Novi Market.

This agreement, apart from the Commissioner, was signed by 17 other state bodies. This is the first time that state administration bodies and faculties have established a systematic approach in improving theoretical knowledge and practical work in state bodies. Professional practice (or internship) will be realized during the academic year 2021-2022, in the period from November 2021 to May 2022.

Today, The Commissioner's Office, in cooperation with the USAID Government Accountability Initiative, held an online training on "Implementation of the Law on Personal Data Protection" for members of the Pharmaceutical Chamber of Serbia.

Commissioner Milan Marinović pointed out that this is the first time that the Commissioner's Office organizes training for entities that process personal health data, which, due to their sensitivity, represent a special type of personal data and may be processed under very restrictive conditions. The Commissioner thanked the USAID Project for the initiative to implement this type of training and also pointed out that members of the Pharmaceutical Chamber must have appropriate knowledge on personal data protection, in order to fulfill all obligations prescribed by law, and whose violation entails misdemeanor liability.