Commissioner for Information of Public Importance, Mr. Rodoljub Sabic has today in  Valjevo attended opening of the Municipal Office for Free Access to Information  of Public Importance.

After that, the  Commissioner participated in the work of the Seminar on Implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information  of Public Importance, organized in cooperation with the  NGO Transparency Serbia and the European Movement, intended for the local self-government representatives from the municipalities of  Kolubara County.        

Welcoming the opening of the Office for Free Access to Information of Public Importance in Valjevo, the  Commissioner has, besides else, stated:

"Transparency of operations is one of the most powerful mechanisms for fighting corruption, and simultaneously the right method  for acquiring citizens' trust.  In  developed democratic countries there is a principle that investments into this purpose are not considered as costs, but as investments that can pay for themselves in several ways. The gesture of  the local governments in Valjevo to invest the funds received from the  Ministry  for State Administration and Local Self Government, exactly into creation of opportunities for better control of power exercised by citizens, shows respect for this principle and earns  every respect."