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SARAJEVO, June 13 (FENA) - Research so far shows that public institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina have taken a significant step towards transparent and responsible public administration, said today Director of the Agency for Statistics of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vesna Čužić, during the presentation of the findings from the research on the transparency of the institutions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
However, she said that it is necessary to work even more intensively and systematically on promoting standards and principles of proactive transparency, with the maximum engagement of all relevant actors, including public institutions, civil society, donors, media and citizens in general.
This is the fifth survey on the fulfillment of standards of proactive transparency after the Council of Ministers of BiH adopted the Policy and Standards of Proactive Transparency in December 2018 and tasked the institutions of BiH to implement them.
Ćužić stated that the results of five online surveys show that the response of institutions is increasing, and the survey results are improving.
She expressed satisfaction that the number of institutions participating in the research is increasing.
Coordinator for Public Administration Reform Dragan Ćuzulan pointed out that the right to access information is a basic human right protected by international documents and acts. However, the public administration in Bosnia and Herzegovina often prevents citizens from exercising this right.
Speaking about the results of the research, he said that 80 institutions were covered, and of this number, 65 institutions provided answers to all 38 questions.
According to him, 53 institutions met 50 percent of the standard, and 27 of them more than 80 percent.
He noted that until this year, the Office of the Coordinator for Public Administration Reform and the Agency for Statistics of BiH, the Directorate for European Integration and the Agency for Higher Education and Quality Assurance have fully met the standards, and from this year, two more institutions - the Agency for Police Support of BiH and the Agency for Gender Equality.
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