MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro

MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Working Group for Chapter 10 – Information society and media Bilateral screening: Chapter 10 PRESENTATION OF MONTENEGRO Brussels, 21 -22 January 2013

Chapter 10: Information society and media PUBLIC SECTOR INFORMATION Ivan Lazarević Deputy Minister Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunication ivan. lazarevic@mid. gov. me MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media Content q Relevant Acquis q Legal framework in Montenegro q Improvements of Legislation q Responsibilities of the Agency for Personal Data Protection q HOMER q Future Activities MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media Relevant Acquis ØDirective 2003/98/EC of the EP and Council on the re-use of public sector information MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media Legal Framework in Montenegro ØConstitution of Montenegro (Official Gazette of Montenegro, 01/07) ØArticle 51 Access to information „Everyone shall have the right to access information held by the state authorities and organizations exercising public authority. „The right to access to information may be limited if this is in the interest of: the protection of life; public health; morality and privacy; carrying of criminal proceedings; security and defense of Montenegro; foreign, monetary and economic policy. “ ØLaw on Free Access to information (Official Gazette of Montenegro, 68/05, 73/10 and 40/11) MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media Improvements of Legislation ØLaw on Free Access to information (Official Gazette of Montenegro 44/12) ü Adopted on 9 August 2012, Agency for Personal Data Protection decides on the appeal against a decision on a request for access to information. üCouncil of the Agency is obliged to decide on appeal in 15 days üLaw enters into force on 18 February 2013 ØDuties of the authorities üWho are the authorities? (public authorities, administrations of local governments, institutions, etc. ) üThe obligation to submit briefs to the Agency (Article 42 of the Law) üProactive approach to information (authority is obliged to publish information on the website - Article 12 of the Law) üRestriction of access to information (Article 14 of the Law) üTest of identification (Article 16 ZSPI) üThe overwhelming public interest (Article 17 of the Law) MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media Responsibilities of the Agency (Agency for personal data protection and the free access to information - from 18 February 2013) 1)Overseeing the legality of administrative acts which decides on requests for access to information and take measures prescribed by law; 2)Administrates information system for access to information; 3)Monitors the situation in the area of access to information; 4)Performs inspection supervision over the implementation of this Law in relation to the creation and updating of access to information, proactive disclosure and submission of documents and data for management information system to access information. 5)Submits requests for criminal proceedings for violations of the provisions of this Law relating to the creation and updating of access to information, proactive disclosure and submission of documents and data for management information system to access information. (Fine ranging from 500 to 20, 000 euros in accordance with Article 47 of this Law) MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media HOMER PROJECT Ø HOMER- Harmonising Open Data in the Mediterranean through better Access and Reuse of Public Sector Information (http: //www. homerproject. eu) Ø Duration: 2011 -2014 Ø Lead Parner: Piedmont Region Ø Partners in Montenegro (University “Mediteran”, Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunication, Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism) MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media HOMER PROJECT Main objective Ø to build a transitional initiative promoting the use of an ICT MED strategy towards a better access, re-use and exploitation of regional data belonging to some of the most strategic domains of the MED economy. Ø to promote a coordinated approach to stimulate accessibility and re-use of Public Sector Information owned by MED governments, in order to contribute to speed up data transparency and exchange between MED territories, by enhancing access to public information. Ø fully in line with EU policies promoting a wider re-use of PSI, considered a primary content resource for digital products and services in a transnational context. MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media HOMER PROJECT Ø Specific objectives related to Montenegro • Dissemination and Raising of Awareness – Two main target groups: • private companies/business MED environment aiming at exploiting public digital heritage • public administrations not involved in the project and interested in re-using the PSI methodology and in being involved in the PSI MED Federation • Capitalisation – regional and public authorities involved will develop a MED PSI Federation among all the regional portals, aiming at sharing common data sets related to the Med areas – the Federation will ensure a long lasting sustainability and the possibility to exploit a huge number of datasets thanks to the federation’s benefit; – each region will develop an Implementation Plan reporting the long term strategy and the relevant funding mechanism (i. e: future ROPs under new Cohesion Policy objectives). – the partners will ensure relevant links with other running or future initiatives at regional/national and EU level on PSI related to specific subthemes or events. MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media HOMER PROJECT Ø Improve access to public data and the participation of people in public policies (the core activity) – State of the art among the regions related to the PSI strategy and related to the development of OPEN DATA portals/ PSI Directive receipt; – Legal adjustment (i. e. : availability of national or region law enabling the reuse of data; licensing issues, etc. ) – Technological adjustment (regional or national governments involved should work on data standardization, metadata issues and other technological aspects such as multilingual aspects). – PILOT a: regional contests targeting innovative entrepreneurial idea exploiting open data; PILOT b: a regional contest targeting innovative ideas stimulating e-participation actions – Development of regional/national OPEN DATA portal in Montenegro MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

Chapter 10: Information society and media Future Activities ØHOMER project – continuing on project implementation ØWider promotion of open data concept MONTENEGRO Negotiating Team for the Accession of Montenegro to the European Union Chapter 10: INFORMATION SOCIETY AND MEDIA

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