In the second part of the study trip to the Federal Republic of Germany, which was organized for the delegation of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection by the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) as part of a their jointly implemented project, Commissioner Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, acting Assistant Secretary-General Head of the Sector for Supervision of Personal Data Protection, Marko Antić, and Heads of the Departments for Supervision of Personal Data Protection Olja Živković, Emina Kovačević, Ivan Trišović and Milan Tomanović, and one representative of the Cabinet of the Commissioner Jelena Denić had meetings with the State Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information of North Rhine-Westphalia, Mrs. Bettina Gajk, representatives of the Ministry of the Interior of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Cologne Police Department, and with members of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia, members of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Community, headed by Mrs. Angela Ervin - the President of the Board.

This study trip was of great importance for the representatives of the Commissioner, who got acquainted with the current situation in the field of personal data protection in the Federal Republic of Germany and especially in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, concerning the problems in personal data processing and protection, and ways of problem-solving with particular reference to the use of video surveillance in public spaces.