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The final round table was held in the Chamber of Industry and Commerce of Serbia as part of the public debate on the proposal for the Personal Data Protection Strategy for 2023-2030. Commissioner Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, acting Chief of Cabinet Dragoslav Đukić, and acting Assistant Secretary-General Lela Rudić participated in the round table.

Representatives of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister and representatives of the Ministry of Justice, representatives of civil society, representatives of the legal profession, the Misdemeanor Court, Paragraf Lex, Kec Group, Telekom Serbia, Delloite, and others also took part in this public debate.

At the round table, the participants generally praised the fact that the Personal Data Protection Strategy is being adopted for the first time and supported the announcement of amendments to the Law on Personal Data Protection.

On March 21, 2023, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, fulfilling his legal obligation, submitted the Report on the implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance and the Law on Personal Data Protection in 2022 to the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia.

The Report was also submitted to the Government of the Republic of Serbia and published on the Commissioner's website.

In the Ceremonial Council Hall, in Subotica, on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, starting at 10:30, a panel discussion was held on the topic of monitoring the implementation of the new Law on Personal Data Protection, which was attended by Data Controllers, all interested representatives of civil society organizations and the media. Commissioner Milan Marinović and Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, as well as representatives of the Commissioner's Office, participated in today's panel discussion. The panel discussion aimed to consider the new Law on Personal Data Protection and look at the possibilities for its better application. During the panel discussion, the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, Milan Marinović, presented its annual reports on the work for the previous two years. Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković presented the current position of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection, the competence of the Commissioner with special emphasis on personal data protection. Representatives of the Commissioner's Office from the Sector for Supervision of Personal Data Protection and the Sector for Harmonization of Regulations and Normative Affairs also participated in the panel discussion. In the upcoming period, panel discussions, which are being implemented in 15 selected local self-government units, within the scope of project support are particularly important for raising the awareness of the general public and informing citizens.

The organization of the panel discussion is supported by the project "Support for Strengthening Rule of Law in the Republic of Serbia"(EU for the Fight Against Corruption and for Fundamental Rights) financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), whereas the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) is in charge for its implementation.

Kragujevac, March 2, 2023.

On Thursday, March 2, starting at 10 a.m. in the Great Hall of the Assembly of the City of Kragujevac, training was held for Data Protection Officers responsible for the implementation of the Personal Data Protection Law. Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, and also from the Sector for Education and Certification, Aleksandra Lakićević and Marko Milošević, attended the training aimed at designated Data Protection Officers from more than 40 public institutions with the area of the city of Kragujevac.

The representatives of the Commissioner’s Office conducted this training within the scope of the multi-donor project "Support for Strengthening Rule of Law in the Republic of Serbia"(EU for the Fight Against Corruption and for Fundamental Rights) financed by the EU and the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), whereas the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) is in charge for its implementation.

The importance of protecting personal data, consent for their processing, the purpose of lawful and fairly processing and transfer, as well as determining the public and legitimate interest in processing, are just some of the topics in the main focus of public interest. The aim of the training is to familiarize Data Protection Officers or persons designated by Data Controllers and Data Processors (if they do not have designated Data Protection Officers) with the current legal solutions (in the EU and the Republic of Serbia) and the proper application of the Personal Data Protection Law.

Field trainings, which are being implemented as part of project support in 15 selected local self-government units, are particularly important for raising the capacity of personal data protection. Also, in those selected units of local self-government, in addition to training, parallelly there is the ongoing organization of panel discussions on the topic of personal data protection, which primarily aims to raise awareness among the general public and inform its citizens.