Open data

The European Commission decided today to open an infringement procedure by sending formal notification letters to Bulgaria and 18 other Member States.

They did not provide complete information on how the revised EU rules on open data and the re-use of public sector information (Directive (EU) 2019/1024) are transposed into national law.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, Platform B event series will be organised in accordance with all relevant health measures. As the situation improves, we hope to be able to host some of the events in BIRN spaces in Sarajevo and Belgrade, and elsewhere in the region.

The Platform B will be an opportunity for individuals and groups to meet monthly on selected topics.

Starting today, every citizen can download the mobile application for free to share their health status with the National Operations Headquarters, health authorities and their GP. The idea is to collect data on people's health. The application will necessarily include data from patients with confirmed COVID-19, regardless of how the disease developed - whether the person recovered or died.

Open administration and civic participation represent essential conditions in order to build a more inclusive society, a more performing and equitable economy, and a more transparent democracy, Deputy Prime Minister for implementing Romania's strategic partnerships Ana Birchall stated on Monday, according to a release of the Executive sent to AGERPRES.

As many as 304 data sets will be published by the end of 2016 on the Bulgarian government's open data website, the cabinet has announced.

The Bulgarian government published on Monday information on former agents of the country's Communist-era secret service - State Security (DS).

The information is published in open data and is accessible at opendata.government.bg, the press service of the government informs.

The U.S. government is currently working with partners from around the world, Romania included, to ensure access to government information through the Open Government Partnership, U.S. Charge d'affaires a.i. Dean Thompson on Friday told the Open Data Day Conference organized by the government of Romania together with the Open Data Coalition, under the aegis of the American partnership.

"The main goal of this law is to encourage the participation of the public and interest groups in decision making and governance, and raise the efficiency, transparency and accountability of public institutions toward the public," OSFA said in a statement after parliament approved the law on Thursday.