Name of responsible person from implementing agency Oliver Serafimovski, Coordinator Tsveta Trajkovska, Deputy Coordinator Indzi Xhodja, Deputy Coordinator Title, Department Junior Associate, Unit for cooperation with information holders and public information Head of the Unit for analytics and education of applicants for information and public information holders Junior Associate, Unit for appeal procedure, legal and general affairs Email oliverserafimovski@komspi.mk Phone 02/3118-038 State administration bodies, independent state administration bodies The Commission for protection of the right to free access to public information Other Actors Involved Non-government sector, business subjects, trade unions, economic chambers, associations and foundations Center for Civil Communications, Association for Women Emancipation, Solidarity and Equality (ESE) and Open Society Foundation – Macedonia Status quo or problem addressed by the commitment Limited access to public information and the information holders’ silence due to their failure to address applications for free access to public information within the stipulated deadline of 30, that is 40 days, is the major reason for nonimplementation of the Law on Free Access to Public Information, and citizens are insufficiently informed about their guaranteed right to access to public information. Public information holders, as main factors in the commitments implementation, still are not sufficiently transparent in their operation, and do not publish available information on their websites, document in their possession are not completely available for the citizens and public information applicants. Civil sector directs its activities toward improvement of the Law on Free Access to Public Information implementation, by analysis and pro-active publication of public information on the holders’ websites, developing and conducting 26