In the field of the freedom of expression and media, as in previous reporting periods, there
were no significant improvements of the situation. The strategies of development of the
system of public information in the Republic of Serbia by 2016 and amendments to legal
decisions in the field of media did not meet the expectations because there is still a series of
unsolved problems for many years now and shortcomings in regulations which regulate the
sphere of public information. In accordance with this, the Protector of Citizens issued to the
Ministry of Culture and Information the Opinion to the Proposal of the Strategy of
Development of the Public Information System in the Republic of Serbia in the period from
2020 to 2025, in which, inter alia, he emphasized the importance of the fact that during the
execution of the Strategy the matter of the improvement of the position of persons with
disabilities, national minorities and other sensitive groups was recognized.223
PROPOSALS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE STATUS OF CITIZENS IN
RELATION TO ADMINISTRATIVE AUTHORITIES
Ministry of Culture and Information should without any delay pass the rulebook which
would prescribe the unique system of networks of cultural institutions;
Ministry of Culture and Information and Regulatory Authority for Electronic Media
should, immediately upon learning about potential violation of the law by written and
electronic media, take legally stipulated measures with the aim of the protection of citizen
rights and sanctioning of illegal actions;
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs, Tax Administration and
Republic Pension and Disability Insurance Fund should accomplish full and legally
based efficient cooperation with the aim of protection of employees and up-to-date
payout of earnings and payment of contributions for mandatory social insurance to
employees;
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs should take measures with
the aim of increasing of the number of labor inspectors;
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs should take all available
measures in order to reduce the number of workplace injuries;
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs should take measures so
that the number of employees at the institutions of social protection would fit the citizen
needs and workload in this field and so that the labor-legal and material position of
employees at social protection would be improved;
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs and Republic Social
Protection Institute should provide different forms of trainings and professional
advancement for employees with the aim of acquisition and promotion of knowledge and
competencies for the prevention, suppression and protection of women against domestic
violence and violence in partner relations, especially taking into account previously
provided recommendations of the Protector of Citizens;
Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veteran and Social Affairs should provide that the
institutions of social protection make decisions in an up-to-date and timely manner on
the rights from the field of social protection and exercise of the rights of material support
223
Opinion available at: https://ombudsman.rs/index.php/2011-12-11-11-34-45/6416-2020-2025.
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