Public Institutions and The Internet: Policies and Practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Public Institutions and The Internet: Policies and Practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Nevena Ršumović, Tarik Jusić, Amar Numanović
Subject(s): Politics, Media studies, Public Administration, Policy, planning, forecast and speculation, ICT Information and Communications Technologies
Published by: Analitika – Centar za društvena istraživanja
Keywords: BiH; public institutions; internet; policies; practices;
Summary/Abstract: Freedom of Access to Information Laws in Bosnia and Herzegovina do not contain provisions on the publishing of public information online, which impedes the development of proactive transparency of public institutions. Moreover, different sector laws and special policies, as well as guidelines and recommendations that pertain to the maintenance of websites of public institutions, partially oblige public bodies to publish certain types of information on the Internet. Such a fragmented legal framework for online information disclosure leads to uneven and undeveloped practice of web presence and transparency of public institutions in BiH. It is of key importance to improve the existing Freedom of Access to Information Laws by introducing provisions on mandatory proactive disclosure of a wide spectrum of information on the websites of public institutions, and operationalize such disclosure further in bylaws on the development and maintenance of official websites.

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