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A delegation of eight representatives of the Personal Data Protection Agency of the Republic of Montenegro visited the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection on 17 and 18 December 2025. The visit aimed to familiarize themselves with the organization of work and practice of the Commissioner in the field of personal data protection, and the functioning of the Sector for Information Technology.

Special attention was paid to the innovations in the Commissioner's practice after the adoption of the Law on Personal Data Protection, which is fully harmonized with European regulations. That was of particular importance for colleagues from Montenegro, given that such a law is expected to be adopted.

Most of the discussions focused on the conduct of personal data processing supervision inspection, handling of complaints, and the Commissioner’s work on the harmonization of regulations with the Law on Personal Data Protection.

According to the joint assessment, this visit was extremely beneficial for both parties, concluding that this type of cooperation should continue in the future.

The training of the fifth generation of participants has begun within the short study program jointly organized by the Faculty of Law of the University of Kragujevac and the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection. In addition to professors from the faculty, the lecturers in this program are Commissioner Milan Marinović, who addressed the participants on this occasion as a lecturer in the field of freedom of access to information of public importance, and Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković and Acting Assistant Secretary General Dragana Stojković, who, as lecturers in the field of personal data protection on this occasion, gave an introductory lecture. The specificity of this short study program lies in the fact that during this course, participants acquire knowledge in both rights protected by the Commissioner: personal data protection and access to information of public importance.

Commissioner Milan Marinović, in accordance with the tradition he has maintained for several years, gave a lecture to 3rd-year students of the Forensic and Police University in Belgrade on the topic "The Role of the Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection in the Local Community."

Commissioner Milan Marinović, Deputy Commissioner Sanja Unković, and Assistant Secretary General, Head of the Information Technology Sector, Dragana Jovanović, participated in the International Conference "The Role of the Council of Europe Convention on Artificial Intelligence in Personal Data Protection (Legal, Ethical and Social Challenges in the AI Era)", held in Warsaw.

The conference was dedicated to key aspects of personal data protection in light of the Council of Europe Convention on Artificial Intelligence, practical aspects of personal data protection in artificial intelligence systems, and the role of artificial intelligence in the judicial system.

The conference was also attended by data protection authorities from several European countries.