SEVERAL INTERNATIONAL experts will meet with local stakeholders this week to discuss Jamaica's progress in the fight for access to information.
The Carter Center, which is facilitating the meetings, has invited experts from Trinidad and Tobago, the United Kingdom, United States and South Africa to discuss several issues such as the media's use of the Access to Information Act, investigative journalism and Jamaica's attempts at building a culture of transparency.
There will also be a final training session for Jamaican attorneys who volunteered to provide pro bono representation for persons denied access to information. The series of meetings will start tomorrow and end on June 9.
EXPERTS
Among the list of experts are Richard Calland, executive director of the Open Democracy Advice Centre in Cape Town, South Africa; Meredith Cook, senior adviser in the Information and Policy Compliance team at the British Broadcasting Corporation; Kevin Dunion, who was appointed as the first Scottish information commissioner in 2003 and Alasdair Roberts, associate professor at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.
The Carter Center was founded in 1982 by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in partnership with Emory University, to advance peace and health worldwide.
