The entire activity of the local boards and their bodies is public and is available for all citizens of the city of Rijeka and more widely. The activities and work of local board councils with all the acts, programmes and plans are primarily visible on the website of each local board, through local media and newsletters published by the local boards.
The meetings of the local board councils and the citizens’ assemblies are public. The activities and work of the councils are visible on the websites of each local board, through local media and newsletterss published by the local boards. The councils also use billboards to announce events and provide various notices to citizens.
The minutes of meetings are published on the websites of the local boards, which is the most complete and most visible “place” that contains almost all information on the work of the local board councils and their working bodies. Citizens can get maximum visibility of the entire work and activities of the councils, adopted programmes and business plans, reports on the programme realisation and expenses, as well as, other useful information and interesting things, on the website of their local board through which they can communicate with the council via the section “Send a question to your local board”.
The websites are available on the website of the City of Rijeka, and the contents on the websites of the local boards are published, downloaded and partially edited by the secretaries of the local boards (so-called “mandatory part”), while editorial staff within the councils take part in the creation or they directly crate the remaining part of the contents. (interesting things, reviews, comments, etc.).
Some local board councils use the citizens’ assemblies as a form of two-way communication with citizens where councils inform citizens about their work and activities, and citizens have an opportunity to express their problems, needs and interests, while some local board councils print newsletters (bulletins) in order to inform citizens.