The Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office has introduced an English Summary of the annual report of the activities of the Seimas Ombudsmen’s Office of the Republic of Lithuania in 2013. The Annual Report was presented by the Seimas Ombudsmen Augusitnas Normantas and Raimondas Šukys and approved by the Seimas (Parliament) on 3 June, 2014.

South Australia Ombudsman Richard Bingham performed an audit to find out if government departments did fulfil their obligations under the Freedom of Information Act, which has been in operation for two decades.

The General Assembly of the IOI European Chapter and the Conference “Ombudsman’s Role in a Democracy” will be held on 17 to 19 September 2014 in Tallinn, Estonia.

The Wafaqi Mohtasib, Mr. M. Salman Faruqui, taking cognizance of media reports regarding the sudden death of a retired employee of Pakistan Railways seeking approval of his pension case, has directed the Pakistan Railways to ensure finalization of pension cases of their employees at least six months before the date of their retirement. Similarly, the other federal government departments have also been asked to follow this practice.

Gibraltar Public Services Ombudsman Mario Hook Please presented the Office’s Annual Report 2013 which was laid in Parliament on 29 May 2014.

From 19 until 21 October 2014 the Forum of Canadian Ombudsman holds a course that will explore some of the pressing issues faced by professionals working in correctional facilities.

Acting European Region President, and Irish Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, Peter Tyndall, spoke at the Ombudsman Association Annual Conference in Manchester on 15/16 May 2014.