About us

Institute Alternative (IA) is a non-governmental organization, established in September 2007 by a group of citizens with experience in civil society, public administration and business sector.

Our mission is to contribute to strengthening of democracy and good governance through research and policy analysis as well as monitoring of public institutions performance.

Our objectives are to increase the quality of work, accountability and transparency, efficiency of public institutions and public officials; to encourage open, public, constructive and well-argument discussions on important policy issues; raising public awareness about important policy issues, strengthening the capacity of all sectors in the state and society for the development of public policies.

The values we follow in our work are dedication to our mission, independence, constant learning, networking, cooperation and teamwork.

We function as a think tank or a research centre, focusing on the overarching areas of good governance, transparency and accountability. Our research and advocacy activities are structured within five main programme strands: i) public administration, ii) accountable public finance, iii) security and defense, iv) parliamentary programme and v) social policy.

On the basis of our five programmes, we monitor the process of accession negotiations with the EU, actively participating in working groups for certain chapters. Our flagship project is the Public Policy School, which is organized since 2012.

Managing of the organization is divided between the Assembly and the Managing Board. President of the Managing Board is Stevo Muk.

The primary goal of the Advisory Board is to: provide guidelines and opinions on our annual working program and research agenda; help in establishing the strategic partnerships; contribution to the IA’s visibility.

Members of the Advisory Board are:

Dr. Florian Bieber, Professor at the University of Graz
Dr. Katarina Ott, Director of the Institute of Public Finance in Zagreb
Sonja Stojanović Gajić, Director of the Belgrade Centre for Security Police
Natasha Wunsch, Associate fellow with the DGAP’s Oppenheim Center, PhD candidate at University College London
Dr. Kristie Evenson, Independent researcher and evaluator
Dr. Ivan Koprić, Professor at the Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb and President of the Institute for Public Administration
Kristof Bender, Deputy Chairman of the European Stability Initiative

Institute Alternative is independent, non-partisan and non-profit Research Centre licensed by the Ministry of the Science for scientific activity in the field of social science.

IA focuses on the analysis of public policy in five main program strands:

public administration,
accountable public finance,
parliamentary programme,
security and defense and
social policy.

Our work in these areas consists of pointing out to the key problems, opening the questions of the public interest, monitoring the implementation of reforms and providing specific recommendations for solutions of aforementioned problems. By recommending solutions, we are influencing decision makers in order to improve polices of great importance for the life of citizens of Montenegro. We are keeping track of all important processes in the society while fighting for changes which will ensure better, more responsible, more transparent work of state authorities who will work in the interest of their citizens.

Our work depends on financial support of Foundations, Embassies, International organizations and other actors. If you recognize the quality of our work and you would like to support us, you can ensure our sustainability and continuity in work with your donation.

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530-14297-53
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