March 2011
SAI’s Senate incomplete for a year
28. 03. 2011.
Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI) has been incomplete for a year now, comprising four out of the legally prescribed five members. Institute Alternative calls upon the Parliament and Administrative Committee, to place the appointing of a new member of the SAI’s Senate on the list of its short-term priorities. Since a member of…
Strengthening the Budget control in Local Self-Government
27. 03. 2011.
Institute Alternative organized a seminar “Strengthening the Budget control in Local Self-Government” on 25 and 26 March 2011, with the support of the Canada Fund. Central topics of the seminar were possibilities for strengthening the control of the budget and external audit at the local level. Seminar was organized for the members of the committees…
Control of selecting commercial auditors required
26. 03. 2011.
The process of selecting commercial auditors in local self-governaments in Montenegro is not transparent and adequately controlled. This is one of the findings from the research “Strengthening the Budget Control in Local Self-Government”, which Institute Alternative conducted with the support of the Canada Fund. The level of transparency is limited by the selection procedure. Given…
Surveillance measures restricting human rights
01. 03. 2011.
Democratic control of ANB’s measures necessary Secret surveillance in any form represent a restriction of human rights and MPs must act on amending the Law on National Security Agency (ANB), which refers to the process of their approval, stated Stevo Muk, from the Institute Alternative. He said that certain amendments to the Law on ANB…