Press release: New law on social and child care – a road to real changes?

30. 07. 2012.

Driven by the ongoing reform of social and child protection, IA has submitted to the Ministry on Labor and Social Welfare the comments on the Draft of Law on Social and Child protection aimed at improving the quality of protection of beneficiaries of social rights. Certain provisions need to be changed and better defined in…

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Press release: A critique of the proposed Law on Social and Child Protection prepared

26. 07. 2012.

The Government of Montenegro adopted the Bill of Law on Social and Child Protection on July 26. The large number of remarks submitted by the representatives of the CSOs haven’t been approved. Remarks indicating the necessity of clear division of jurisdictions and responsibilities of local governments in the exercising rights procedure and provision of social…

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Jovana Marović on EU accession negotiations for Dan

06. 07. 2012.

Journalist’s questions: How the candidate country negotiates with the EU for membership? Is there really something to negotiate about? How many years the negotiation process could take? Answers of IA’s research coordinator and member of the Working Group on Chapter 23, Jovana Marović: Negotiations of the candidate country with the European Union for membership in…

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Who Still Cares For the Committee’s Conclusions?

06. 07. 2012.

Supreme State Prosecutor and Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorism Financing didn’t fulfill the obligations, envisaged by the conclusion from the February’s control hearing, conducted by the Security and Defence Committee. They failed to meet the deadline for submitting information about the activities they undertook in examining allegations about the corruption during and…

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Public policy school – 2012

04. 07. 2012.

Motivated by the fact that the formal education system in Montenegro does not offer sufficient knowledge and skills in the study of public policy, Institute Alternative started in February 2012 realization of the Public Policy School. Program was realized in collaboration with the Centre for Monitoring (CEMI), with the support of the Commission for the…

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Non-Governmental Organisations To Monitor Implementation of Reforms Within the Chapter 23

02. 07. 2012.

Upon the initiative and under a coordination of the Centre for Development of Non-governmental Ogranisations, the coalition of NGOs for monitoring the negotiations about the Chapter 23 was established. The long term goal of the coalition is to bring tangible improvement of standards of living of Montenegrin people. Coalition is consisted from organisations, experienced in…

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