December 2012
Health and Politics
15. 12. 2012.
At the end of this month will be a year since I lost my father. After my father’s death, many issues are left, related to (the lack of) medical care for almost fifty days of the struggle for life. What could we have done differently? What the doctors could have done otherwise? Is that the…
More Than 200 Requests For the Government
14. 12. 2012.
Eleven representatives of the Coalition of NGOs for monitoring the accession negotiations with the EU under the chapter 23, presented more than 200 new requests sent to the Government of Montenegro in the field of judicial reform, anti-corruption policies, promotion of human rights and freedoms, and sustainability of civil society at today’s press conference. The…
DCAF Young faces network – Workshop in Zagreb
13. 12. 2012.
Public Policy Researcher in Institute Alternative, Dina Bajramspahic, participated in a DCAF’s program – Young Faces Network 2012, in the workshop entitled “Oversight of the collection of information by the intelligence services” held on 11th and 12th December in Zagreb. This is the second workshop as part of this program, organized by the Geneva Centre…
Press release: Public Administration Reform Needs To Be Intensified
10. 12. 2012.
Public Administration in Montenegro is still cumbersome, highly politicized and it lacks administrative capacities. Hence, public confidence in its work is steadily declining. Based on the data of public opinion conducted by the Institute alternative in collaboration with Ipsos Strategic Marketing for the purpose of analysis “Public administration reform in Montenegro – between the ambitious…
IA Presented Research: “Committee for Anticorruption – Cure or Placebo?”
07. 12. 2012.
Today we have presented the key findings and recommendations of the IA’s new policy paper entitled “Committee for Anticorruption – Cure or Placebo?”. Policy paper is a result of project financed by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation and is a part of permanent Institutes activities on strenghtening the parliamentary oversight role. Speakers at the press conference…
Answers for the Vijesti – Existing Laws Do Not Prevent Politization
07. 12. 2012.
Questions of the journalist of daily newspapers “Vijesti”: Is it possible that the Government distributes the executive posts in state-owned companies and advisers’ positions in the ministries by party quotas if the Law on Civil Service requires a fair competition? Can we consider discrimination the case when the candidate who meets all the criteria but…