IA at the closing debate on the amendments to the Law on Public Procurement

18. 03. 2014.

A roundtable organized by the Public Procurement Administration on the occasion of completion of the public hearing on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement was held on March 17, 2014, in Podgorica. In the introductory part the participants were addressed by the Minister of Finance, Head of the Public Procurement…

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Active citizenship as a precondition for development of democracy in the EU

18. 03. 2014.

Research paper authored by Jovana Marović, Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, entitled “Active citizenship as a precondition for the development of democracy in the European Union”, has been published in the Proceedings of Faculty of Political Science “European Citizen in Times of Crisis”, edited by Slobodan Samardžić and Ivana Radić Milosavljević. The Conference Proceedings consist…

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Press release: Insufficient progress in the changes of the Law on Public Procurement

18. 03. 2014.

Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement does not provide jurisdiction for control of implementation of concluded public procurement contracts, does not fulfill the obligations defined in the Action Plan for Chapter 23, does not regulate adequately the important issues in this area, and therefore, requires additional improvements. Although amendments to the…

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Competencies to be more precise and reporting to the Parliament to be introduced

17. 03. 2014.

Commentary of Institute Alternative to the Bill on Basic Principles of Intelligence and Security Sector in Montenegro It is not clear which problems the Government intends to solve by adopting this Law, since the Bill exposition was reduced to mere copying of the articles of the Law, as it happens rather often. The only concrete…

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Lack of oversight over carrying out public procurement is worrisome

14. 03. 2014.

Inspection for public procurement conducted only 84 inspection controls in 2013. Since the key problem in the field of public procurement, according to the European Commission, are irregularities in the implementation of the Law, meaning weak implementation capacities of the competent authorities, it is necessary to create conditions for adequate supervision over the implementation of…

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”Social Card” published in the scientific magazine of the Social Workers’ Society of Serbia

08. 03. 2014.

“Social Card, Social Welfare Information System in Montenegro – High Hopes?”, our policy brief (concise policy paper), is published integrally in the magazine of Association of Social Workers of Serbia. Editor in chief of the magazine “Social Policy and Social Work” is Ana Čekerevac, PhD, while the Editorial Board consists of: Mira Lakićević, PhD, Milorad…

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