March 2014
Our findings in the State Department’s 2013 Report
08. 03. 2014.
Report of the State Department of the United States of America on the state of human rights in Montenegro in 2013 includes findings from our three research projects. The above mentioned report indicates to insufficiently functional parliamentary oversight of the Security and Defense Sector, failure to implement the Plan for Parliamentary Oversight, as well as…
Review of our research paper in “European pulse”
07. 03. 2014.
An overview of our study “Procurement in Montenegrin Municipalities” is presented in the “In Focus” section of the latest issue of the European Pulse, electronic monthly magazine for European integration, published by Centre for Civic Education. The authors of this study are Jovana Marović, PhD, Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, and Stevo Muk, President of…
The ”Pobjeda” Affair
06. 03. 2014.
It has been approximately ten days since “Pobjeda”, state-run newspaper, had contacted us and asked to reply several questions about the topic “Affairs in Montenegro”. The intention of representing “affairs” as “alleged” was clear from the very composition of the questions. In other words, the intention was to defend Milo Đukanović, the most prominent actor…
IA’s Researcher to Participate in TRAIN Programme
05. 03. 2014.
Milena Milosevic, Public Policy Researcher at Institute Alternative, will take part in this year’s TRAIN programme, run by the German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. DGAP). TRAIN programme (abbreviated from: Think Tanks Providing Research and Advice through Interaction and Networking) aims to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks…
Annual report and the Comments of the NGO coalition for monitoring negotiations in Chapter 23
04. 03. 2014.
Institute Alternative is a member of the Coalition of 16 NGOs for monitoring the accession negotiations with the EU under Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental rights. The aim of the Coalition is to contribute to monitoring of the field of judiciary, fight against corruption, fundamental rights, and cooperation of state authorities with civil society…
Fight against the corruption in the region – SELDI network
04. 03. 2014.
Through membership in the SELDI coalition and based on its research work in numerous areas of high risk for corruption, Institute Alternative contributes to strengthening of anti-corruption mechanisms at the regional level. SELDI (Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity) is the coalition created with the aim of strengthening regional mechanisms of combating corruption and…