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IA at a roundtable on ethics and fight against corruption

Jovana Marović and Milena Milošević participated in the roundtable “Ethics and Fight Against Corruption”, which was organized by Centre for Civic Education (CCE), with the support of the British Embassy.

Jovana spoke within the third panel, which was addressing the issues of ethics code of holders of executive power and the corruption risk management. Among other things, she discussed the application of the Code of Ethics of Civil Servants and State Employees, as well as the Code of Ethics of Local Civil Servants and Employees.

Other topics considered at the roundtable included the Code of Judicial Ethics, as well as the concept of parliamentary ethics. Panelists within these two topics were Branka Lakočević, Head of the Working Group for Chapter 23, as well as the representatives of the parliamentary groups of Democratic Party of Socialists, Democratic Front, Socialist People’s Party, Positive Montenegro and Social Democratic Party – Branka Tanasijević, Goran Danilović, Aleksandar Danilović, Mladen Bojanić and Rifat Rastoder.

“Member of the Working Group on Chapter 23 from Institute Alternative, Jovana Marović, said that the purpose of the ethics code was to affect the confidence of citizens, which was currently at a very low level. She said that, according to the latest research, 50 percent of the population had no confidence in the ministries, while that the same percentage believed that the authorities had been under political pressure.”

(source: internet portal Café del Montenegro)

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IA’s new research project

Over the following three months, the research team of Institute Alternative will work on drafting a comparative study on models of internal police oversight in the three selected EU countries.

Misija OSCE u Crnoj Gori

Supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, IA is starting to work on the new research project with an overall objective to contribute to the transformation of Montenegrin police into a professional police service that enjoys the confidence and respect of its citizens. Improvement of the internal police oversight mechanisms directly affects the improvement of accountability of police officers. This comparative study will provide a detailed overview of oversight mechanisms (modus operandi) and instruments for efficient detection and prevention of abuse in the three selected EU countries, as well as an analysis of challenges and opportunities for improving the functioning of internal police oversight. On the basis of this research, concrete recommendations for reform of the Montenegrin model will be formulated. Consequently, through these recommendations, IA will influence the government’s policy in this area. “The fight against corruption within their own ranks” is one of the segments of the Government’s Action Plan for Chapter 23 “Judiciary and Fundamental Rights” with measures related to strengthening the role of internal oversight mechanisms. Implementation of these measures is currently in progress.

This analysis is one of IA activities within the framework of the program “Security and Defense”, aimed at improving functionality and strengthening integrity in the area of security and defense. For this purpose, we are especially dedicated to democratic and civilian control – parliamentary oversight, internal controls, civilian and judicial review of the legality in this sector, as well as the one carried out by the independent institutions.

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