2014
Meeting with the COELA working group
28. 05. 2014.
Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, Jovana Marović, participated at the meeting with members of the COELA working group, which was held in Podgorica, on May 26, 2014. Judicial reform, fight against corruption, elections held in 12 local self-governments, as well as other important issues in the context of the negotiation process on Chapters 23 and…
Press conference of the Coalition for Chapter 23 held
27. 05. 2014.
Today we had a press conference at which the second semi-annual report of the Coalition of NGOs for monitoring negotiations with the EU in the framework of Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights – the situation in the areas of judicial reform and human rights in Montenegro (covering the period from 1 October 2013…
Press release: Municipalities unprepared for public- private partnerships
25. 05. 2014.
Current implementation of public-private partnerships at the local level in Montenegro is characterized by a number of problems. Not being familiar with the specifics of this model of filling the budget deficit, and thus rushing into its implementation, imprecise risk sharing between the public and private partners, violation of deadlines, are just some of these…
Working visit to Brussels
23. 05. 2014.
Our researcher, Dina Bajramspahić, participated in the meetings with Dirk Lange and other officials of the European Commission (EC), as one of the representatives of the Coalition for Monitoring the Accession Negotiations within the Chapter 23. Within the working visit to Brussels organised between May 19 and 22, 2014, five representatives of the Coalition of…
Press release: State to do more in order to protect the LGBT population
22. 05. 2014.
Institute Alternative strongly condemns the attack on the activist of NGO LGBT Forum Progress in Podgorica and calls upon the state authorities to bring the culprits of this attack to justice and penalize them in accordance with the law. The politics of impunity over attacks on LGBT persons, especially during and after the pride parades,…
Unconvincing view of political impartiality in the state administration
21. 05. 2014.
Replies to our initiatives addressed to the Ethics Committee and the Administrative Inspection related to the nomination of civil servants for local elections indicate passivity of these institutions and the vagueness of legal regulations governing political impartiality of civil servants. The Ethics Committee and the Administrative Inspection are of the opinion that running for local…