March 2015
First meeting of the civil society and state auditors held
09. 03. 2015.
The first consultative meeting between State Audit Institution (SAI) and the civil society was held today, organized by Institute Alternative, with the support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy. On behalf of SAI, the meeting was attended by the Senate members, Nikola Kovačević, Branislav Radulović and Dragiša Pešić, who answered many questions posed by representatives of…
Press release: Annexes to Public Procurement Contracts Must be Published
08. 03. 2015.
Public Procurement Directorate neither does not keep track nor publishes information about the exact number of the annexes concluded annually, neither does keep track about the total amount of completed modifications of basic public procurement contracts, which creates the space for the misuse and limits the transparency. In a response to a request for free…
Press release: Large number of complaints due to the deployment of staff in state administration
06. 03. 2015.
Permanent deployment of civil servants and state employees causes the dissatisfaction of staff in the state administration who often complaint about the demotion, according to the preliminary findings of the Institute Alternative (IA). During 2014, total of 126 complaints have been filed against the order of demotion of civil servants and state employees, 89 of…
Memorandum of Cooperation signed with the State Prosecutor’s Office
06. 03. 2015.
Stevo Muk, the President of the Managing board of the Institute Alternative and Ivica Stanković, the Chief State Prosecutor have signed the Memorandum of Cooperation between Institute Alternative and State Prosecutor’s Office today. The objective of the Memorandum is to formalize the existing cooperation and to lay ground for future joint work on the improvement…
Announcement: Consultative meeting of the civil society and State auditors
05. 03. 2015.
On Monday, March 9th, we are organizing the first meeting with the representatives of the civil society and State Audit Institution (SAI), two actors who, in our opinion, have similar goal but different methods of achieving it. The working title of the meeting is “Cooperation between the civil society and State Audit Institution – Together…
Press Release: Necessary to Increase Trust in the Police
05. 03. 2015.
Human resources management, weak police internal control and the politicization of the police are common regional problems and solving them is fundamental for strengthening police integrity, participants concluded at the panel discussion on police accountability in the Western Balkans. Police in the region are facing similar problems such as the politicization of the police or…