May 2015
Corruption in public procurement is all-present but difficult to prove
25. 05. 2015.
Shortcomings of the Law on Public Procurement, weak anti-corruption mechanisms, inadequate transparency, violation of legal norms without data on misdemeanor responsibility, and poor law enforcement capacities are key issues that create space for the corruption in public procurement. This is the conclusion of the consultative meeting held today, which gathered the representatives of the business…
Statement on Publishing the Data on Secret Surveillance Measures in Criminal Procedures
23. 05. 2015.
Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) which is now in parliamentary procedure, introduces changes to the extension of the measures of secret surveillance, the circle of persons whom these measures may apply to and the authority that can determine them. Even though, in principle, we are not against expanding the possibilities…
Press Release in regard to the negative assessment of the cooperation of the Police and the Prosecution in the Council for National Security Report
22. 05. 2015.
It is devastating that the insufficiently good cooperation, lack of communication and coordination between the Police and the Public Prosecution Office remains the key problem for achieving results in the field of organized crime even five years after the Meeting of the Security and Defence Committee, dedicated to the case “Balkan Warrior”, when this problem…
Meeting with the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
21. 05. 2015.
President of the Managing board, Stevo Muk, has participated in a meeting with the representatives of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs organized as a part of their official visit to Montenegro. The delegation of the Kingdom of Netherlands was led by Mr Robert de Groot, Director General for European cooperation and Deputy Minister for…
Who Listens to Auditors and do They Stand More Chance United?
20. 05. 2015.
Today we held a conference that, for the first time, got together representatives of almost every unit of the internal audit on one side, and representatives of the State Audit Institution (SAI) on the other. We talked about how they could establish better cooperation than the existing which consist of reporting and control of the…
CEU Conference on Accession of Montenegro and Serbia to the EU
20. 05. 2015.
Our research coordinator, Jovana Marović, has participated in a conference “Serbia and Montenegro: A Step Closer to Reaching EU Accession?” organized by Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS), located at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. Jovana has spoken about the process of Montenegrin negotiations for EU membership and the civil society involvement in this…