July 2015
There is significant scope for the fight against corruption within the Police
22. 07. 2015.
After unemployment, the corruption is the biggest problem that Montenegrin citizens face, and there is significant scope for the fight against that problem within the Police, as showed by the research of the regional network POINTPULSE, which is consisted of Institute alternative, Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP), BIRN Serbia, Center for Security Studies from…

Who Will be Held Accountable for Misuse of State Funds?
21. 07. 2015.
More than a month ago, with our four partner organisations, we have submitted an initiative to the Supreme State Prosecutor, requiring him to answer our question – What has Prosecution done with the reports that State Audit Institution (SAI) has officially submitted to the State Prosecutor’s Office? So far, SAI has submitted audit reports to…
Perceptions of citizens on police integrity – Presentation of results of a regional public opinion survey
17. 07. 2015.
Regional network of civil society organisations POINTPULSE organises the presentation of results from the public opinion survey „Police Integrity in the Western Balkans” that will take place on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 at the PR Center in Podgorica starting at 11.00 h. At the presentation citizens’ perceptions on the following issues will be discussed: What…
Imprecise provisions of the Law encourage corruption
10. 07. 2015.
Imprecise formulations and the possibility of broad interpretation of the provisions of the Law on Public Procurement restrict the possibility of appeal and proving abuses, it was concluded at the yesterday’s panel discussion „How to fight against corruption in public procurement?“, held in Municipality of Bar. As one of the provisions of the Law on…
International conference on public policy in Milan
10. 07. 2015.
Representatives of TEN Network, which is composed of Institute Alternative (IA), European Policy Centre (CEP) and European Policy Institute (EPI) have presented the joint paper on successful comparative practices in the linkage of the performance audit and evaluation of public policy at the International conference on public policy in Milan (ICPP 2015). The moderator of…
Press Release: Assessments of the success for Chapter 23 are arbitrary
10. 07. 2015.
Semi-annual report on realization of the Action plan for the Chapter 23 abounds with imprecise information, while the assessment of the fulfillment of the measures itself is problematic and leaves a lot of space for arbitrary reporting and the manipulation with the achieved results. The high degree of implementation of the measures, 77% in the…