2015
Press release: Government to Respond to the Warnings of State Auditors
06. 02. 2015.
Instead of ignoring the recommendations of the SAI, which was the practice by now, the Government should take them into consideration and respond to them, especially to those which warn on the issues in implementing the public procurement and the capital budget. Institute Alternative hereby invites the Government to adopt the Action Plan for the…
Joint press release: Limit the Competencies of the National Security Agency
03. 02. 2015.
For the purpose of preventing violation of human rights by security structures, non-governmental organisations Human Rights Action, Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Network for the Affirmation of Non-governmental sector (MANS) and Institute Alternative have submitted seven amendments for the improvement of legal framework for the NSA work to the MPs. In addition to what we…
BiEPAG meeting in Graz
03. 02. 2015.
Research Coordinator in Institute Alternative, Jovana Marović, has participated in the introductory meeting of BiEPAG network (Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group) in the end of January, held in Graz. The initiative is being realized in the organization and with the support of European Fund for Balkans (EFB) and The Centre for Southeast European Studies…
Public Should Know why the Head of National Security Agency Resigned
31. 01. 2015.
It is very irresponsible that the citizens are not informed about reasons for resignation or replacement of Boro Vučinić, but also that the Defense and Security Council has not contributed to resolving this issue. Instead, unfortunately, the concerning assumptions about the reasons for resignation which bring mistrust and insecurity among citizens continue to multiply, particularly…
Press Release Regarding Ammendments to the Law on National Security Agency
29. 01. 2015.
Proposed amendments of the Law on National Security Agency expand the competences of the employees of that institution through “backdoor”, contrary to the provisions of the Constitutions of Montenegro and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. We call upon the members of the Parliament of Montenegro to act by…
Opening Up the Data to Public or Closing it Even Further
26. 01. 2015.
We have submitted our comments on the Draft Law on Free Use of Public Data, which is currently put on the public hearing agenda. This Law should enable access to data produced in public administration in a machine readable format which allows further processing and data management. We are very unsatisfied with the Draft Law,…