February 2016
Big and small election narratives
19. 02. 2016.
For the purpose of building election trust, besides dealing with great stories of democratic dialogue, it is necessary to tackle public policies in depth, so that, in four years time, we do not again witness sudden, short-term attempts of “fixing” the issues which have been previously largely neglected by politicians. The 2016 is the election…
Press Release: Civil Society For Our Administration
19. 02. 2016.
Institute Alternative agreed to establish the network entitled “Our Administration”, together with its partners Centre for Investigative Journalism from Podgorica, Bonum from Pljevlja, New Horizon from Ulcinj, and Natura from Kolašin. Hereby, the implementation of the project “Civil Society for Good Governance: To Act and Account!”, funded by the European Union (EU) in the framework…
Cooperation of SAI and Prosecution – you take up where I left off
18. 02. 2016.
The State Prosecutor’s Office should not use the absence of criminal charges as an excuse, but also, the State Audit Institution (SAI) does not have to be absolutely sure about the outcome of its criminal charges in order to proactively act, it was assessed at the conference organised yesterday by Institute alternative (IA). The conference…
Conference announcement: “Auditors and prosecutors on the same task”
15. 02. 2016.
The conference is part of the project implemented by Institute Alternative and supported by the British Embassy Podgorica. The project aims at improving the cooperation between these two institutions, which will lead towards a more efficient use of State Audit Institution findings, and greater dissemination of the work and cooperation of these institutions. Given the…
Law demands an agreement, but…
13. 02. 2016.
After all the twists and the upheaval that followed the appointment of the Head of Special police unit, I would like to express a deep personal belief that the obstruction is not the issue, but the lack of capacity to reach compromise. First of all, we should reiterate the legal formulation: the head of the…
Talks and agreements
11. 02. 2016.
It seems that the parliamentary dialogue process is heading in a good direction. Such conclusion is to be made considering the series of events: the meeting of political leaders, opposition parties meetings, the confirmation of SNP (Socialist People’s Party) to participate in the dialogue and participation in the interim government of the authority and opposition,…