November 2016
How to achieve excellence through regional cooperation?
29. 11. 2016.
The concept for the future Centre for Excellence in Public Policy in the Western Balkans – CEPS WeB, was presented on 24 November in Belgrade. Institute Alternative is participating in its establishment as well. Our partner European Policy Centre (EPC) from Belgrade organised a panel discussion on “Achieving Excellence through regional cooperation”,in cooperation with five…
IA comments on the Draft Budget for 2017 of the Capital City Podgorica
29. 11. 2016.
Institute alternative delivered its recommendations for more transparent budget presentation in 2017. Our suggestions concern the manner in which budget data are represented n the Draft Budget of the Capital City and the following justification. Some of the recommendations strongly point out the need for understandible presentation of budget expenses and real needs of the…
Old and New Government
28. 11. 2016.
We all know that state administration is composed of sixty-five organs out which sixteen of them are ministries. We also know that ministries perform complex tasks of proposing internal and foreign policy, leading policy development, normative activities, administrative oversight etc. So who and how decides on the number of ministries and their names? Simple answer…
Amendments of the budget – what actually happened and who is responsible?
27. 11. 2016.
During a 30 minute parlimentary discussion, when the rebalance of the budget for 2016. was adopted, the key weakest link that caused the necessity for amendements to the law on the budget was the so-called “compensation for mothers“. The representatives of the Ministry of Finance have accused the MPs for adopting the amendements of the…
Lectures within the 3rd module of Fifth Generation of Public Policy School held
27. 11. 2016.
Lectures within the 3rd module of the 2016 Public Policy School were held on Friday and Saturday, 25 and 26 November in Podgorica. The lecture entitled “Evaluation of Public Policies” was presented by Dragisa Mijacic, Executive Director of Institute for Territorial Economic Development (InTER) from Serbia. Fundamentals of public policies and the public policy cycle…
WeBER Platform officially established
25. 11. 2016.
The WeBER Platform was officially established on the occasion of the 9th Annual Conference of the Regional School of Public Administration (ReSPA), on November 16, 2016 in Podgorica. The Memorandum of Cooperation regarding the functioning of the WeBER Platform was signed by 22 civil society organizations (CSOs) from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro…