2016
Germia Hill Conference 2016
05. 02. 2016.
Milena Milošević, public policy researcher at Institute alternative, has participated at the Germia Hill Conference 2016, held on February 2nd and 3rd in Prishtina. The conference organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Kosovo in conjuction with Aspen Institute Germany offered a framework to explicate a complex geopolitical landscape from a South East European…
Improve cooperation with NGOs in order to increase the quality of e-public services
04. 02. 2016.
Our representative Milica Milonjić participated at the meeting with the NGOs entitled “Modalities of cooperation for improvement of the eGovernment portal (eUprava) and presentation of e-services” organized by the Ministry of Information Society and Telecommunications. Milica pinpointed the main obstacles in the area of service delivery: Civil servants do not accept changes in the workflow…
New project – Monitoring Freedom of Assembly in the Western Balkans
03. 02. 2016.
There is an increased government crackdown on assembly in the Western Balkans, without consistent awareness, monitoring and mapping the issues. Organisations participating in the project have identified threats to the right to freedom of assembly, and found that there is a lack of understanding of the legal framework, international standards and its implementation. The objective…
Agency hides and leaves no trail
28. 01. 2016.
By ignoring requests, prohibiting attendance to all forthcoming sessions of the Council and not allowing participation in the session concerning documents for implementation of the Law on Financing Political Parties and Electoral Campaigns, the Agency for Prevention of Corruption continued the practice of concealing its activities from the public eye thus demonstrating that circumvention of…
Interview with Bajramspahić: Regarding public officials, misuse of the Law is still present
27. 01. 2016.
Public authorities have made progress regarding protection of personal data, nevertheless the tendency towards misuse of the Law that regulates that area is still present. That misuse is mirrored in conceiving data on public officials, as noted by our public policy researcher, Dina Bajramspahić. In the interview for PR Center regarding Data Protection Day, she…
Parliament powerless before Government’s capital budget
20. 01. 2016.
Parliament adopted the budget for 2016 while the MPs have tried to add six new projects to the capital budget, through specific conclusions. We assume that nothing will happen with these six projects because of the systematic problem in development and presentation of the capital budget, which disables Parliament to obligate the Government in this…