February 2017
Has the Government given up on OGP?
27. 02. 2017.
Montenegro is one of five countries that at least two years in a row act contrary to principles of Open Government Partnership (OGP). This is why Montenegrin participation in OGP is under review of Criteria and Standards Subcommittee that is working body of Steering Committee. Government of Montenegro was informed on 13 November 2016 by…
Favouritism advances; others can appeal
27. 02. 2017.
Although having the Bachelor and Specialist Degree, R.V. from Podgorica is unable to get recruited in public administration for jobs requiring only elementary or high school. For several years, he had been applying more than 30 times for public administration jobs, while trying also to demand justice through judicial instances. However, this did not help…
Press release and appeal to the councilors: Vote against the monopoly in NGO sector
24. 02. 2017.
Institut alternativa has called upon councillors in local parliament in Podgorica to vote against the decision, whose adoption would create the monopoly of three NGOs, discriminatory and without any legal basis, directly supported by the state. Our appeal to the councilors is available below: Dear Mr/Ms Councillor, The agenda of Parliament of Capital City of…
State-owned enterprises and public institutions beyond the reach of reforms
23. 02. 2017.
Citizens’ reports to Institute alternative (IA) suggest that the problem of unregulated employment in state-owned enterprises (SOE) and public institutions is highly prominent, although neglected by the Government. The Government has limited scope of clear and relatively strict recruitment procedures to the few percentages of public sector. Recruitment and human resource management in numerous SOEs,…
TV Show “Reflektor”: Open Debate on Public Administration
22. 02. 2017.
Milena Milošević has been a guest in TV Show “Reflektor”, airing on TV Vijesti, where she warned on the lack of results in the rationalisation of public administration Milena reminded that earlier Government’s initiatives aiming at reducing the number of employees in administration have achieved the opposite effect and that the public sector is even…
Agency for Personal Data Protection has been silent for 11 months on IA complaints
21. 02. 2017.
Institute Alternative has been waiting for 11 months on a decision of Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information on the complaints filed in 2016 (the Agency). IA has sent 13 complaints to the Agency in 2016, which have not been answered yet. These complaints concern decisions that IA has received from…