March 2018
Corporate Governance in Western Balkans: Far from Good
28. 03. 2018.
Need to strengthen competence in managing the internal audit of public companies in the Western Balkans was highlighted at a regional conference “How to Improve Good Governance of State Owned Companies?” on 26 March 2018, in Sarajevo. The regional conference was organised by Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event brought together representatives of public…
Insufficient Citizens’ Participation in Policy Planning Process
27. 03. 2018.
Local self-governments in Montenegro reduce strategic planning to a wish list without measurable results, and citizens’ participation in the policy-making process is almost completely disregarded, as concluded at the panel discussion “Governance for Results in Local Self-Governments” Our researcher, Aleksandra Vavić, participated at the closing event of the Center for Democratic Transition, which was organized…
Ministry of Culture violates the Government Regulation and continues Clash with Unsuitable NGO activitists
27. 03. 2018.
We call upon Ministry of Culture to publish the Decision on appointment of representative of NGO in the working group for Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on National Public Broadcaster Radio and Television of Montenegro. Ministry should have published this decision more than 15 days ago, and the working group for drafting this…
DPS continues with an offensive against independency of RTCG
21. 03. 2018.
Today’s dismissal of PhD Vladimir Pavicevic and election of Ivan Jovetic for new president of the Council of RTCG, represents a continuation of political offensive of Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) against independency of public broadcaster RTCG. At the new session with participation of new members of the Council of RTCG, Ivan Jovetic and Goran…
Enlargement Strategy: Credibility of the New Approach Depends on Implementation
15. 03. 2018.
The European Commission’s document on the credible enlargement perspective for the Western Balkans offers least novelties in the area of the rule of law, assessed Milena Milosevic at a conference organized in Belgrade. The Conference on the European Union and the Western Balkans was held in Belgrade in organization of the Directorate General for Neighborhood…
Uncontrolled Recruitment Continued in Municipalities: Not Enough Chair for Party Cadre
13. 03. 2018.
In the Rožaje Municipality, 189 people were hired, although they ought not to recruit new employees due to the unpaid taxes, while their salaries are half a year late. Tivat is a wealthy municipality, but it might not be for long, as due to excessive employment salary expenses have increased about 1.3 million euros. No…