2018
Transparency and accountability of municipalities needs to be strengthened
04. 12. 2018.
At a session of the Public Administration Reform Council, on November 30th , Stevo Muk, president of the managing board at Institute Alternative (IA), suggested additional improvements to the draft Law on Local Government Financing. IA took part in the public debate on the Draft Law on Local Government Financing, by submitting 20 proposals for…
Money Watch Small Grants: Administrative check results date – 30 November
26. 11. 2018.
We hereby inform civil society organisations which applied to our Call for Proposals – Small Grants Facility within the project “Money Watch – Civil Society Guarding the Budget”, that we will inform them on the administrative check results on 30 November, 2018. Institute Alternative Team
The first Open Budget School organized
23. 11. 2018.
The IA organized an ”Open Budget School”, during which participants gained knowledge about the fundamentals of the budget system, transparency of public procurement, capital projects and public companies, and received guidelines for participation in the budget cycle. The school aimed at strengthening the role of civil society in the control of public finances and inducing…
Procurement for Security Sector in the Legal Vacuum Until 2020
23. 11. 2018.
By the end of this year, the new Law on Public Procurement will be discussed in the Parliament, and the Decree which will regulate procurement in the security sector will only apply from 2020. “We have received the opinion of the European Commission on the Draft of the new Law on Public Procurement on November…
Panel discussion: Towards better regulation of security and defence procurement
15. 11. 2018.
We are organising a panel discussion ”Towards better regulation of public and confidential procurement in the security and defence sector”, on Friday, 16 November, 2018, at the PR Centre, starting at 11am. The panel discussion will focus on public and confidential procurement in the Ministry of Interior and the Police Administration, which spent over 50…
Money Watch Small Grants Facility – Extended Deadline for Applications!
14. 11. 2018.
We inform the interested CSOs that the application deadline for the Small Grants Facility within the project “Money Watch – Civil Society Guarding the Budget” has been extended until 20 November 2018. Complete applications should be sent to e-mail: info@institut-alternativa.org . CSOs which have already submitted their project proposal and full application are not obliged to do it again.…