Elections – Birthplace of Corruption and Ongoing Political Crisis

14. 05. 2019.

Having in mind that environment in which elections take place is far wider and longer process than the electoral campaign or election day only,  European Commission should provide its own assessment and not rely on OSCE ODIHR mission report only. Ana Đurnić, public policy researcher at Institute alternative participated in the panel “Frontrunner in a…

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Europe Day: Movie night at Institute Alternative

10. 05. 2019.

On the occasion of May 9th, Europe Day, the Institute Alternative organised a movie night for students at premises of the Institute Alternative. Students had the opportunity to watch two documentaries: • Europe: From WWII To Today’s European Union (2014) – Documentary shows the period from the World War II, the chronically ordered events of…

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Ten municipalities plan to hire over 450 employees

09. 05. 2019.

Human resources plans of ten municipalities show that they need to hire 457 people in this and next year. However, the estimated needs for hiring are not sufficiently explained nor their effect on the implementation of the Public Administration Optimisation Plan. Only four local self-governments have made human resources plans within the legal deadline, by…

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Positive effects of optimisation?

05. 05. 2019.

In the lastest report on implementation of the Public Sector Optimisation Plan, Ministry of Public Administration, striving to come up with positive effects of the Optimisation Plan, claims that there has been an impact on public spending. It uses the share of gross salaries in the public sector in the GDP structure, concluding that “a…

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