June 2019
Ministry of Finance to Organise a Public Discussion on the Public Procurement Law
27. 06. 2019.
We call upon the Ministry of Finance to organise a public discussion on the Draft Law on Public Procurement in order to enable all the relevant stakeholders to take part in the preparation of this document which will regulate multi-million budgetary spending. Instead of public discussion, on 10 June 2019 the Ministry of Finance announced…
Workshop: Where Does My Money Go?
26. 06. 2019.
Institute Alternative (IA) is organizing the workshop ‘’Where Does My Money Go’’ in order to introduce representatives of the NGO sector and the media with our innovated website ‘’My Money’’ and to provide instructions for easy search. The aim of presentation is better understanding of its future users of the budget and its higher availability…
Communists Accommodated DPS and SDP, the State Provided Half Million a Year for Opposition
24. 06. 2019.
Political parties are receiving money from Property Administration for renting office space on monthly a basis. This is done without any legal act or criteria such as number of members in Parliament, number of party employees, location where the office could be leased… Political parties, beside the money for regular work which they receive from…
Unacceptable Draft Law on Classified Information given to the public debate
23. 06. 2019.
Institute alternative repeats dissatisfaction that was already expressed and insist on the respect of the Constitution. It is absolutely unacceptable that Draft Law on Classified Information is adopted in the version given to the public debate. IA will provide comments to the Ministry of Defence during the public debate, and also suggest a concrete and…
European Commission’s Report on Montenegro is a challenge for EC’s future officials
21. 06. 2019.
TV show Reflektor: What benefits do citizens have from EU negotiations? Ana Đurnić, public policy researcher at Institute Alternative (IA), was guest in TV show ‘’Reflektor’’ broadcasted on TV Vijesti. Participants discussed Montenegro’s position on it EU path after seven years of negotiations, since the last European Commission (EC) Report on Montenegro highlighted the same…
Dissatisfaction with the announcement of the new prohibition on access to information
19. 06. 2019.
Introduction of “abuse of the right to free access to information” in the Law on Free Access to Information would mean giving a discretionary right to authority to evaluate motives of the applicant of request for free access to information, Bajramspahić said on the roundtable “Public information must not be secret!” Dina Bajramspahić, public policy…