October 2020
Call for Applications: Training on Gender Sensitive Budgeting
12. 10. 2020.
Gender equality and public policies: Basics of gender sensitive budgeting Institute Alternative (IA) announces public call for online training on Gender sensitive budgeting Institute Alternative invites civil servants, decision-makers and representatives of civil society to apply for online training on gender sensitive budgeting. We especially encourage to apply for the training: representatives of the Parliamentary…
Discrimination in the MOI: Open Violation of Regulations
09. 10. 2020.
Opinion of the Ombudsman’s office on gender discrimination in the Ministry of the Interior is a display of frequent violation of regulations on civil service relations, abuse of temporary and occasional business contracts, distortion of the spirit of certain laws. Despite certain provisions which are good, these laws are not able to protect the rights…
Another protest of NGOs due to the coup in the Constitutional Court
09. 10. 2020.
Non-governmental organisations Human Rights Action (HRA), Centre for Civil Liberties (CEGAS), European Association for Law and Finance (EALF), Institute Alternative (IA), Institute for the Rule of Law (IVP) and the Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) protested because the Constitutional Court of Montenegro had not initiated the procedure of electing its president in…
TV Show Reflektor: Milena Muk on Post-Election Public Administration
07. 10. 2020.
Whether mass, post-election hirings in public administration has spiraled out of control, whether the incumbent Government is using the transition period to reward the loyal ones by hiring them in public administration and whether the new Government can review such decisions – these were just some of the topics of TV show Reflektor, broadcasted on…
European Commission: Montenegro Remained Average
06. 10. 2020.
As in the previous five years, based on the methodology of the European Commission, IA transformed the report’ assessments into numbers in order to see scores in a simpler way, and compare the situation with previous years. Although this is the first report of the new commissioner Várhelyi and his team, it does not differ…
Agency: IDF undermines Law on FOI
06. 10. 2020.
The Investment and Development Fund refused to provide even simplest information on their work, at our request based on free access to information. IA requested, among other documents, decisions of the directors board, act on internal organisation and systematisation, list of one-off assistances to individuals and legal entities, information on sponsorships and donations, and such,…