2020
Towards Merit-based Administration, Not a Party-measured One
14. 12. 2020.
The first legislative activity submitted by several MP’s after the constitution of the new Government of Montenegro and new convocation of the Parliament was the Draft Law Amending the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees. Considering the proposed provisions, the broader context and the current situation in public administration, our goal is to provide…
IA and HRA: Amend the Order Banning Gatherings in Public
11. 12. 2020.
Human Rights Action (HRA) and Institute Alternative (IA) have called upon the new Minister of Health, Ms. Jelena Borovinić Bojović, to urgently amend the order banning gatherings in public, so as to give citizens the right to protest, in accordance with international human rights standards, in a manner that does not violates public health. The…
First Anti-Corruption Law Proposed to the New Government
09. 12. 2020.
On International Anti-Corruption Day, NGOs Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector (MANS), Human Rights Action (HRA), the Institute Alternative (IA), the Centre for Monitoring and Research (CEMI) and the Center for Civil Liberties (CEGAS), submitted draft amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information to the Ministry of Public Administration. This is the first…
Whose door should state auditors knock on?
08. 12. 2020.
Consultations of the SAI and civil society when: December 9th, 11am where: ZOOM platforma i IA Facebook page We are organising civil society consultations with the Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI) in anticipation of the development of the annual audit plan for 2021. Members of the SAI Senate will talk to representatives…
Duplication instead of upgrading – the role of UNDP in Montenegro
06. 12. 2020.
UNDP and the Ministry of Finance have created a local finance portal – which is similar in purpose, appearance and way of presenting data to our portal on local budgets, My City, published in 2013. If a different presentation had not already been made, it would have been more rational to continue working on My…
Judges of the Constitutional Court to Resign
04. 12. 2020.
On the occasion of the decision of the Constitutional Court by which that court revoked as unconstitutional its previous decision on the election of Judge Desanka Lopičić to the position of “presiding judge”, NGOs Human Rights Action (HRA), Center for Civil Liberties (CEGAS), European Association for Law and Finance Association (EALF), Institute Alternative (IA), Institute…