On European Topics for Radio of Montenegro

09. 11. 2020.

Our Dina Bajramspahić, public policy researcher, was a guest in the show dedicated to European topics. The show was broadcasted on 6.11.2020. at Radio of Montenegro. Among the other things, she answered the following questions: Is the proposed model of expert Government a good, sustainable and expected solution? Will European integrations be overshadowed if it…

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The Decision Arrives Faster on Its Own than Through the Administrative Court

02. 11. 2020.

After 19 months, the Administrative Court scheduled hearing in the dispute that we initiated against Agency for Prevention of Corruption for hiding the Decision in which it determined that DPS was illegally financed in the 2016 pre-election campaign. The Decision, the secrecy of which the Court is now deciding, has been publicly available for almost…

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Training on Gender Sensitive Budgeting Organised by IA

30. 10. 2020.

Nearly 40 participants gained knowledge on the introduction of a gender perspective within all phases of budget process, practical examples and tools for achieving gender sensitive budgeting. Training ”Gender Equality and Public Policies: Basics of Gender Sensitive Budgeting” was organised by the Institute Alternative on 27 and 29 October, 2020. Purpose of the training and…

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Blog: Constitutional and Legal Mess

28. 10. 2020.

Recently, public attention has been focused on the issue of whether the current Prime Minister violated the Constitution by refusing to resign the position of an MP. Furthermore, the question was also raised whether he breached the Law on Prevention of Corruption by such act, considering that he made a written ‘’promise’’ that he would…

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Reforms in Rule of Law Area: What Is Yet To Be Done

22. 10. 2020.

Answers of our Dina Bajramspahić to DN ”Vijesti” questions regarding: current situation in judiciary, difficulties to reach an agreement and achieve qualified majority, announced voluntary resignations of the heads of the judiciary, blockade of the Judicial Council and Constitutional Court. First of all, let me just say that the announcements of the resignations of certain…

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Clarifications: WeBER 2.0 Small Grant Facility

19. 10. 2020.

Within regional WeBER 2.0 project, we published Call for proposals for the implementation of the Small Grant Facility for support to civil society monitoring of public administration reform at local level. The Call for proposals is in the total amount of 225.000 EUR. In  Montenegro, four projects worth up to 8.000 EUR will be supported.…

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