2020
Podcast “Diplomacy Talks” – guest Stevo Muk
22. 09. 2020.
President of the Managing Board at the Institute Alternative (IA), Stevo Muk, was a guest in the podcast “Diplomacy Talks“. He talked with Mahir Sajmija from Foreign Policy Initiative BH. This podcast aims to discuss current topics from the region. The topic of this episode was the recent elections in Montenegro and the new majority.…
Online Info Session – WeBER 2.0 Small Grant Facility
21. 09. 2020.
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. Due to current epidemiological measures, info session for all interested applicants will be held via Zoom platform on Thursday, 24th September at 11h. Access data for info session: LINK:…
Montenegro Election – What Lies Beneath the Surface
21. 09. 2020.
Author’s text published on the European Western Balkans portal This is the eighteenth day since the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) lost the election, after having spent thirty years in power, and Montenegro elected a new government for the first time. Surprisingly, everyone seems to have already adapted to that fact and accepted the new…
Public perceptions of service delivery in the region on the rise
17. 09. 2020.
Results from the public perception survey on service delivery suggest that governments in the Western Balkans are striving towards digitalisation and citizen-oriented services.[1] This year’s surveys show that all of the countries in the region are either making progress or remain at the level of the first PAR Monitor 2017/2018. Public perception points to a…
New Call for Training Course: Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policies
14. 09. 2020.
Gender Equality and Public Policies: Basics of Gender Mainstreaming Institute Alternative (IA) announces public call for applications for training course on Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policies Institute Alternative invites civil servants, decision-makers and representatives of civil society organisations to apply for Gender mainstreaming of Public Policies training course. The training course will be conducted by…
Traces of Ministers in Suspicious Public Procurement (I)
11. 09. 2020.
From furniture and cable cars to elite locations on the sea Among the longest-serving ministers of various departments in the Montenegrin governments since the referendum, Branimir Gvozdenović, former Vice-President of the Parliament of Montenegro and political director of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), is most often called out for potential conflicts between his public…