2021
Procurement planning did not unfold “according to the plan”
18. 03. 2021.
In practice, public procurement planning is meaningless, especially at the local level, by multiple and unexplained changes of public procurement plans, which results in spending slightly more than half of the planned expenditures for these purposes on an annual basis. A large number of contracting authorities are waiting for the Budget Law so that they…
For the Parliament which interferes in its work
11. 03. 2021.
We have sent 22 proposals for work plans of the parliamentary committees; we propose discussions on budget execution during the year, more involvement of the Parliament in monitoring and defining reforms and better communication with parliamentary oversight institutions. We have sent proposals to committees for economy, finance and budget, for security and defence, for anticorruption,…
Institute Alternative with the rapporteurs of the Venice Commission
02. 03. 2021.
President of the Managing Board at Institute Alternative, Stevo Muk, participated yesterday, March 1st, in a round table of rapporteurs of the Venice Commission and representatives of NGOs from Montenegro. The Minister of Justice, Human and Minority Rights in the Government of Montenegro requested an opinion of the Venice Commission on proposals of two laws…
We asked the Government for concrete steps, reliable reporting and greater public participation
01. 03. 2021.
We sent 26 suggestions for the Government’s Work Program, which are aimed at legislative initiatives for more efficient public administration reform and better rule of law, but also at publishing long-hidden information. Considering long-term activities of Institute Alternative in the areas of public finance, public administration and the rule of law, today we sent 26…
Government to re-propose the adoption of the Law on the Final Account of the Budget
26. 02. 2021.
The forgotten SAI’s recommendations Last year was the first one in which the Law on the Final Account of the Budget was not adopted and the first in more than a decade in which the Parliament did not adopt recommendations of the State Audit Institution (SAI) as its conclusions and obliged the Government to its…
Are Citizens In The First Place For Public Administration?
25. 02. 2021.
The first day of the regional conference ‘’Citizens first’’ was held in Belgrade today. We organised the event within the Think for Europe Network, as part of WeBER 2.0, a regional initiative dedicated to empowering civil society and citizens to be more willing to monitor and control the public administration reform process. Tamara Srzentić, Minister…