2022
Video: Citizens’ testimonials on experience with public administration
25. 12. 2022.
What do the citizens of the Western Balkans say about their experiences with their public administrations? How different are these experiences from country to country, and what problems are shared by the entire region? We spoke to citizens on the subject – take a look at what they told us. This video is produced within…
Meeting of Public Procurement Watchdogs
17. 11. 2022.
On November 15 (Tuesday) Institute alternative organised a meeting within the project Public procurement under spotlight – Making Watchdogs Work!, with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Serbia and Montenegro within the MATRA Rule of Law program. The aim of this meeting was an exchange of ideas about the…
Third WeBER Regional “Citizens First” Conference
10. 11. 2022.
Admirim Aliti, Minister of Information Society and Administration, North Macedonia Belgrade, 8-9 November 2022 – “As WeBER, we have matured as of 2015 in the sense that we realised that as CSOs, we cannot speak without the voice of citizens. We drew a precious lesson from citizens’ consultations. We could be much more persuasive, and a…
The increased legislative initiative of MPs is not accompanied by a gender analysis of laws
28. 10. 2022.
Gender mainstreaming of public policies is not at a satisfactory level in Montenegro, the institutional framework in this area is still flawed, and the increased legislative initiative of MPs is accompanied neither by elaborate procedures for public participation nor by a gender analysis of laws. Our Nikoleta Pavićević pointed out the aforementioned today when she…
Report from the conference on results and impact of Parliament
27. 10. 2022.
A significant burden of the legislative and control function rests on the parliamentary committees and they have mostly failed in this task in the previous period. Additionally, the work of the Parliament has been further hampered by its frequent disrespect by the representatives of the executive power and independent institutions. These are some of the…
The European Commission Report: Political instability and tensions halt reforms
12. 10. 2022.
This year’s European Commission Report confirmed the importance of the political level of the accession process of Montenegro to the EU and should serve as yet another appeal that, without political support, small steps at the technical level do not produce the expected results. Like every year, we translated the usual grades from the report…