2023
IA took part in the Round Table ‘Law on Government – Open Issues’
12. 12. 2023.
On December 12, IA participated in the Round Table ‘Law on Government – Open Issues,’ organized by the Ministry of Public Administration in cooperation with the Association of Lawyers of Montenegro. In addition to our participation in the Working Group for drafting the Draft Law on Government, during this Round Table, we once again presented…
Open sessions and/or open government?
11. 12. 2023.
In the debate over the decision of the 44th Government to stop the practice of broadcasting its sessions, introduced by the previous 43rd Government, the focus often shifts away from fundamentally important issues related to the transparency of the government’s work. Numerous documents from the government’s sessions and its working bodies should be disclosed, which…
The Ministry of the Interior should prepare a human resource plan for the next year
07. 12. 2023.
The Ministry of the Interior of Montenegro has not fulfilled the legal obligation to submit the Human Resource Plan in the past three years, as, despite several government conclusions instructing the authorities that have not done so to submit drafts of human resource plans, it has not prepared plans for the years 2021, 2022, and…
Results: Call for Proposals ‘SOEs under CSO watch’
01. 12. 2023.
IA will support five civil society organisations to implement projects and initiatives aimed at contributing to the improvement of the environment for monitoring public enterprises. As part of the project “Civil Society for Better, Effective, Sustainable and Transparent State-Owned Enterprises (BEST SOEs)”, IA aims to contribute to the fight against corruption through efficient oversight of…
Direct and without control – Simple procurement up to 5000 EUR
29. 11. 2023.
The research for the year 2022 has revealed irregularities in the use of the direct contract procurement. Our findings showed that individual procurement exceed the amount of 5,000 euros excluding VAT; contracting authorities do not take into account the annual estimation of public procurement subject, and for certain subject that amount reaches over 40,000 euros.…
There is no sufficient progress in gender-responsive budgeting
23. 11. 2023.
The recommendations for improving gender-responsive budgeting include, among other things, supporting spending units for better formulation of gender-responsive and transformative goals and indicators, as well as better control of reports on budget execution, with a focus on the results achieved. This was highlighted during the panel discussion ‘Program Budgeting through Gender Lens: What Have We…