January 2024
Without an HR plan, There is no Precise Data on the Police Directorate’s Personnel
30. 01. 2024.
It has been a month since the 2024 budget was adopted, so the Ministry of the Interior and other state bodies should already have prepared HR plans for the current year. The HR plan is an important document as it provides an overview of the number of employees in the ministry, including the Police Directorate,…
Flights of ministries below the radar: Direct procurement of airline tickets
29. 01. 2024.
Some ministries evade the obligation to initiate a public procurement procedure for airline tickets for official travels, even though they spend more than 5,000 euros annually on them. As a result, they directly and non-transparently transfer the money to travel agencies through direct agreements. In 2022, the Ministry of Science and Technological Development allocated more…
IA meetings with prosecutors on corruption in public procurement
28. 01. 2024.
Institute Alternative (IA) held a series of closed meetings with representatives of the prosecution, where we discussed the issues and actions of the prosecution in cases related to corruption in public procurement. Over the past months, we met with representatives of the Special State Prosecutor’s Office, and the basic state prosecutor’s offices in Podgorica and…
Establishing cooperation: IA meeting with Budget Inspection representatives
27. 01. 2024.
On January 26th, Institute Alternative held a meeting with representatives of the Budget Inspection in order to establish cooperation and gain a better understanding of their everyday work. During the meeting, we discussed our findings regarding the work of the Budget Inspection, the process of planning supervision, and the development of the annual work programme.…
To abandon hasty abolition of the Administration for Inspection Affairs
25. 01. 2024.
The Government’s intention to hastily abolish the Administration for Inspection Affairs is not based on adequate analyses, on exposé for the composition of the current Government and the Strategy for Public Administration Reform, and it can not be carried out without negative consequences within the stipulated short deadlines. The information, which was discussed on January…
Direct Procurement Under Spotlight of State Audit Institution
22. 01. 2024.
The State Audit Institution (DRI) adopts the proposal of Institute Alternative and initiates an audit of simple procurements through direct agreement. The State Audit Institution (DRI) has adopted one of our proposals and included the audit of the section “Simple procurements through direct agreement” in the DRI’s Annual Audit Plan for 2024. By proposing this…