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Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press release: Speed up the police reform
The result of implementation of the Strategy of the Police Administration Development is far from satisfactory – more than 60% envisaged obligation is not fulfilled. At first sight, the strategy is comprehensive, since it envisages activities in key areas for the police service reform, such as fight against crime, citizens’ safety, fight against corruption and…
Public opinion survey: Public administration problems pile up, despite the moderate trust
Citizens think that employment irregularities, inefficiency and corruption are key problems of public administration. They recognize employment through private connections as the largest problem of the public administration. Every second citizen believes that this is only one of many problems (51%), while one in five believes that this is the biggest problem (22%). Recruitment based…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Press release: Agency to inform the public whether officials report and account for their income and assets
Institute Alternative (IA) submitted recommendations to the Agency for Prevention of Corruption which are primarily aimed at improving transparency of Agency’s activities, particularly the control of assets declarations of public officials and civil servants as well as outcomes of those controls. The reason is, primarily, poor visibility of the results of the Agency’s work during…
Interview: Politics Impede Reform Efforts
The government plans to reduce the number of public sector employees by 5,000 people, by 2020, while the political influence in public administration is unavoidable, as the key institutions – ministries are guided by political figures, said Milena Milošević, public policy researcher at the Institute alternative, in an interview with Daily ”DAN”. She warned that…
Accountable public finances, Blog
Open Data and Economy
#OpenDataDay The International Open Data Day is marked for the seventh time today on 4th of March. The idea is to promote the significance and the use of “unlocking“ the data worldwide and the necessity of adopting a politics of openness, not just by the governments and public institutions but also by private sector, civil…
Joint Appeal to the Parliament – Do not appoint Jelić as a member of the SAI Senate
Concerned over the developments related to the status of independent, supervisory institutions in Montenegro, with special emphasis on the state of affairs in the area of budgetary control, we address AN APPEAL TO THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT not to appoint Zoran Jelić as the member of Senate of State Audit Institution Zoran Jelić failed to…