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Jovana Marović’s lecture
On Monday, April 8, 2013th, Jovana Marović held a lecture in the framework of the Public Policy School. She presented two topics: – “The role of think tanks in public policy” – “The role of Government and non-governmental actors in policy-making at EU level” The topic (keywords): Think Tank (definition, history, classification, activity), Policy cycle,…
Press release: Favoritism of political party donors in public procurements must be prevented
The Law on Political Parties Financing needs to be enhanced with the precise and detailed provisions which would prevent favoritism of parties’ donors who are during public procurement procedures. Improvement of abovementioned provisions of the Law on Political Parties Financing is even of higher priority if we bear in mind that potential connection between public…
Interview: Anticorruption legal framework must be consolidated
Interview with our research coordinator, Jovana Marović, for MINA news agency: What, in your opinion, are the main flaws of the Montenegrin legislation when it comes to the fight against corruption? In the European Commission’s opinion general framework for the fight against corruption in Montenegro has been established, but the legislation shows many shortcomings, while…
II module of the 2013 Public Policy School
The second module of the Public Policy school was held on March 30 and 31, 2013. Program has been continued with theme: “Evaluation of Public Policies”, presented by Professor Snezana Djordjevic, from the Belgrade’s Faculty of Political Sciences. On the topic (keywords): The process of public policy monitoring and evaluation: cost-benefit analysis (cost-benefit) analysis of…
Discussion on the first year of the Law on public procurement implementation
President of the Managing Board, Stevo Muk participated at the workshop “New Law on Public Procurement: Lessons Learned from the first year of implementation,” which is organized by the Public Procurement Administration and SIGMA on 28 March 2013 at Hotel Maestral (Becici). The workshop is focused on the analysis of the Law on Public Procurement…
Statement: NSA should be politically and ideologically neutral
Question from the daily “Dan”: How do you comment on the fact that the Army of Montenegro and the National Security Agency (NSA), during 2006, led the lists of political orientation of Pljevlja’s garrison officers regarding the referendum, as evidenced in the document released today in daily „Dan“? Reply of our public policy researcher, Dina…
I module of the 2013 Public Policy School
The first module of the Public Policy school was held on March, 23 and 24 2013. Introductory theme was: “The concept and the actors of policy-making” explained to participants with more details by professor Tihomir Ziljak from the Faculty of Political Science in Zagreb. The topic: Policy-making process: concept and policy classification as well as…
Press release: Transparency of the National Security Agency must be increased
Traditional opacity of intelligence services is an outdated concept and the National Security Agency (NSA) should also take a more proactive role in bringing their work to the public in accordance with best practices and standards of transparency. We call upon the Head of NSA to make steps toward increasing transparency and reveal information about…
Accountable public finances, Parliamentary program
Our suggestions for this year’s agenda of the Committee for economy, budget and finance
Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget is currently formulating its agenda for 2013. year. The competencies of this Committee intertwine with our work in the research area Public finance. We addressed the Chair of the Committee with a set of proposals and suggestions that we believe should be included in the this year’s Agenda: Consultative…
Press release: Deployment to peacekeeping missions beyond the reach of the Parliament
The government decides independently on the participation of members of civil defense, police and government employees in peacekeeping missions and other activities abroad. The Parliament is completely excluded from this process. Committee for Security and Defense is neither consulted regarding deployment nor informed about the participation of these state representatives in peacekeeping missions. At the…
(No) Freedom to Choose
It is time for people to make decisions from which they will benefit in the long run. Relatively small and short-term benefits which are often attractive to the part of the ruling party voters, causes more damage than good in the long run. Extravagance, incompetence, corruption, nepotism, violations of the law, organized and unorganized crime,…
Good Governance in South-East Europe and Turkey – Sharing the Anti-Corruption Experience
Opening Conference of the SELDI Network (South-East Europe for leadership development and integrity) was held in Zagreb on 4 and 5 March 2013. Institute Alternative is a member of the SELDI network and actively participates with CSOs from nine countries in the region in the implementation of activities within the project “Civil Society for Good…