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Favouritism advances; others can appeal
Although having the Bachelor and Specialist Degree, R.V. from Podgorica is unable to get recruited in public administration for jobs requiring only elementary or high school. For several years, he had been applying more than 30 times for public administration jobs, while trying also to demand justice through judicial instances. However, this did not help…
Press release and appeal to the councilors: Vote against the monopoly in NGO sector
Institut alternativa has called upon councillors in local parliament in Podgorica to vote against the decision, whose adoption would create the monopoly of three NGOs, discriminatory and without any legal basis, directly supported by the state. Our appeal to the councilors is available below: Dear Mr/Ms Councillor, The agenda of Parliament of Capital City of…
State-owned enterprises and public institutions beyond the reach of reforms
Citizens’ reports to Institute alternative (IA) suggest that the problem of unregulated employment in state-owned enterprises (SOE) and public institutions is highly prominent, although neglected by the Government. The Government has limited scope of clear and relatively strict recruitment procedures to the few percentages of public sector. Recruitment and human resource management in numerous SOEs,…
TV Show “Reflektor”: Open Debate on Public Administration
Milena Milošević has been a guest in TV Show “Reflektor”, airing on TV Vijesti, where she warned on the lack of results in the rationalisation of public administration Milena reminded that earlier Government’s initiatives aiming at reducing the number of employees in administration have achieved the opposite effect and that the public sector is even…
Agency for Personal Data Protection has been silent for 11 months on IA complaints
Institute Alternative has been waiting for 11 months on a decision of Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information on the complaints filed in 2016 (the Agency). IA has sent 13 complaints to the Agency in 2016, which have not been answered yet. These complaints concern decisions that IA has received from…
Meeting with representatives of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption
Our public policy researchers, Dina Bajramspahić and Ana Đurnić, held a meeting today with members of the Council of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption and representatives of the Agency. At the meeting, Dina and Ana presented a project “Towards Qualitative Signs of the Anti-corruption Efficacy”, which IA is implementing with the financial support of…