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Social card – five years later
Within the framework of the “Social Card – five years later”, the Institute Alternative (IA) will examine the functioning of the social card system in Montenegro. Given that in January 2015, the information system of social care was introduced, the objective of social card is: directing financial benefits to those who really need help, increasing…
Apply Now – Small Grants Facility for Support for Civil Society Monitoring of PAR
WEBER – Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform Project is seeking proposals for the implementation of the Small Grant Facility for Support for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform at Local Level. The Call for proposals is in the total amount of 255.000 EUR intended to support 30…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Defender of the state budget, but the last on the Government’s agenda: Forgotten Protector
In 2017, the Parliament, the Government and the Ministry of Finance should address better the legal regulation of the position of Protector of legal and property interests, the institution responsible for representing state interests. In our policy brief “Public finances and the Accountability of the Administration: What does the Protector protect?”, produced with the financial…
While expecting tangible results of the Public Administration Reform: Enhancing civil society monitoring
Six months after the start of implementation of Public Administration Reform Strategy, Institute Alternative, together with partners and representatives of the administration, has been working on improvement of the methodology for monitoring this reform, which is crucial for our progress in European integration, depolitization of the society and prevention of the public resources abuse. Improved…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Agency for Prevention of Corruption to provide information on public officials
For more than three months now, the Agency refuses to provide us with a list of all public officials in Montenegro and a list of public officials who gave consent to the Agency to check their bank accounts, as well as the copies of those consents. Also, the Agency has not provided us with a…
Ministries score high for labor disputes costs, but accounts for lost millions are lacking
While the Government is implementing austerity measures by reducing social welfare, for lost judicial and labor disputes, it paid 71 million euros in the last four years. Regardless of these high costs, competent authorities do not bear consequences for mistakes and non-compliance with their contractual and legal obligations. “The fact that tax payers paid more…