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Health and Politics
At the end of this month will be a year since I lost my father. After my father’s death, many issues are left, related to (the lack of) medical care for almost fifty days of the struggle for life. What could we have done differently? What the doctors could have done otherwise? Is that the…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations
More Than 200 Requests For the Government
Eleven representatives of the Coalition of NGOs for monitoring the accession negotiations with the EU under the chapter 23, presented more than 200 new requests sent to the Government of Montenegro in the field of judicial reform, anti-corruption policies, promotion of human rights and freedoms, and sustainability of civil society at today’s press conference. The…
DCAF Young faces network – Workshop in Zagreb
Public Policy Researcher in Institute Alternative, Dina Bajramspahic, participated in a DCAF’s program – Young Faces Network 2012, in the workshop entitled “Oversight of the collection of information by the intelligence services” held on 11th and 12th December in Zagreb. This is the second workshop as part of this program, organized by the Geneva Centre…
Press release: Public Administration Reform Needs To Be Intensified
Public Administration in Montenegro is still cumbersome, highly politicized and it lacks administrative capacities. Hence, public confidence in its work is steadily declining. Based on the data of public opinion conducted by the Institute alternative in collaboration with Ipsos Strategic Marketing for the purpose of analysis “Public administration reform in Montenegro – between the ambitious…
IA Presented Research: “Committee for Anticorruption – Cure or Placebo?”
Today we have presented the key findings and recommendations of the IA’s new policy paper entitled “Committee for Anticorruption – Cure or Placebo?”. Policy paper is a result of project financed by Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation and is a part of permanent Institutes activities on strenghtening the parliamentary oversight role. Speakers at the press conference…
Answers for the Vijesti – Existing Laws Do Not Prevent Politization
Questions of the journalist of daily newspapers “Vijesti”: Is it possible that the Government distributes the executive posts in state-owned companies and advisers’ positions in the ministries by party quotas if the Law on Civil Service requires a fair competition? Can we consider discrimination the case when the candidate who meets all the criteria but…
About the New/Old Prime Minister’s Expose
Questions of the daily newspapers “Dan”: Is today’s Djukanovic’s expose something different from the one in 2009? Can Djukanovic and his Government fulfill all they had promised in Parliament today? Research Coordinator Jovana Marovic replies: As Djukanovic himself stressed that “there is no adequate legal state law applied and respected,” it is likely that the…
Comment: Phenomenon Of “Filed” Resignations
Questions of the journalist of the daily newspapers “Vijesti” regarding the request of the new Prime Minister, Milo Djukanovic, for resignation of all deputy ministers, directors of administrations, authorities, public companies and institutions before the election of the new Government. Do you think that this “recommendation” (which apparently must be obeyed) was established in the…
IA on the Radio of Montenegro, chatting on social policy
Our researcher, Dragana Radović, was interviewed for the Radio of Montenegro’s program dedicated to social issues and presented the findings of IA’s research in the social policy area on the topic of the challenges of the development of welfare mix (combined model of social policy).
Press release: Plan condemned to failure
Comment on the Government’s Action plan for the implementation of the State Audit Institution’s recommendation The Government has fulfilled the promise and adopted an Action plan for implementation of the recommendations of the State Audit Institution (SAI) at its session, held on November 29, 2012. Although the Government’ss attitude toward the recommendations of the SAI…
Parliamentary program, Rule of law
Press release: Opposition to chair the Security and Defense Committee
Among all requests submitted by the opposition with regard to the constitution of the working bodies and presiding over them, the chairmanship of the Defence and Security Committee is one of the most necessary and legitimate one. Such solution would finally comply with resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the…
Jovana Marović on public administration reform for Vijesti
IA’s Research Coordinator, Jovana Marović, appeared in the main informative program of the television Vijesti sharing views on the reform of public administration, ie, rationalization of the Government. Watch the interview here: