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Revision of certain provisions of the draft Law on Public Procurement required
The draft Law on Public Procurement should be reviewed before a proposal gets on the agenda of the Parliament. Some provisions of the draft Law require further attention and improvement. The Draft Law provides obligatory revision of the contracts worth over €1,000,000 by the State Commission, although an earlier version of the Draft had set…
Institute Alternative’s project associate has been a guest of TV show about public procurement on TV Vijesti
Institute Alternative’s Project Associate Milica Popović has been a guest of TV show ,,Epilog” on TV ,,Vijesti”, discussing the topic of corruption in public procurement system in Montenegro. The show aired on 04/04/2011.
Overseeing the budgets of local self-governments – constraints and opportunities
Latest research of Institute Alternative “Overseeing the budgets of local self-governments – constraints and opportunities”,was presented at the press conference on 01 April 2011. The research was conducted in the framework of the project “Strengthening budget control at the local level”, supported by Canada Fund. Aiming to give an overview of existing mechanisms for budget…
SAI’s Senate incomplete for a year
Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI) has been incomplete for a year now, comprising four out of the legally prescribed five members. Institute Alternative calls upon the Parliament and Administrative Committee, to place the appointing of a new member of the SAI’s Senate on the list of its short-term priorities. Since a member of…
Strengthening the Budget control in Local Self-Government
Institute Alternative organized a seminar “Strengthening the Budget control in Local Self-Government” on 25 and 26 March 2011, with the support of the Canada Fund. Central topics of the seminar were possibilities for strengthening the control of the budget and external audit at the local level. Seminar was organized for the members of the committees…
Control of selecting commercial auditors required
The process of selecting commercial auditors in local self-governaments in Montenegro is not transparent and adequately controlled. This is one of the findings from the research “Strengthening the Budget Control in Local Self-Government”, which Institute Alternative conducted with the support of the Canada Fund. The level of transparency is limited by the selection procedure. Given…
Surveillance measures restricting human rights
Democratic control of ANB’s measures necessary Secret surveillance in any form represent a restriction of human rights and MPs must act on amending the Law on National Security Agency (ANB), which refers to the process of their approval, stated Stevo Muk, from the Institute Alternative. He said that certain amendments to the Law on ANB…
Does the National council for European integration have the capacity to be a strategic consultative body within the European integration process?
The National council for European integration (NSEI) still shows its unreadiness to assume an active role within the European integration process. This impression stems from the discussion during the first NSEI’s session in 2011, together with statements from that session. It is evident that there was a lack of constructive debate about the most important…
Letter to Mr. Igor Lukšić – Draft text of the additional Government’s conclusions
The Government of Montenegro President Mr. Igor Lukšić Dear Mr. Lukšić, Institute Alternative participated in the public debate about the Action Plan to monitor the implementation of recommendations from the European Commission’s Opinion and prepared comments on the draft of this plan. The comments were timely submitted to the Ministries in charge and the Delegation…
Parliamentary program, Rule of law
Plan of parliamentary oversight should be adopted
Institute Alternative invited members of the Parliamentary Committee for Security and Defence to adopt the annual plan of parliamentary oversight, prescribed by the Law on Parliamentary Oversight of the Security and Defense Sector. According to the Law, parliamentary oversight is performed regularly according to the annual plan adopted by the Committee and extraordinary, if necessary:…
Concession registry must be established
Institute Alternative states that it is necessary to establish a functional, on-line central registry of the concessions agreements as soon as possible. Even though this is as a legal requirement that has existed since February 2009, when the Concessions Act came into force (Article 15 of the Concessions Act, paragraph 5 of this Article specifies…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform
Commentary on Draft Action Plan for Monitoring Implementation of Recommendations given in European Commission’s Opinion
Commentary on Draft Action Plan for Monitoring Implementation of Recommendations given in European Commission’s Opinion – pdf