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E-Government Development: Weak Systems Despite Years of Investment
Software for State Asset Management was paid for a decade ago but was not developed according to specifications. Hackers allegedly “locked” the Open Data portal, prompting the Ministry of Public Administration to create a third version. The government is also developing a new electronic document management system because the old one does not support upgrades.…
IA proposals for the improvement of the Work Plan of the Anti-Corruption Committee
After the meeting with the President of the Anti-Corruption Committee, today we have submitted written proposals for the improvement of the Work Plan of this Committee for 2024. -We emphasised the importance of utilising the mechanism for reviewing quarterly reports of Agency for Prevention of Corruption, as well as periodic review of the results of…
Public Enterprises: A Task for Budgetary Inspection
On July 21, 2023, Institute Alternative submitted an initiative for the inspection of companies owned by the state and local government units regarding the violation of the Law on Salaries of Employees in the Public Sector. Article 10 of the Law on Salaries of Employees in the Public Sector stipulates that companies owned by the…
IA representatives met with the President of the Anti-Corruption Committee
Milena Muk and Bojana Pravilović, representatives of Institute Alternative, presented proposals for improving the work of the Anti-Coruption Committee to the President of this working body, Jevto Eraković, at today’s meeting. For years, Institute Alternative has been monitoring the work of the Parliament and its committees, and on this occasion, we have pointed out some…
Without an HR plan, There is no Precise Data on the Police Directorate’s Personnel
It has been a month since the 2024 budget was adopted, so the Ministry of the Interior and other state bodies should already have prepared HR plans for the current year. The HR plan is an important document as it provides an overview of the number of employees in the ministry, including the Police Directorate,…
Flights of ministries below the radar: Direct procurement of airline tickets
Some ministries evade the obligation to initiate a public procurement procedure for airline tickets for official travels, even though they spend more than 5,000 euros annually on them. As a result, they directly and non-transparently transfer the money to travel agencies through direct agreements. In 2022, the Ministry of Science and Technological Development allocated more…