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Meeting with the President of the Security and Defence Committee
At the meeting held last week, representatives of Institute Alternative (IA), Dragana Jaćimović and Bojana Pravilović, presented IA proposals for improving the work of the Security and Defence Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro. Institute Alternative has been monitoring the work of the Parliament and the Security and Defence Committee for years, so this was…
Changes to provisions on inspection oversight without public and clear arguments
Although the Ministry of Public Administration claimed in its official response to the Institute Alternative that it still does not know all the legal changes resulting from the abolition of the Administration for Inspection Affairs, in the meantime, it has initiated changes to 85 laws, without a clear explanation and violating public consultation procedures. IA…
IA proposals for improving the Government’s Mid-term Work Programme
Institute Alternative’s proposals for improving the Government’s mid-term work programme mainly focus on strengthening legal and practical guarantees for merit-based employment, the need for an overall analysis of the current inspection system, the application of anti-corruption mechanisms in the field of public procurement, and legislative changes regarding classified information. The Government’s mid-term work programme, which…
Protest of 15 NGOs: Proposed amendments to the Criminal Code once again do not strengthen human rights protection in Montenegro
We protest because the recently published Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Montenegro again does not contain changes important for the protection of human rights. This is the second time in three months that the Ministry of Justice has ignored recommendations of the Committee against Torture (CAT), the Committee on the Rights…
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…