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TV Show: Participation of citizens and NGOs in public administration reform
President of the Managing Board of Institute Alternative, Stevo Muk, was a guest on the show Club A on Atlas TV. The topic of the show was participation of citizens and NGOs in the preparation of key strategic and policy documents, focusing on the Public Administration Reform Strategy. IA, as he said, researches the topic…
IA Initiative to the Minister of Interior: Fully implement the reform of the civil service system
Institut Alternative (IA) today submitted an initiative to the Minister of Interior, Mr Goran Danilović, aimed at improving Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees, which keeps problematic legal solutions and prevents establishing of merit based system in state authorities. Work on amending the Law on Civil Servants and…
RESPONSE: Proposal of the profit distribution of the company ’’Monteput’’ is unjust and irrational
Proposal of the Minister of Transport and Maritime Affairs for the distribution of the net profit of the company ’’Monteput’’ is unjust and irrational, which means that the Government must take into account the opinion of Ministry of Finance, reject the proposal and transfer the overall income to the Chief Treasury Account. The proposal foresees…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Press release: Who is actually protected by the Protector?
After several attempts, we were obstructed in getting basic information about the work of the Protector of Property and Legal interests of Montenegro in the last six years From the state organ which protects legal and property interest of the state, and indirectly citizens’ interests, it is impossible to gain information on some of key…
IA at the conference in Pristina: From civil society without citizens to civil society of citizens
Only a limited number of non-governmental organizations uses mechanisms for citizens’ participation in creating public policies in Montenegro, said Stevo Muk, president of the Managing Board of the Institute Alternative (IA), at a regional conference on public administration reform, held in Pristina. Conference “Role of Civil Society in Public Administration Reform – EU Standards and…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Transparency should prevent the misuse of the institutions for electoral purposes
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Institute Alternative (IA) and Network for Affirmation of Non-governmental sector (MANS) defined the set of information which every public sector body should post proactively on 15 every days at their websites. The objective of this precisely focused initiative is to reduce the space for potential misuse of public sector bodies…