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Openly about the issues of internal auditors
The internal audit system still suffers from a lack of personnel, frequent misunderstanding of this institute by public sector managers, as well as insufficient coverage of the public sector by internal audit. These are some of the issues raised at the meeting with internal auditors in the public sector, which we organised on October 27th…
Files on allocation of budget reserve 2016-2019 destroyed
For over two years, we have been awaiting a response from the Government regarding the distribution of the budget reserve during the term of the 41st Government, only to finally be informed that the documentation has been destroyed Files detailing how the Government Commission for the distribution of funds from the budget reserve distributed money…
For a Better Law on the Government
In September 2023 – almost a year after the public debate on the draft Law on the Government ended, some civil society organisations had the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the updated version of the draft of this legal act, albeit exclusively indirectly, through the expert mission of the Venice Commission, which is to submit…
The Public Procurement Inspection Found Irregularities Based on IA’s Initiative
At the initiative of Institute Alternative (IA), the Public Procurement Inspection found seven irregularities in procurement procedures through direct agreements in three municipalities and one ministry during 2021, but misdemeanour proceedings cannot be initiated due to the statute of limitations. The Public Procurement Inspection, while conducting supervision based on the initiative and invoices provided by…
MPs legislative initiatives on the rise
As we await the constitution of the new convocation of the Parliament, we provide a comparative overview of the previous MPs’ work. Our analysis of the annual reports of the Parliament in the last four years has shown a continuous increase in extraordinary sessions of the Parliament, alongside control hearings. The outbreak of the coronavirus…
Presented results of WeBER PAR monitoring for 2021/2022
On June 19 and 20, Institute Alternative organised a meeting of the National working group for monitoring public administration reform in Montenegro. During the meeting, the results of the last monitoring cycle of the public administration reform for 2021/2022 were presented, as part of the WeBER 2.0 project. The workshop for civil society organisations entitled…
Montenegro and challenges in assessing the rule of law
Milena Muk, a public policy researcher at the Institute Alternative (IA) was one of the panelists at the conference “Rule of law monitoring for EU countries and candidates: Bridging the Gap”, in Skopje, North Macedonia, organised by the European Policy Institute (EPI). During the panel, Muk stated that Montenegro finds itself in an unprecedented situation,…
18 NGOs: Election of the director of RTCG represents a defeat of the rule of law; members of the council who participated in the voting should resign from their positions
Human Rights Action (HRA), Association Spektra, Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Centre for Monitoring and Research, Women’s Rights Centre (WRC), Centre for Civil Liberties, Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, Centre for Investigative Journalism, Centre for Development of NGOs, European Association for Law and Finance (EALF), Institute Alternative (IA), Juventas, Media Centre, Montenegro Media Institute…
WeBER closed-door meeting in Brussels: Advocating for WB PAR Monitor 2021/2022
Yesterday, at the European Policy Centre – EPC Brussels premises, EU WeBER PAR Monitor 2021/2022 results were presented at the closed-door round table organised and delivered by our partner, EPC Brussels. Western Balkan countries have been pursuing EU membership for years, and this path has often proved to be as challenging as ever. Within the…
Appointments and employment in the public sector
Political parties fight for meritocracy only when they are in opposition, alongside the media and the NGO sector. Undue political interference in public administration recruitment is legalised because there is no guarantee that the best candidates will be chosen. Milena Muk, a public policy researcher at the Institute Alternative (IA), was a guest on the…
For Montenegro, there is no other choice but EU integration
On Wednesday, April 12, the first in a series of BSC Leaders Meetings was held in Podgorica, under the title “Montenegro after the presidential elections: Fast forward towards the EU?”, organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and the Institute Alternative. Jakov Milatović, President-elect of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, Prime Minister of Montenegro, Rosa Balfour,…
The Constitutional Court to resolve the deep crisis of the political system: Stop the domino effect of irresponsible decisions
We appeal to the Parliament and the Government of Montenegro to cease the practice of debating bills, which do not meet the elementary criteria of public participation, especially in the current context of the crisis of the legitimacy of the political system. Furthermore, we appeal to the Constitutional Court to promptly decide on a series…