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Accountable public finances, Social policy
Towards more transparent transfers at local level
How transparent are social transfers in our local municipalities? How much money is allocated to individuals, institutions, NGOs and public sector at local level? How responsible are our local municipalities while controlling these transfers? These are some of the issues we are dealing with in election year, through our online portal for local budgets, Moj…
Workshop: How to achieve good governance?
Guidelines for monitoring of future Strategy for Public Administration Reform are result of two day workshop, organized by Institute alternative in Podgorica, on 4th and 5th April, within the project ‘’Civil Society for Good Governance: to Act and Account!’’, with the support of the European Union (EU). Next to Institute alternative, active participants of the…
Press release: Amendments to the Law on Local Self Government to be thoroughly approached
Current proposal for amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government is not contributing to one of the main objectives – to bring legal certainty in employment and civil service administration at the local level. Proposed amendments, formulated on the Government’s session in mid-December last year, include more than 20 articles which regulate civil service system.…
Press release: Public Procurement Administration conceals contracting authorities’ misdemeanors
Although the deadline for submitting annual reports on public procurement is the end of February, only half of them is publicly available on the website of Public Procurement Administration This year Public Procurement Administration (PPA) began a practice of publishing annual reports on public procurement, which is a significant step towards greater transparency. However, the…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
The Council for Development of NGOs takes no notice of the requests of NGOs
Owing to the votes of the NGO representatives, last year’s Performance Report of the Council for Development of NGOs was not adopted while today’s session was once again marked by the negative attitude of the Ministry of Finance towards initiatives of NGOs. As their key remarks, NGO representatives stated that the Draft Performance Report of…
EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press Release: Progress symbolic, corruption persistent
Particular significance of the European Parliament’s Resolution on the 2015 Report on Montenegro lies in acknowledging the importance of adopting a quality strategic framework for public administration reform in the next four years, which needs to provide a basis for adherence to the principles of merit, depoliticization, accountability and transparency in public administration. Bearing in…