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Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Press release: Endangered transparency of wages due to a vast array of bonuses
The new Government Draft Law is unlikely to increase transparency of wages in public sector, considering the complex income structure and numerous data that opens the possibility of misuse. The Draft Law on Wages of Public Sector Employees entered the Parliamentary procedure at the very end of last year, but not in a form that…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Press Release: Governing without discussion – Citizens without a possibility to improve regulations
The Government is constantly violating relevant regulations on organising public discussions and inclusion of interested public in the process of drafting strategic documents and law and is withholding information on regulation preparation, which has a negative impact on the quality of these documents. Public discussions are either not organised at all or they last less…
TV feature: Who is police guarding, the Government or the citizens? The Police in region
Within the regional POINTPULSE project, together with our partners from BIRN, we have recorded a TV feature “Who is police guarding, the Government or the citizens? The Police in the Region”, which was broadcast in December on the regional television programme N1. Our correspondents were: independent MPs, Mladen Bojanić and Velizar Kaluđerović president of the…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press release: Ministry of Interior checked off the box by simulating a public debate on the Strategy of Police Development
Ministry of Interior (MoI) has without any particular explanation refused to enhance the work of the internal control of police and the increase of its authority, without including measures related to depolitisation, the enhancement of transparency and improving of finance management in the Strategy of Police Development. The Government has adopted the Strategy of Police…
Press Release: Enable an equal treatment of employees with fixed-term contracts
In the light of the media allegations that the Ministry of Interior has resolved the status of employees with fixed-term contracts by enabling them to apply for internal announcements, the Institute Alternative warns that such practice could be discriminatory. A number of civil servants in other state bodies are discriminated in that manner, who have…
Draft Public Administration Reform Strategy does not lead to a better public administration
Institute Alternative has submitted to the Ministry of Interior some 40 pages of comments on the Draft Public Administration Strategy. The draft does not meet the essential challenges of good governance. The public administration reform is a key process not only for the building capacity of the administration to meet numerous requirements of the accession…