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EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Reaction of Institute Alternative to the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
On the subject of the response of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (hereinafter: MFAEI) to our press release “The European Commission report on corruption at the local level is being concealed”, we wish to inform the public that Institute Alternative (hereinafter: IA) was informed about the stance of the European Commission (hereinafter:…
The Government has concealed the information on the state of play in Montenegrin municipalities
The Government has illegally classified and put under the designation “restricted” the key document on the position of public finances at the local level, thus concealing the data regarding the number of employees in municipalities. We requested from the Government the “Information on the position of public finances at the local level”. This document was…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Press release: the European Commission report on corruption at the local level is being concealed
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (hereinafter: MFAEI) rejected the request for free access to information submitted by Institute Alternative (hereinafter: IA) thus preventing our access to the data on corruption at the local level prepared by experts of the European Union. The practice of concealing important information negatively affects public confidence in…
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…