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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…
Who cares about regulations?
Introduction of legal obligation to organise public discussions on all laws, as well as calls of invitations for participation for interested parties in working groups dealing with the preparation of these regulations, represent a progress in regulating normative framework for public consultations in Montenegro. This is so because in 2010 the European Commission has ,…
Should the fact that the former Special Prosecutors had dozen of subjects lying in their desks be forgotten?
The activities and results of the Chief Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnić and his team seem encouraging so far. Although I would gladly avoid saying ‘’but’’, it is not the easiest thing to do. The previously disappointing court procedures, particularly those related to the area of organised crime have taught us not to rejoice too soon.…
2016 Budget proposal – Our remarks
Our remarks on the Draft Law on the Budget of Montenegro for 2016, presented at the session of the Committee for economy, finances and budget Budget as a moving target Although the Government respected the legal deadline this year by submitting the Budget Proposal to the Parliament on time, it has actually continued working on…