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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…
(Un)disclosed discussions on local budgets and excluded citizens
A quarter of municipalities have not yet held a public discussion on budgets, and even those that have done so, have not informed the public in the timely manner thus not including citizens in the process. The municipalities that still have not announced public discussions on budgets are Herceg Novi, Kolašin, Andrijevica, Cetinje, Plav and…
Comments on the Public Finance Management Reform Programme
Institute Alternative is the only participant of public discussion on the Public Finance Management Programme for the period of 2016-2020, which is organized by the Ministry of Finance. We have delivered comments for this document that define the key reform plans in different areas related to the management of public finance – from the budget…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform, Rule of law
SEE 2020 Strategy and the fight against corruption
Citizens should know that the crime does not pay off Priorities in the fight against corruption derived from the Strategy South-East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) in Montenegro and countries of the region are far from achieved, it was assessed at the conference organised today by Institute alternative (IA). The conference “Against corruption – for Montenegro’s…