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Press release regarding the breakup of the protest
IA calls upon authorities competent for the oversight of the police work to urgently engage in the control of the police activities during the breakup of the protest This morning, the police has used force to break up the protest of citizens organized in front of the building of the Parliament of Montenegro organized by…
Call for application – Fourth generation of Public Policy School
INSTITUTE ALTERNATIVE announces Call for application for participants of the Fourth Generation of PUBLIC POLICY SCHOOL The School aims at providing participants with theoretical and practical knowledge about public policies, their creation and improvement. The school will help you to properly research and analyse public policy, plan and conduct research, write an analytical text /…
Initiative to make the EC’s opinions available to the public
In an initiative submitted on 13 October 2015, Institute Alternative (IA) urged the European Commission to make its opinions on Montenegrin legislation, as well as peer review reports available to the public, and thus prevent the Government from manipulating the EU accession negotiations. Institute Alternative submitted the letter addressed to Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of…
TV Show: How do the municipalities spend their budget?
Our public policy researcher Marko Sošić, was a guest in a TV show “Club A” on Atlas television, in order to present a new version of the portal on local finances, www.MojGrad.me, prepared in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme, with the support of the Ministry of Finance. Besides the new data, he has…
Montenegrin public opinion on Public Procurement
Compared to 2012, when Ipsos Strategic Marketing has conducted the same research for the Institute Alternative, now have been registered considerably more citizens who point out that public procurement serve to enrich individuals and legalize corruption. At the same time, compared to the previous period, a higher percentage of citizens believe that the Government of…
Towards better utilities in Capital Podgorica and Municipality of Berane
Field research on the provision of water supply, waste disposal and parking service in Municipality of Berane and Capital Podgorica was conducted in order to contribute to a regional study on the protection of consumers’ rights in relation to utility service providers. In the period from 5 to 9 October, Institute alternative has organised meetings…