Blog, EU accession negotiations

Vienna Summit: Leaders and the others

Or: “whom has been given to speak, to defend, explain or keep quiet” In the last few days, Vienna hosted the leaders of the European Union, its countries and the Western Balkans countries, in the context of the continuation of support to the EU accession process of the region, which was launched last year in…

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Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law

Interview for daily “Dan”: Stevo Muk

The president of the Managing board of the Institute Alternative, Stevo Muk, has given an interview for the daily newspaper “Dan”. Topics of the interview range from daily political issues, relations in the ruling party coalition, over questions related to the negotiation process with the EU up to some of findings of Institute Alternative in…

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Blog, Rule of law

Police, Politics, Reforms and Corruption

The most numerous part of our state administration are police officers and it is a particularly demanding challenge to organise them in order to function effectively and to achieve the expected results. Particularly if we bear in mind the legacy of the ’90s, which has left extremely serious consequences on this institution as a result…

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Public administration reform

Candidates are unsatisfied with the testing procedures and violation of the rankings

Testing procedures and violation of the rank lists for appointing civil servants and state employees are the most common causes of dissatisfaction of the candidates for the job in state authorities, according to the complaints submitted on our website “Moja uprava”. On the website mojauprava.me, launched by the Institute alternative (IA) within the project “State…

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EU accession negotiations

Conference: “The NGOs’ experiences in the European integration process of Montenegro: Achievements and Challenges”

Jovana Marović, the research coordinator at the Institute alternative (IA) has participated today at the conference“The NGOs’ experiences in the European integration process of Montenegro: Achievements and Challenges”, organised by the Center for Development of NGOs. Jovana was the speaker at the first panel “Experience of the NGOs in the working groups for the preparation…

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EU accession negotiations

The institutional position of the European Parliament – between weak competences and voter apathy

The research paper authored by our research coordinator Jovana Marović “The institutional position of the European Parliament – between weak competences and voter apathy“ was published in the Yearbook of the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. The article explains to what extent the weakness of this directly elected body contributes to the low turnout…

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