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Meeting: Towards recruitment based on merits
On Friday, 24 of July, the representatives of the Institute alternative (IA) held the meeting with interested stakeholders, within the project ”State Administration in Montenegro – Equal for All”, financially supported by the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica. The event brought together stakeholders that are crucial for recruitment and promotion in state authorities, i.e. the consistent…
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What do we want from Europe?
In the preface of the book written by the philosophers Slavoj Žižek and Srećko Horvat What does Europe want?, it is depicted how Croatia has become the EU member after midnight and has arrived at the party when all guests were already drunk. Other countries, primarily those from Western Balkans, therefore have no other choice…
Results of a public opinion survey on perception of citizens on police integrity in Montenegro and in the region
Yesterday, on Wednesday 22 July, in four capitals in the region, Podgorica, Belgrade, Sarajevo and Pristina, were presented the results of a survey on the integrity of police, made according to the same methodology in order to be comparable. The Surveys, for purposes of our network POINTPULSE, was conducted by Ipsos Strategic Marketing, according to…
There is significant scope for the fight against corruption within the Police
After unemployment, the corruption is the biggest problem that Montenegrin citizens face, and there is significant scope for the fight against that problem within the Police, as showed by the research of the regional network POINTPULSE, which is consisted of Institute alternative, Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP), BIRN Serbia, Center for Security Studies from…
Who Will be Held Accountable for Misuse of State Funds?
More than a month ago, with our four partner organisations, we have submitted an initiative to the Supreme State Prosecutor, requiring him to answer our question – What has Prosecution done with the reports that State Audit Institution (SAI) has officially submitted to the State Prosecutor’s Office? So far, SAI has submitted audit reports to…
Perceptions of citizens on police integrity – Presentation of results of a regional public opinion survey
Regional network of civil society organisations POINTPULSE organises the presentation of results from the public opinion survey „Police Integrity in the Western Balkans” that will take place on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 at the PR Center in Podgorica starting at 11.00 h. At the presentation citizens’ perceptions on the following issues will be discussed: What…