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Potentials of Early Integration of Montenegro Into the EU Gender Equality Framework
The European Commission created a revised methodology that provides Montenegro with a window for early or accelerated integration that implies gradual introduction to individual policies of the European Union, European Union markets, and its programmes. This model is accompanied with the provision of increased funding through the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance, in order to provide…
Neither a Client, Nor a Patron! For greater resilience to political clientelism and corruption in the area of public sector employment
Public sector employment is a normatively neglected area, which led to the fact that various forms of non-competitive, non-merit-based employment became the rule, rather than the exception. Even in sub-sectors that were subject to greater scrutiny by the European Commission and civil society, the rules are so loose and the conditions so low, that there…
WeBER 3.0 has officially begun
Western Balkan Enablers for Reforming Public Administrations – WeBER 3.0 project has begun on 1 February 2023 and will run until 31 July 2026. The Think for Europe – TEN Network (European Policy Institute – EPI Skopje, Institute for Democracy and Mediation – IDM Tirana, Insititute Alternative – IA Podgorica, Group for Legal and Political Studies – GLPS Pristina, Foreign Policy Initiative –…
Workshop on Staged Accession Model to the EU
A two-day workshop that brought together partners and experts from the region and Brussels was held this week, 30-31 January, in Belgrade, organised by European Policy Center (CEP). Representatives of the Institute Alternative, Milena Muk and Dragana Jaćimović, participated in the two-day workshop whose purpose was to discuss the policy papers produced within the initiative…
Video: Citizens’ testimonials on experience with public administration
What do the citizens of the Western Balkans say about their experiences with their public administrations? How different are these experiences from country to country, and what problems are shared by the entire region? We spoke to citizens on the subject – take a look at what they told us. This video is produced within…
Meeting of Public Procurement Watchdogs
On November 15 (Tuesday) Institute alternative organised a meeting within the project Public procurement under spotlight – Making Watchdogs Work!, with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Serbia and Montenegro within the MATRA Rule of Law program. The aim of this meeting was an exchange of ideas about the…
Third WeBER Regional “Citizens First” Conference
Admirim Aliti, Minister of Information Society and Administration, North Macedonia Belgrade, 8-9 November 2022 – “As WeBER, we have matured as of 2015 in the sense that we realised that as CSOs, we cannot speak without the voice of citizens. We drew a precious lesson from citizens’ consultations. We could be much more persuasive, and a…
The increased legislative initiative of MPs is not accompanied by a gender analysis of laws
Gender mainstreaming of public policies is not at a satisfactory level in Montenegro, the institutional framework in this area is still flawed, and the increased legislative initiative of MPs is accompanied neither by elaborate procedures for public participation nor by a gender analysis of laws. Our Nikoleta Pavićević pointed out the aforementioned today when she…
Report from the conference on results and impact of Parliament
A significant burden of the legislative and control function rests on the parliamentary committees and they have mostly failed in this task in the previous period. Additionally, the work of the Parliament has been further hampered by its frequent disrespect by the representatives of the executive power and independent institutions. These are some of the…
The European Commission Report: Political instability and tensions halt reforms
This year’s European Commission Report confirmed the importance of the political level of the accession process of Montenegro to the EU and should serve as yet another appeal that, without political support, small steps at the technical level do not produce the expected results. Like every year, we translated the usual grades from the report…
To improve the reform of public finance management and the optimisation of the public sector
At the first session of the newly formed Public Administration Reform Council, we offered recommendations for improving the draft of the Programme for Public Finance Management Reform for the period 2022-2026, especially highlighting the need for the public enterprises to be included in this important strategic document. Since the draft Programme does not address the…
Two years of the 27th convocation of the Parliament: The neglect of obligations behind the facade of parliamentary supervision
Votes of no confidence in the 42nd and 43rd Governments, decisions to launch parliamentary investigations, and weakening of party monopolies – although these speak in favour of a more significant role of the Parliament of Montenegro, they have not reflected qualitative and sustainable progress in the parliamentary control of the executive. A more detailed illustration of…