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Accountable public finances, Parliamentary program
Reaction: State auditor cannot be appointed as a member of the Council of the Agency for the prevention of corruption
The Parliament is about to violate the Law on State Audit Institution (SAI) and therefore, endanger the appointment of the Council of the Agency for the prevention of corruption. The Anti-corruption Committee has supported yesterday by a majority vote candidates for the Council of the Agency for prevention of corruption. The Committee has thus repeated…
Blog, EU accession negotiations, Rule of law
It’s a long way from a law to USKOK
In Montenegro, the corruption flourishes. As a state and as a society, we are least successful in rooting out the high-level corruption, although we don’t have adequate remedy for the one at the lower levels. A successful fight against this phenomenon primarily involves increased number of criminal charges, legally binding indictments and verdicts, which completely…
Apply to work in IA: Young Professional Development Program TTF
Young professionals who have recently finished their Masters or Ph.D. studies in the field of social sciences are welcome to apply for a six-month-long fellowship at Institute Alternative. During their work, young professionals will have an opportunity to engage in policy-relevant research under the mentorship of our research coordinator. The final product of the research…
Press Release: Publicly About Internal Control
Ministry of Finance has finally published the PIFC Report, waiting for the Parliament, SAI and the public We welcome the decision of the Ministry of Finance to publish a Consolidated report on the system of public internal financial control (PIFC) for 2014. Reports for the previous years have been classified with the designation RESTRICTED, as…
Depoliticisation of public administration: How to break a vicious circle?
The “embrace” of the ruling party and the state, present in Montenegro for more than two decades, has a negative effect on depoliticisation of Montenegrin public administration, said Milena Milošević, researcher at Institute alternative at the conference organised by German Aspen Institute and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia. The conference…
Joint Press Release of the four members of the OGP Operational Team
All members of the Operational Team from the civil sector resigned today from the membership of the Government’s OGP Operational Team. Four members of this working body from the civil society organizations – Boris Marić, Dina Bajramspahić, Milica Kovačević and Vuk Maraš resigned after majority of members from the Government of Montenegro today voted against…