Accountable public finances

Concrete Steps for Strenghtening Cooperation of Parliament and SAI Announced

In the next two months, the Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget and the State Audit Institution, will, with our help, work on defining the elements of a protocol on cooperation. This is the key conclusion from the meeting, held in the Parliament of Montenegro, between the members of the SAI Senate, parliamentary Committee on…

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Appeal to establish the working group for improvement of the control mechanisms of the Parliament

It is necessary to further strengthen the control function of the Parliament, and there are four possible directions for improvement, based on: the precise definition and delimitation of competences between the branches of government; regulating control mechanisms, transparency in the work of parliament; strengthening the capacity of professional services. “Although the European Commission in the…

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Institute Alternative established its Advisory Board

Since 2007, Institute Alternative, working as a scientific-research center, contributes to the improvement of public policy in Montenegro, acting within its main fields (public administration, parliamentary program, accountable public finances, security and defense). Numerous studies, public policy proposals, participation in working groups are behind us. We are continuously working on improving our own research capacity,…

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Rule of law

Training for our researchers – TRAIN and DCAF seminars

Institute alternative announces with pleasure that our organization has once again been chosen to participate in TRAIN programme (Think Tanks providing Research and Advice through Interaction and Networking), financed by the Federal Foreign Office (Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe) and implemented by DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations). The aim of the TRAIN programme…

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Public administration reform

Employment in municipalities still not rationalized

Local self-governments in Montenegro have continued the practice of non-rational employment in 2014, although they did not even adopted the analysis on maximum number of officers, nor the plan to reduce the number of employees, which had to be done until the end of last year. All municipalities, with the exception of Andrijevica, Danilovgrad, Mojkovac…

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Other

Institute Alternative awards the best academic papers

Institute alternative awards three master’s and doctoral thesis defended during 2012, 2013 and 2014 in the areas of good governance, human rights, rule of law and democratization. The best award thesis will be awarded with 400 EUR, while the doctoral thesis will be awarded with 750 EUR. The eligible candidates are: The citizens of Montenegro…

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