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Personal Responsibility for Human Rights Violation to be Determined
The joint letter addressed to Ivica Stanković, the Chief State Prosecutor, was sent by 9 NGOs, including ours, appealing to determine personal responsibility of the police officers and officials from the Prosecutor’s office who violated the human right to privacy of the employees of NGO MANS. The occasion was the final verdict of the Basic…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Call for Papers: Improving Performance of Public Administration – Current Experiences and Future Perspectives
Interested researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for presentation at the conference Improving Performance of Public Administration: Current Experiences and Future Perspectives to be held in Belgrade, Serbia 9-10 September 2015. The Conference is organised by the Think for Europe Network (comprising the European Policy Centre, Belgrade, European Policy Institute, Skopje and Institute…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Talk Show: Rationalization of the Number of Employees in Municipalities
Jovana Marović, research coordinator at the Institute, was a guest on a talk show „Balkan Ekspres“ hosted by Duška Pejović at Atlas TV. The topic of the talk show was the rationalization of the number of employees in Montenegrin municipalities. Jovana has presented key findings from the analysis conducted by Institute Alternative „Employment in Montenegrin…
POINTPULSE Network: depolitizaction is the key for building the police integrity
Clear Government’ policies for depolitizaction of the police and sharp internal control mechanisms are the key precondition for fighting the police corruption. Dina Bajramspahić and Marko Sošić have taken part at the second capacity building workshop of the POINTPULSE Network, that took place in Sofia, 31 March – 2 April. It was discussed about the…
Various Views on Procurement Corruption
Risks of corruption exist in all phases of the procurement procedure and in all areas; therefore, regardless of certain improvements that were brought with the latest amendments to the law, it is necessary to further strengthen anti-corruption mechanisms, as contracting authorities have said. Institute Alternative has conducted a research about the attitudes of the contracting…
Press Release: Stop the Pressure on Media with Selective Application of the Law
The Government of Montenegro is obliged to ensure conditions for development of media pluralism, or quality informing of Montenegrin citizens on all matters of public interest. Blocking the account of independent TV Vijesti due to tax debts is the consequence of inconsistent application of legal regulations in the area of media. Laws must be respected…