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Accountable public finances, Parliamentary program
Do we need a special parliamentary Committee for Budget and Audit?
Parliamentary (political) control of the budget relies on the work of the State Audit Institutions (SAI) in regard to the oversight of the directing and spending of the budgetary funds. SAI is the key partner of the Parliament because it allows the MPs to find out what exactly is happening with the budget. At the…
Talk Show: Construction with Benefits
Our research coordinator Jovana Marović has participated in a talk show “On Fridays at 8” with Tina Raičević, broadcast on TV Vijesti. The topic of the show was corruption in urban planning, public procurement and public – private partnership. Among other things, guest of the talk show talked about numerous problems in these areas: land…
TV Debate: Government Reshuffle
Stevo Muk, the President of the Managing Board of the Institute Alternative, was the guest in the TV show “Friday at 8”, hosted by Tina Raičević on TV Vijesti. The topic of the discussion was the Government reshuffle. Other guests were Neđeljko Rudović, deputy Editor in Chief of the Daily newspaper Vijesti and Dragan Janjušević,…
Discretion without explanation: The appeal to establish guidelines for heads of authorities’ decisions
The number of the complaints filed by the candidates for employment in state organs who did not get the job has increased which imposes the need to stipulate in details the discretion of the elders when deciding. Twenty six candidates, of at least 130 who have filed complaints against the decisions on the selection of…
Press release: Open Up the Budget Data
We appeal to the Ministry of Finance to improve the transparency of the national budget by implementing the practice of budgetary data in the form that would allow the data processing and searching. In December 2014 during the parliamentary discussion on The Budget Proposal, Institute Alternative has referred to the Ministry of Finance with an…
More Precise Reporting on Procurement is Needed
Commentary of the Institute alternative on the Report of work of the Coordinating Body for Monitoring and Implementation of the Strategy for Development of the Public Procurement System for IV quarter of 2014 General remarks When it comes to the development of the public procurement system, the Report is focused on general subjects instead of…