Parliamentary program

Better Oversight Through Enhancing the Control Mechanisms

Having in mind the separation of powers and the role of the legislative branch of government that controls the executive, one might say that the central role of the Parliament is to exercise political control over the work of the Government, as well as over the process of accession of Montenegro to the European Union.…

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Public policy school

Public Policy School Licensed ahead of the IV Generation

After we have initiated the implementation of licensing procedure for our programme “Public Policy School” in accordance with the Law on Education, by the decision of National Council for Education brought on December 23rd, the importance of our School as an official programme for the acquisition of knowledge as well as skills in the field…

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Public administration reform

Authorities Not Reacting to Recruitment Abuses

Administrative inspection has not adequately responded to our initiative and failed to examine the extent to which the job mediation is used to circumvent the mandatory rules of staffing in the public administration. Following the findings of the regular monitoring of recruitment and promotion in state authorities, which IA has been conducting two years in…

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Other

10 Years of PASOS – Meeting of the Assembly

At the Assembly of the PASOS, held in Warsaw on 12-13 December, 10th anniversary of the network of research centers was marked. During the assembly, three members of Board of Directors were appointed, the winners of annual PASOS awards were announced, and annual report on the work was adopted, while considering the strategy proposal for…

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Accountable public finances, Parliamentary program

We Took Part in the 2015 Budget Debate

Lack of transparency of the capital budget, breaching the Guidelines of fiscal and macroeconomic policy, disrespect to recommendations of State Audit Institution in planning budget and excessive generality of parts of budget are the key issues on which we have drawn attention to MPs during the budget proposal to the Committee on Economy, Finance and…

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EU accession negotiations

Training: Screening the chapter 23

The second workshop of the Macedonian Network 23 was held from 11 to 14 December in Struga, Macedonia, and our Dina Bajramspahić shared experience of civil society in Montenegro in monitoring the accession negotiations in Chapter 23 and the directions for the reform of the Special Prosecutor’s Office. The workshop topic “Experiences, Challenges and Potential…

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