Parliamentary program

Anticorruption Committee still Searching for its Position

Although the Anti-Corruption Committee has initiated many major issues during 2014, regarding risks of corruption in public procurement, there are still fundamental problems which limit, to a large extent, positioning of this working body of the Parliament in the institutional frame for fight against the corruption. As a significant improvement should be noted that the…

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Parliamentary program

Montenegrin MPs are Difficult to Reach via Email

Level of availability of Montenegrin MPs for communication via email is low, according to the research conducted by Institute Alternative and designed to determine the response rate of Montenegrin MPs to email messages sent to addresses listed on the parliamentary website. Institute Alternative conducted research aimed at identifying the level of availability of MPs for…

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Accountable public finances

Equal Chances for All Media in Montenegro?

The research coordinator, Jovana Marović has participated in the project carried out by Centre for Civic Education „Equal opportunities for all media in Montenegro?“, which is supported by the Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany in Montenegro. Jovana researched the part of analysis which refers to procurement and media advertising of public administration. This part…

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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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