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Press release: Procurements Without Oversight
Although they belong to one of the six high-risk areas for corruption in Montenegro and improving control over the implementation of concluded contracts is a crucial criterion for the progress in the negotiation process under Chapter 23, control of public procurement is still limited and worrying. The share of public procurement in the total GDP…
Regional Conference on EU Integration
President of the IA’s Managing Board, Stevo Muk, participated in the Regional Convention on European integration organized by the European Movement in Montenegro. The Convention was held in Miločer, from 12-14 December 2014. The focus of the Convention was the relation between Civil Society Organizations and State Actors in the process of European Integration. Stevo…
Enhance the Professionalization of Managers: More Competence and Less Politics
Round table “Professionalization of Managerial Staff: Between State and Politics” was organized by Institute Alternative with the support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). Stevo Muk, president of the Managing Board of the IA, and Dragana Ranitović, acting director general of the Directorate for state administration and local self-government have opened the event. They had reminded…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Analysis: “Human resources for EU membership: policies of the Western Balkans”
The members of Think for Europe (TEN) network, Institute Alternative, European Policy Centre from Belgrade and European Policy Institute from Skopje have prepared new background document “Human resources for EU membership: Policies of Western Balkans”. The document was made for the conference “Building Human Capacities for EU Accession in the SEE Countries”, held from 13-16…
The Paradox of an Appointment
After the last convocation of the Parliament, we urged the parliamentary majority to give the presidency of the Security and Defense Committee to the opposition. As this is the most important supervisory working body of the Parliament which should establish control over key levers of power, this solution would be natural as well as in…
Government – Civil Society in the Western Balkans in 2025
Research Coordinator Jovana Marovic participated in the workshop on strategic forecasting organized for alumni TRAIN program from 7-10. December 2014 in Berlin. (The rest of this post is currently available only in Montenegrin — translation coming soon.)