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Files on allocation of budget reserve 2016-2019 destroyed
For over two years, we have been awaiting a response from the Government regarding the distribution of the budget reserve during the term of the 41st Government, only to finally be informed that the documentation has been destroyed Files detailing how the Government Commission for the distribution of funds from the budget reserve distributed money…
For a Better Law on the Government
In September 2023 – almost a year after the public debate on the draft Law on the Government ended, some civil society organisations had the opportunity to familiarise themselves with the updated version of the draft of this legal act, albeit exclusively indirectly, through the expert mission of the Venice Commission, which is to submit…
The Public Procurement Inspection Found Irregularities Based on IA’s Initiative
At the initiative of Institute Alternative (IA), the Public Procurement Inspection found seven irregularities in procurement procedures through direct agreements in three municipalities and one ministry during 2021, but misdemeanour proceedings cannot be initiated due to the statute of limitations. The Public Procurement Inspection, while conducting supervision based on the initiative and invoices provided by…
MPs legislative initiatives on the rise
As we await the constitution of the new convocation of the Parliament, we provide a comparative overview of the previous MPs’ work. Our analysis of the annual reports of the Parliament in the last four years has shown a continuous increase in extraordinary sessions of the Parliament, alongside control hearings. The outbreak of the coronavirus…
Presented results of WeBER PAR monitoring for 2021/2022
On June 19 and 20, Institute Alternative organised a meeting of the National working group for monitoring public administration reform in Montenegro. During the meeting, the results of the last monitoring cycle of the public administration reform for 2021/2022 were presented, as part of the WeBER 2.0 project. The workshop for civil society organisations entitled…
Montenegro and challenges in assessing the rule of law
Milena Muk, a public policy researcher at the Institute Alternative (IA) was one of the panelists at the conference “Rule of law monitoring for EU countries and candidates: Bridging the Gap”, in Skopje, North Macedonia, organised by the European Policy Institute (EPI). During the panel, Muk stated that Montenegro finds itself in an unprecedented situation,…