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EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Political parties hold the key to unfreezing the road to the EU
In the annual report, the European Commission noted a lower average assessment of progress, recognised that only one recommendation was fully fulfilled within the fundamentals cluster, while the average assessment of readiness remained the same. The absence of effective political dialogue and constructive approach by political parties was particularly highlighted in this year’s report, with…
Discussing the repression of corruption in public procurement with the Police
Police efforts in cases concerning corruption in public procurement were discussed at the meeting – the first one in a series of meetings on the performance of repressive institutions in the fight against corruption in public procurement. On November 6, Institute Alternative (IA) organised a meeting attended by representatives of the Ministry of Internal Affairs…
Openly about the issues of internal auditors
The internal audit system still suffers from a lack of personnel, frequent misunderstanding of this institute by public sector managers, as well as insufficient coverage of the public sector by internal audit. These are some of the issues raised at the meeting with internal auditors in the public sector, which we organised on October 27th…
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…