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Ministry Ordered to Reveal Contracts
Agency for protection of personal data and free access to information endorsed our appeal against the decision of the Ministry of Interior regarding the availability of the Ministry’s direct agreements. In July 2014, Institute Alternative submitted the request for free access to information on all public procurement contracts concluded via direct agreement in the last…
How the Government Manages our Resources
“The Prosecutor’s Office must investigate concessions”, stated MPs this summer when discussing the report of the Commission for concessions. Since then, we do not have the Law, or the registry, indictments, or any other significant developments in this area. The focus of the Government is only one job, one with the Chinese about the highway,…
Montenegro in The Open Government Partnership (OGP): Plans and Results
Dina Bajramspahić, our researcher, presented the experience in the preparation of the first Action Plan and in participation in the work of the Operating Team responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Action Plan at the public debate “Montenegro in the Open Government Partnership”. The public debate “Montenegro in the Open Government Partnership” was organized…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press Release: Anticorruption Bill Needs a Thorough Revision
Institute Alternative is urging the lawmakers to amend and thoroughly revise the Anti-Corruption Bill. If passed in its current form, the Bill will not ensure effective prevention of corruption. The biggest shortcomings of the Bill are the following: imprecise definition of conflict of interest and of the procedures for disclosure of assets of public officials,…
Press release: Underused Control Mechanisms of the Parliament
We urge the representatives of the parliamentary minority in all parliamentary working bodies to use their right to two automatically approved control hearings in this year. Under the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Montenegro and the Law on Parliamentary Oversight of the Security and Defense Sector, the opposition in the Parliament is granted…
Our Take on the 2015 Budget Proposal
Confusing increase of expenditures Besides the increase of the capital budget because of the highway and expenditures for payment of debts, which are in the center of public attention, there are other interesting points in the draft Law on the Budget for 2015, which was made public this Sunday. Much has been said about the…