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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,…
18 NGOs: Election of the director of RTCG represents a defeat of the rule of law; members of the council who participated in the voting should resign from their positions
Human Rights Action (HRA), Association Spektra, Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Centre for Monitoring and Research, Women’s Rights Centre (WRC), Centre for Civil Liberties, Centre for Democracy and Human Rights, Centre for Investigative Journalism, Centre for Development of NGOs, European Association for Law and Finance (EALF), Institute Alternative (IA), Juventas, Media Centre, Montenegro Media Institute…
WeBER closed-door meeting in Brussels: Advocating for WB PAR Monitor 2021/2022
Yesterday, at the European Policy Centre – EPC Brussels premises, EU WeBER PAR Monitor 2021/2022 results were presented at the closed-door round table organised and delivered by our partner, EPC Brussels. Western Balkan countries have been pursuing EU membership for years, and this path has often proved to be as challenging as ever. Within the…
Appointments and employment in the public sector
Political parties fight for meritocracy only when they are in opposition, alongside the media and the NGO sector. Undue political interference in public administration recruitment is legalised because there is no guarantee that the best candidates will be chosen. Milena Muk, a public policy researcher at the Institute Alternative (IA), was a guest on the…