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For Montenegro, there is no other choice but EU integration
On Wednesday, April 12, the first in a series of BSC Leaders Meetings was held in Podgorica, under the title “Montenegro after the presidential elections: Fast forward towards the EU?”, organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and the Institute Alternative. Jakov Milatović, President-elect of Montenegro, Dritan Abazović, Prime Minister of Montenegro, Rosa Balfour,…
The Constitutional Court to resolve the deep crisis of the political system: Stop the domino effect of irresponsible decisions
We appeal to the Parliament and the Government of Montenegro to cease the practice of debating bills, which do not meet the elementary criteria of public participation, especially in the current context of the crisis of the legitimacy of the political system. Furthermore, we appeal to the Constitutional Court to promptly decide on a series…
The Second Meeting of Public Procurement Watchdogs
On Wednesday, March 29th, Institute Alternative organised the second meeting within the project ‘Procurement Under Spotlight – Making Watchdogs Work!’, supported by the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Serbia and Montenegro, through the MATRA support programme. Considering that during the first Network meeting, the issue of splitting procurement contracts to avoid open…
The institutions responsible for oversight of the Government’s measures failed to protect the rights of citizens during the coronavirus epidemic
Podgorica, PR Service The Parliament of Montenegro, the Constitutional Court and the Agency for the Protection of Personal Data did not act proactively to oversight the decision-making of the Government of Montenegro during the coronavirus epidemic and failed to protect the rights of Montenegrin citizens. This was stated during the panel discussion “Crisis Management –…
IAs’ three recommendations for more efficient oversight of public procurement
The Institute alternative has been monitoring the work of parliamentary committees for years, with a special focus on the work of five committees – for economy, finance and budget, human rights and freedoms, anti-corruption, political system, justice and administration, and security and defence. We summarised our proposals through certain initiatives to improve the work of…
Human Resource Management Administration denied access to interviews
Q&A for key state administration positions are still secret The Human Resources Management Administration (HRMA) refused access to the written records of interviews conducted for key management positions in the state administration, under the pretext that they are not compiled, even though we were previously informed otherwise. The Institute Alternative requested an insight into the…