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Interactive workshop: Policy research, Technology and Advocacy Converge in Prague
Our researcher, Dina Bajramspahić, participated in an interactive workshop held in Prague on 7th and 8th November Workshop topics were policy research, new technologies in purpose of innovative presentation of research findings and creative methods of advocacy. The workshop was organized by the Open Society Think Tank Fund, Open Society Prague and Google. Participants of…
IA at the community boost_r camp in Sarajevo
Community boost_r camp was held in Sarajevo and brought together nearly 150 participants from five countries of the Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia). On behalf of Institute Alternativa, the camp was attended by Marko Sošić, coordinator of the project from which emerged our visualization of local budgets in Montenegro, www.mojgrad.me.…
Third meeting of the SELDI network members
IA’s Research Coordinator, Jovana Marović, attended the SELDI Steering Board meeting (Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity), as well as training on anti-corruption mechanisms, which was organized for the project partners on 7 and 8 November 2013 in Skopje, Macedonia. Jovana has presented the Institute Alternative’s experience in monitoring corruption at the local level,…
Training: A Good Policy Paper as an Advocacy Tool
Training program A Good Policy Paper as an Advocacy Tool was organized in Tirana on 6 November 2013, as part of the program within the BCSDN (Balkan Civil Society Development Network) for organizations that have received grant for their research through this year’s call for proposals. Jovana Marović, research coordinator, presented IA’s project “Towards better…
Workshop on transparency of Parliaments
Milena Milosevic represented our organization at the regional workshop on transparency of parliaments of Western Balkan countries and their cooperation with civil society organizations. The workshop was organized in the period between November 6 and 8 in Casta-Papiernicka, Slovakia, by National Democratic Institute (NDI), non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen democratic institutions across the…
Press release: Unsustainable solutions for the Old Royal Capital
Solutions proposed in the bill Law on the Old Royal Capital, proposed by the MPs of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), related to the financing of the capital, are unsustainable and discriminatory to other local governments in Montenegro. Draft Law foresees radical changes in the manner of financing the Old Royal Capital Cetinje and…