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The Government Forgot About the State Property Inspection
The State Property Inspection has not conducted a single inspection in the past year, and in the meantime, the inspection body has been left without inspectors, as they have been reassigned to other positions or their mandates have expired. The State Property Inspection has not been operational since October 2023. Following amendments to a government…
Eight Months from Initiative to Hearing: The Committee Finally Reviewed the SAI Report on CEDIS
Eight months after submitting the initiative, the Committee for Economy, Finance, and Budget finally conducted a control hearing of the head of the Montenegrin Electric Distribution System (CEDIS), the Montenegrin Electric Power Company (EPCG), the Minister of Energy, and members of the Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI) on the financial state and operations…
IA’s Initiative For a Joint Hearing on Hold For Five Months
For nearly five months, we have been waiting for the parliamentary committees on economy and health to act on our initiative for holding a joint hearing on the topic of public procurement in healthcare. Despite the fact that the initiative, submitted by Institute Alternative on May 10th this year, was initially accepted by both parliamentary…
Parliamentary Dimension of the Berlin Process at the Bundestag
The German Bundestag hosted the event “Parliamentary Dimension of the Berlin Process,” held on October 9 in Berlin. The event, supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, was organised by the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” from Skopje, in cooperation with Institute Alternative and other partner organisations from the region. The event brought together MPs…
A Quarter of State-Owned Enterprises Hide Directors’ Contracts
Complex network of salaries, bonuses, and severance payments in other sectors A quarter of state-owned enterprises did not respond to our request for access to the contracts of their executive directors, including some of the largest and most important public companies. The lack of transparency is further compounded by the failure to provide contract annexes.…
Meeting of NGO representatives with the Supreme State Prosecutor
A meeting between the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office and representatives of non-governmental organisations was held today, with Dragana Jaćimović, a representative of Institute Alternative, participating. The meeting was organised with the aim of establishing better, higher-quality, and more cooperative partnerships between the State Prosecutor’s Office and civil society. Supreme State Prosecutor Milorad Marković informed the…