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Plans, will and money

Strategies and action plans are passing so that the responsibility is shared (read: non-existing) among different organs, cost estimates are often lacking, and the reporting and coordination are restrictive. At the end of December 2012, The Parliament of Montenegro adopted the Law on Budget for 2013 year, and at the end of January, the Government…

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Accountable public finances

Press release: Misdemeanor Accountability To Be Clearly Established

The public debate on the Draft of Law on Budget and Fiscal Accountability is completed and the Law will, if adopted, replace the systematic Budget Law which is currently in force. According to the Draft of Law, misdemeanor accountability is arranged so that numerous actions remained without prescribed penalty. The authority in charge of misdemeanor…

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Accountable public finances

Press release: The New Law Should Eliminate Previous Failures

The Draft of Law on Budget and Fiscal Accountability does not contribute sufficiently to the improvement of the budget transparency, to the participation of the Parliament in the budget cycle, to the regulation of misdemeanor accountability, and some of its provisions are directly opposite to the Government’s strategic goals. During the public discussion on the…

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Commentary on the Draft of Law on Budget and Fiscal Accountability

The Ministry of Finance has prepared a Draft of Law on the Budget and Fiscal Accountability and this text is currently a subject of public debate. IA considers that this Draft of Law introduces a number of novelties which will improve organic law budget that is currently in force. However, many provisions have remained incomplete,…

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Press release: No progress in regulating concessions

IA’s press releaseon the Report on the implementation of obligations under concession agreements adopted by the Government on January 24 2013. In the past year, no progress in the legal, institutional and control regulation of concessions in Montenegro has been made. Problems, identified in this area over the previous years, are still present. Specifically, a new…

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Social policy

Interview for the Radio of Montenegro

Our associate Dragana Radovic, was recently interviewed for the Radio of Montenegro on the topic of introduction of social cards:

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