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Press release: Strengthening parliamentary oversight of public procurement system
Institute Alternative is conducting the project “Strengthening parliamentary oversight of public procurement system in Montenegro”, with the support of the Democracy Commission for Small Grants of the Embassy of the United States. Parliament’s role in monitoring the implementation of the Law on Public Procurement is limited. Parliamentary committees do not discuss the annual reports of…
Accountable public finances, Parliamentary program
IA At the Hearing on the 2013 Budget Proposal
Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget conducted a hearing today on the Proposal of Law on Budget of Montenegro for 2013. Besides the representatives of proposers of this act, Minister of Finance and Deputy of Minister of Finance, the session was attended by representatives of the State Audit Office, the Chamber of Commerce of Montenegro,…
Meeting with the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Justice
The meeting between deputy prime minister and justice minister, Dusko Markovic, and representatives of non-governmental organizations: Institute Alternative, Centre for Civic Education, Centre for Monitoring and Research, European Movement in Montenegro, Action for Human Rights, Center for Democracy and Human Rights, 4Life , Civic Alliance, and Helsinki Committee for Human Rightsn was held today. Deputy…
About Social Card for RTCG Daily
Public policy researcher in the Institute Alternative, Dragana Radović, gave an interview for Montenegro’s public broadcaster, RTCG. Her statement about the realization of the project “Social Card – Social Welfare Information System in Montenegro” was featured in the television’s news program on January 13th 2013. In December 2012, IA presented policy paper entitled “Social Card…
Research paper presented: ”Social Card in Montenegro – high hopes?”
At the press conference organized on December 17th 2012, we presented our policy paper entitled “Social Card in Montenegro – high hopes?”. This research is a part of Institute’s permanent activities related to the monitoring of social policy reform process in Montenegro and to suggesting of innovative solutions in this area. The speakers on the…
Health and Politics
At the end of this month will be a year since I lost my father. After my father’s death, many issues are left, related to (the lack of) medical care for almost fifty days of the struggle for life. What could we have done differently? What the doctors could have done otherwise? Is that the…