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Press release: Opposition to chair the Security and Defense Committee
Among all requests submitted by the opposition with regard to the constitution of the working bodies and presiding over them, the chairmanship of the Defence and Security Committee is one of the most necessary and legitimate one. Such solution would finally comply with resolutions of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on the…
Jovana Marović on public administration reform for Vijesti
IA’s Research Coordinator, Jovana Marović, appeared in the main informative program of the television Vijesti sharing views on the reform of public administration, ie, rationalization of the Government. Watch the interview here:
Closing conference: The challenges of developing combined social policy (welfare mix)
IA held the closing conference within the project entitled “The Challenges of the development of welfare mix in Montenegro“. IA presented the results of the quantitative research conducted under this project. We are very pleased with the high number of relevant social actors who attended this meeting: nearly hundred representatives of NGOs, local government, Agency…
Blog, EU accession negotiations
New approach – new conditions
““The European Union will not allow repetition of Romania and Bulgaria”, “Problems of organized crime and corruption in Montenegro caused that the most difficult chapters will be opened at the beginning of negotiations”, “EUROPOL investigate the relationship of the underground and politicians.” These are just certain sentences used by different domestic and international political entities…
Investigating the “Telecom Affair” in the Parliament – unrealistic expectations and realistic limitations
Today we presented the findings of our latest analysis, entitled “Investigating the “Telekom Affair” in the Parliament – unrealistic expectations and realistic limitations.” The analysis was supported by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES). The goal of this analysis is to answer the following question – which obstacles did the Inquiry Committee face in carrying out…
(Un)real Expectations
By the letter of the Constitution, The Government of Montenegro is in charge of conducting domestic and foreign policy. Non-governmental organizations have an implied obligation to communicate and cooperate with the Government. The Government has a written obligation to cooperate with non-governmental organizations. Especially non-governmental organizations which analize public policy and offer solutions, by definition,…