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Reason and revolution

Politics is rational activity. That’s why it is important for us from the non-governmental sector, when trying to change the system, and for political parties, when trying to change the face of power, to bring decisions via reasonable dialogue instead of sterile revolutionary noise. The 1990 Nobel Peace Prize winner, Aung San Suu Kyi, in…

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EU accession negotiations

Analysis ”Montenegro and Negotiations About the Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights” Presented

Analysis of Institute Alternative “Montenegro and Negotiations About the Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights“ was presented at the press conference on June 19, 2012. Think Tank Fund supported the research. The aim of the analysis was that, based on the Croatian experiences within the talks about the Chapter 23 and the European Commission’s…

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Accountable public finances

Conference: The role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Party Financing Control

Representative of Institute Alternative participated in the work of the Second Regional Conference of Supreme Audit Institutions, named “The role of Supreme Audit Institutions in Party Financing Control“. President of the Managing Board of Institute Alternative, Stevo Muk, presented the relations between the State Audit Institution and NGO sector, emphasising possibilities steming from the Strategic…

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Public administration reform

Financial Independence of the SAI and Implementation of its Recommendations

Questions of the reporter from the daily newspaper Dan: 1. Is there any possibility for an increase of the SAI’s budget? 2. Why the adoption of the changes to the Law on SAI has been postponed? 3. In your opinion, in which way the implementation of the SAI’s recommendations can be improved? Answers of IA’s…

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Accountable public finances

Situation With the President of Senate of State Audit Institution

Questions of the reporter from daily Vijesti: 1. How do you comment information that the Government paid 250,000 euro to the former finance minister in order to help his defence during the trial against him in Italy? 2. Do you think that Ivanisevic, being a president of Senate of State Audit Institution, can still perform…

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Parliamentary program

The Law on Parliamentary Inquiry Should Be Adopted Urgently

Institute Alternative appeals on MPs of Parliament of Montenegro to amend the Law on Parliamentary Inquiry as soon as possible. Refusing to support these amendments means refusal of the support to the strenghtening of the Parliament’s control function, because it is certain that the recently former inquiry committee cannot perform the task asigned to it…

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