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New Call for Training Course: Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policies
Gender Equality and Public Policies: Basics of Gender Mainstreaming Institute Alternative (IA) announces public call for applications for training course on Gender Mainstreaming and Public Policies Institute Alternative invites civil servants, decision-makers and representatives of civil society organisations to apply for Gender mainstreaming of Public Policies training course. The training course will be conducted by…
Traces of Ministers in Suspicious Public Procurement (I)
From furniture and cable cars to elite locations on the sea Among the longest-serving ministers of various departments in the Montenegrin governments since the referendum, Branimir Gvozdenović, former Vice-President of the Parliament of Montenegro and political director of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), is most often called out for potential conflicts between his public…
WeBER 2.0 – Call for CSOs
WeBER 2.0 – Western Balkan Civil Society Empowerment for a Reformed Public Administration is seeking project proposals for the implementation of the Small Grant Facility for support to civil society monitoring of public administration reform at local level. The Call for proposals is in the total amount of 225.000 EUR intended to support up to…
Police to secure assemblies and protect safety and property of those not participating in assemblies
The Police Administration is obliged to provide the public with timely information and credible assurance that all assemblies that are organised, whether registered or not, will be organised in a way that will allow everyone to feel unconcerned. The Police Administration, by its passive attitude, refusal to respond on official requests and appeals, as well…
Condemnation of the incidents
We condemn all incidents, threats and any behaviour that endangers other individuals and groups, or produces their felling of vulnerability. Any kind of revenge against citizens, parties or organisations which are considered defeated in the elections is unacceptable. Incidents and threats must be prosecuted no matter are they the result of authentic bad intentions of…
Bajramspahić: Montenegro should not be headache for EU
General tone of the September EC’s Report will predominantly depend on how the election day will end. In the area of judiciary reform, fight against corruption and organised crime – nothing has been done to deserve praises. Resignation of Vesna Medenica would help us score some points in the eyes of the EC. In this…
“Together for LGBT Rights”: Reaction Regarding Lawyer Marković’s threats
The Coalition “Together for LGBT Rights” most decidedly condemns hate speech directed to the LGBTIQ community and our allies by lawyer Velibor Marković and simultaneously extends support to the journalist of the “Vijesti” Damira Kalač, who filed a complaint against Marković as a citizen, due to threats made on the social network Facebook. Considering that…
Public Call for NGO, Media, Syndicate and Informal Groups Representatives for Training on Public Assemblies
CALL FOR NGO, MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES AND INFORMAL GROUPS Training on Public Assemblies -European standards and real life Institute Alternative (IA) in partnership with Human Rights Action (HRA) is implementing ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies” project, supported by European Union, which intends to change the worrying trend of narrowing the space for…
Together for LGBT Rights
The Coalition “Together for LGBT Rights” congratulates LGBTIQ persons on the adoption of the Law on Same Sex Life Partnership. We welcome the decision of the Parliament of Montenegro to adopt the Draft Law. We thank all the MPs who voted that persons belonging to sexual minorities can also make official life together with the…
Initiative to Review the Constitutionality of the Ban of Political Gatherings – Filed
Human Rights Action (HRA) and Institute Alternative (IA) filed today an initiative to the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of the order of the Minister of Health to ban political gatherings and restriction of religious assembly from 26 June 2020, and proposed suspension of those measures. By the order for taking temporary measures to prevent…
Highest positions in Public Administration – less achievable for women
Although more numerous in our public administration, women rarely hold better paid decision-making positions, contrary, and the higher we go on the hierarchical ladder in ministries and municipalities, number of woman is decreasing – according to the Institute alternative’s research. Traps of collective math may lead to the conclusion that the position of women in…
IA and HRA Call: Give a Chance to Peace and Ensure Respect for Human Rights of Dissidents
Institute Alternative (IA) and Human Rights Action (HRA) invite the Government, Director of the Police Administration, State Prosecution Office and Ombudsman, to urgently ensure respect for human rights and rights to freedom of peaceful assembly, prohibition of abuse of freedom of expression in Montenegro, in accordance with the Constitution and international standards. In this time…