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Interview for Balkan Insight: Jovana Marović – Research Coordinator
Following her appointment as an NGO representative in the working group for chapter 23 in the process of negotiations for accession to the EU, Jovana Marović, research coordinator at Institute Alternative, had an interview with Balkan Insight on 12 March 2012 1. How many non-governmental organizations applied to have their representatives included in the working…
Inquiry, a parliamentary one!
Parliamentary majority should realize that parliamentary inquiry, like other mechanisms of overseeing the government, is a good opportunity for the government itself to reaffirm and present its policies with arguments, before MPs and the public Decision to conduct the first parliamentary inquiry since the restoration of independence, has been made. A second one – the…
New Research: Parliamentary inquiries – Control mechanism without political support
Institute Alternative, with the support of Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, conducted a research about parliamentary inquiries. The aim of the research was to, by analyzing the legal framework, its implementation and comparative practices, formulate the recommendations for the improvement of this control mechanism. Although provisioned by the Constitution, initiatives for launching parliamentary inquiry in Montenegro are…
Parliament must be included in the process of clarification of the facts about the privatization of Telekom
Institute Alternative (IA), Center for Civic Education (CCE), Centre for Monitoring (CEMI), European Movement in Montenegro (EMiM) and the Center for Development of NGOs (CRNVO) claim that the opening of a parliamentary inquiry and forming Inquiry Commitee for gather information about the privatization of Telekom Montenegro presents the best way to protect the public interest…
Parliamentary program, Rule of law
Agency for National Security and secret surveillance measures – is there a control?
New research, named “Agency for National Security and secret surveillance measures – is there a control?”, conducted by Institute Alternative was presented at the press conference on Friday, February 10, 2012. The research was supported by the Parliament of Montenegro and it is a part of project on possibilities and limitations of democratic and civil…
Comment on the Strategy for Development of Public Procurement System 2011 – 2015 and on the Action plan for implementation of the strategy
Strategy for Development of Public Procurement System 2011 – 2015 and Action plan for implementation of the Strategy were adopted at the session of Government of Montenegro, which was held on December 22, 2011. The Strategy’s draft was publicly debated, what cannot be said for the draft of the action plan, which wasn’t available at…