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Institute Alternative’s project associate has been a guest of TV show about public procurement on TV Vijesti
Institute Alternative’s Project Associate Milica Popović has been a guest of TV show ,,Epilog” on TV ,,Vijesti”, discussing the topic of corruption in public procurement system in Montenegro. The show aired on 04/04/2011.
Overseeing the budgets of local self-governments – constraints and opportunities
Latest research of Institute Alternative “Overseeing the budgets of local self-governments – constraints and opportunities”,was presented at the press conference on 01 April 2011. The research was conducted in the framework of the project “Strengthening budget control at the local level”, supported by Canada Fund. Aiming to give an overview of existing mechanisms for budget…
SAI’s Senate incomplete for a year
Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI) has been incomplete for a year now, comprising four out of the legally prescribed five members. Institute Alternative calls upon the Parliament and Administrative Committee, to place the appointing of a new member of the SAI’s Senate on the list of its short-term priorities. Since a member of…
Strengthening the Budget control in Local Self-Government
Institute Alternative organized a seminar “Strengthening the Budget control in Local Self-Government” on 25 and 26 March 2011, with the support of the Canada Fund. Central topics of the seminar were possibilities for strengthening the control of the budget and external audit at the local level. Seminar was organized for the members of the committees…
Control of selecting commercial auditors required
The process of selecting commercial auditors in local self-governaments in Montenegro is not transparent and adequately controlled. This is one of the findings from the research “Strengthening the Budget Control in Local Self-Government”, which Institute Alternative conducted with the support of the Canada Fund. The level of transparency is limited by the selection procedure. Given…
Surveillance measures restricting human rights
Democratic control of ANB’s measures necessary Secret surveillance in any form represent a restriction of human rights and MPs must act on amending the Law on National Security Agency (ANB), which refers to the process of their approval, stated Stevo Muk, from the Institute Alternative. He said that certain amendments to the Law on ANB…