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Will Montenegro be ready to start closing negotiating chapters by the end of the year?
Montenegro is close to receiving the closing benchmarks for chapters 23 and 24, Dritan Abazović said last week during the Prime Minister’s question time in the Assembly of Montenegro. Recently, in Brussels, he claimed that this can be done by the end of this year. “I am sure that there is great optimism for Montenegro…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Amendments to the Public Procurement Law lack reform impetus
The Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement is making steps towards simplifying procedures and clarifying legal provisions that could and/or have been so far subject to different interpretations in use. While praising such procedural improvements, we note that these amendments lack reform zest, for which we have also seen the need…
While Affairs Pile Up, Parliament Needs to Step In
We have sent proposals to MPs to intensify oversight activities, reminding them that most of the committees have not yet adopted annual activity plans, while they failed to discuss important reports, including the semi-annual report of the police director on the fight against organised crime. Reiterating the relevance of our last year’s proposals, we pointed…
Gender Mainstreaming of Strategic Planning Training Organized
In order to bring the process of gender mainstreaming closer to civil servants working on the design and implementation of strategic planning, on April 8 in Kolašin, we held a training ”Strategic Planning for Gender Equality”. Project Coordinator, Nikoleta Pavićević, said that the training was intended primarily for officials who attended the Education Program for…
Gender Mainstreaming of IPA Programming Training Organized
Institut Alternative held a Training on Gender Mainstreaming of IPA Programming and strenghtened capacities of 20 civil servants, as well as representatives of civil society organizations Co-financed by the European Union Co-financed by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency Institut Alternative organized a Training on Gender Mainstreaming of IPA (Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance) Programming and…
Ministry to Enable Inclusive Policy-Making Process
In order to make a more inclusive process of creating laws and strategies, it is necessary to expand the platform for the participation of public and civil society through the amendments of the Decree on the election of NGO representatives to the working bodies of state administration. The Institute Alternative has sent an initiative to…