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Recommendations for Improvement of Police Work
The key problem is human resources management, ie hiring and giving promotions which is not based on merit, knowledge, skills and personal abilities relevant to police work, said Dina Bajramspahić, Institute Alternative’s policy researcher In the context of the deteriorating of security in our country, we recall of some of the issues that we have…
Only three ministries announced public discussions planned in 2020
Only five ministries have fulfilled legal obligation to publish the work programme, while only three ministries have published a list of acts to be subject of public discussions in 2020. Year after year, the Government and ministries do not improve in creating conditions for public participation in policy-making. First of all, the Government established the…
Call for Training Course – Gender Mainstreaming of 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 of Public Policies Institute Alternative invites civil servants, decision-makers and representatives of civil society to apply for Gender mainstreaming of Public Policies training course. Through Gender Mainstreaming of Public Policies training course,…
Army and Police Officers Right to Attend Public Assemblies
The Law on the Army and the Law on Internal Affairs allow officers of the Army and Police to attend the protest, party and other political assemblies without wearing uniform. This was highlighted by NGOs Human Rights Action (HRA) and Institute Alternative (IA) in a letter sent to the Chief of General Staff of the…
Clarifications: Call for Proposals ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies”
C L A R I F I C A T I O N S regarding the Call for Proposals – Small Grants Facility For CSOs from Montenegro, within the project ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies” Questions asked at the info session: Question 1: Is it recommendable for project activities to be…
Montenegro’s EU Integrations
Our Dina’s great interview for daily newspaper Vijesti on enlargement policy and other aspects of Montenegro’s integration in European Union (EU). 1) New methodology The new methodology is a new important moment for refreshing the idea of enlargement. It is still in the draft form and there is a room for it’s improvement. That is…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
The Administrative Court: The Agency’s Decision on Jelić’s conflict of interest was not legal
The Administrative Court’s Decision states that the Agency for Prevention of Corruption’s (APC) Decision lacks rationale of the statement that the ‘’expert services’’ provided by the public official Zoran Jelić, the senator of the State Audit Institution, to the Prva bank of Montenegro can be linked to scientific, educational, artistic and sports activities. We consider…
EU and Western Balkans: Seizing the Momentum
The European Parliament and the Think for Europe Network (TEN) are organising the panel discussion EU and Western Balkans: Seizing the Momentum Date: 19 February 2020 – 1 to 3 pm Venue: European Parliament, Brussels, room ASP 3G2 Following the publication of the Commission’s Western Balkans Strategy 2018 was supposed to be the ‘year of…
New violence as the consequence of relativising crime
We strongly condemn the attack on the activists of the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), the Youth Initiative for Human Rights from Serbia and the forum ZFD at the pro-fascist promotion of the book of war criminal Vojislav Šeselj in Belgrade. On Wednesday evening, 5 February, promotion of the book ‘There was no genocide in Srebrenica’…
On EU Integrations on Radio of Montenegro
Our Dina Bajramspahić was guest in todays show dedicated to EU integrations on the Radio of Montenegro. She spoke about new methodology of European Commission, the principles on which it is based and whether Montenegro should accept them. She also commented on the progress made so far in negotiations, the priorities for the future and…
Info Session: ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies”
We invite colleagues from civil society organisations to an info session during which we will present Contest within the project: ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies’’. Info Session will start on 13 February 2020, at the EU Info Center – Podgorica, at 12 o’clock. Info Session in an opportunity to talk with…
6 NGOs Protest the Appointment of the Presiding Judge of the Constitutional Court
Non-governmental organisations Human Rights Action (HRA), Center for Civil Liberties, European Association for Law and Finance, Institute alternative, Institute for the Rule of Law and Network for Affirmation of the NGO sector – MANS, sent yesterday an open letter to seven judges of the Constitutional Court of Montenegro regarding election of judge Desanka Lopičić for…