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Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Governments in the WB still do not provide adequate information on their achievements
First results from PAR Monitor 2019/2020 In the policy development area, PAR Monitor 2019/2020 starts by focusing on the information available to citizens on governmental performance. Evidence shows that citizens of the Western Balkan countries, with the exception of BiH and to a lesser extent North Macedonia, do not have access to basic information about…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Proactive informing from public authorities is still at a low level in the Western Balkans
First results from PAR Monitor 2019/2020 Worrying trends in the limited proactive information made available to citizens of the Western Balkans by their governments, indicated in the baseline PAR Monitor 2017/2018, have shown little change. Although some online information is easily accessible in most of the countries included, limited open data practices and transparency in…
New Public Administration Reform Strategy Must be Made According to Citizen’s Needs
We called on Ministry of Public Administration to make the process of drafting the Public Administration Reform Strategy in Montenegro 2021-2025 participatory and transparent, pointed out shortcomings of the current Strategy and made recommendations for future improvement of it On what values and principles process of preparing a new Strategy should be based? The planning…
Summit EU Western Balkan – With or Without (E)U?
Our public policy researcher Dina Bajramspahić spoke at the ’’Virtual meeting: Western Balkans Shadow Summit – With or Without EU’’, which was held through a moderated Zoom meeting on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 12:00, on the topic of EU enlargement and Western Balkans. The aim of the conference meeting is to contribute to the…
CSO Declaration on Zagreb EU – Western Balkans Summit
Institute Alternative is one of the signatories of the CSO Declaration on Zagreb EU – Western Balkans Summit. Over 90 leading civil society organisations from the Western Balkans, as well from the EU member states, working on issues of fundamental rights and the rule of law, democratic institutions, civic engagement, environmental protection, combating corruption and…
Completed project “You4EU – Citizen participation 2.0”
The Project “You4EU – Citizen Participation 2.0” was implemented by Institute Alternative in collaboration with Belgrade Open School (Serbia), Access Info Europe (Spain), Gong (Croatia) and PiNA (Slovenia) from 1 September 2018 to 29 February 2020 and with the support of the European Union within the Europe for Citizens Programme. The Project contributed to the…
Results of the Call for Proposals on Public Assemblies
We will support four civil society organisations to, together with us and with Human Rights Action (HRA), contribute to the fight against the worrying trend of narrowing civic participation space in Montenegro. Through the project ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies”, Institute Alternative and the Human Rights Action will contribute to the…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
On EU Integrations in the Age of Coronavirus on Radio of Montenegro
Our Dina Bajramspahić, as a guest in the show on European integrations on Radio of Montenegro, commented on the reaction of European institutions to the coronavirus pandemic, the EU’s position towards the Western Balkans in the new situation as well as the potential impact of a pandemic on European Integration of Montenegro. Interview with journalist…
Open Letter to the President of the Government of Montenegro
Nearly 50 NGOs and over 30 editors and journalists of the Montenegrin media sent today an open letter to the Prime Minister of Montenegro, Duško Marković, requesting to postpone public discussions and consultations on amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information until the end of the epidemic. The request to postpone the discussion…
Make Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective
Starting from March 2020, the Institute Alternative (IA) commenced its work on the two-year “Making a Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective” project. This Project is implemented in partnership with the members of the Think for Europe Network, the Institute for International Affairs in Rome, the Bronsilav Geremek Foundation Centre…
Reaction to the Allegations of the Ministry of Public Administration
Reaction to the allegations of the Ministry of Public Administration and today’s publishment of the expert opinions on the draft laws on free access to information Non-governmental organisations and journalists do not oppose public debate and additional consultations. On the contrary! We only ask to organise debate after the establishment of regular circumstances for work…
Constitutional Court to Evaluate the Constitutionality of Measures Introduced in the Fight Against COVID19
Regarding the recent order of the Ministry of Health, which implies further restrictions on the freedom of movement of citizens, including the prohibition of assembly in private apartments, and the dilemmas regarding the legal basis for such measures in a situation where no state of emergency is declared, NGOs Action for Human Rights (HRA) and…