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EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
IA at the Fair of NGOs
Institute Alternative was one of the 36 promoters that presented work of their organisation on the Fair of non – governmental organisations, held on June 22, 2019 in Berane. The fair called „NGO EXPO 2019“ was organised for the fourth time, and during the past years this fair gathered citizens and activists from civil society…
Muk: Montenegro made too little of a progress in fields disputable from the very beginning
Montenegro has progressed on the European path, but not enough if taking into account the resources invested in this process, primarily the investments of the EU and other international and local actors, stated President of the Managing Board of Institute Alternative, Stevo Muk. Muk commented on the seven years of the Montenegrin negotiations with the…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Ministry of Finance to Organise a Public Discussion on the Public Procurement Law
We call upon the Ministry of Finance to organise a public discussion on the Draft Law on Public Procurement in order to enable all the relevant stakeholders to take part in the preparation of this document which will regulate multi-million budgetary spending. Instead of public discussion, on 10 June 2019 the Ministry of Finance announced…
Workshop: Where Does My Money Go?
Institute Alternative (IA) is organizing the workshop ‘’Where Does My Money Go’’ in order to introduce representatives of the NGO sector and the media with our innovated website ‘’My Money’’ and to provide instructions for easy search. The aim of presentation is better understanding of its future users of the budget and its higher availability…
Communists Accommodated DPS and SDP, the State Provided Half Million a Year for Opposition
Political parties are receiving money from Property Administration for renting office space on monthly a basis. This is done without any legal act or criteria such as number of members in Parliament, number of party employees, location where the office could be leased… Political parties, beside the money for regular work which they receive from…
Unacceptable Draft Law on Classified Information given to the public debate
Institute alternative repeats dissatisfaction that was already expressed and insist on the respect of the Constitution. It is absolutely unacceptable that Draft Law on Classified Information is adopted in the version given to the public debate. IA will provide comments to the Ministry of Defence during the public debate, and also suggest a concrete and…
European Commission’s Report on Montenegro is a challenge for EC’s future officials
TV show Reflektor: What benefits do citizens have from EU negotiations? Ana Đurnić, public policy researcher at Institute Alternative (IA), was guest in TV show ‘’Reflektor’’ broadcasted on TV Vijesti. Participants discussed Montenegro’s position on it EU path after seven years of negotiations, since the last European Commission (EC) Report on Montenegro highlighted the same…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Dissatisfaction with the announcement of the new prohibition on access to information
Introduction of “abuse of the right to free access to information” in the Law on Free Access to Information would mean giving a discretionary right to authority to evaluate motives of the applicant of request for free access to information, Bajramspahić said on the roundtable “Public information must not be secret!” Dina Bajramspahić, public policy…
The Capital city to return the Acts on Cooperation with NGOs for additional amendment
The IA calls upon the Capital City to return by-law acts that regulating cooperation with NGOs for additional amendment, and to boost cooperation by improving these documents and thus paves the way for the future. If the Capital City has no vision to create even better basis for cooperation with civil society organizations than the…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
DPS against EU and US in new action of retaining control over the RTCG
Administrative Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro determined the Proposal for the list for the appointment of the RTCG Council by authorized proposers. Proposal for the list was unanimously supported by the MPs of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which confirmed that the DPS had controlled this process from the beginning, and that there…
EU accession negotiations, Rule of law
The EU Should React to the Capture of Security Services in the Western Balkans
It was concluded at the event organised by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 4 June 2019 in Belgrade. The event was organised within the project “Watching the Watchers: Towards Accountable Intelligence Services in the Western Balkans” which is jointly implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy from Serbia, Center for European Strategies…
About Contest for digital solution for TV Show NGO sector
Dragana Jaćimović, project associate at Institute Alternative, presented Contest for digital solution for citizen participation for the TV show NGO sector. The contest is organised by Institute Alternative with partners within the You4EU project. In this TV show, answers were given to these questions: 🔘What are we looking for in this competition? 🔘Who can apply…