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Agency in the first line for backing DPS again
Agency for Prevention of Corruption (APC), with a very general and vague explanation, denied access to the Decision establishing that the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) has been illegally financed during the election campaign for the 2016 Parliamentary Elections. The Agency, in the explanation, referred to the Law on Secrecy of Data, without stating which…
New Law on Free Access to Information: Another checked box for Brussels or even more secrets?
Press Statement for Independent Journal “Vijesti” regarding the establishment of the Working Group for the preparation of the new Law on Free Access to Information The Government, with its Work Program, envisaged amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information, but this fact does not necessarily imply that the Government plans to improve…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Most of municipalities do not publish key budgetary documents
A third of municipalities did not publish the annual budget report for 2017, while only four local governments published semi-annual reports on budget execution. With the aim of presenting current situation and relevance of proactive disclosure of information on local budgets, Institute Alternative and the NGO New Horizon conducted comparative research and analysis of the…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Government ignored proposals for enhancement of its Work Programme
Proactive informing of citizens on the use of the budgetary reserve and of parliament on execution of budget, as well as proactive reporting on the implementation rate of the European Commission’s recommendations – these are some of the obligations that the Government has refused to include in the 2019 Work Programme. Institute Alternative has submitted…
Realised activities within the project You4EU – Citizen participation 2.0
Dragana Jaćimović, project associate at Institute Alternative, presented activities that have been implemented so far within the “You4EU – Citizen participation 2.0” project, for the TV Show NGO sector. During the past period, within the first phase of the project “You4EU – Citizen participation 2.0”, citizens were able to post questions on the social media…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
SELDI Network: Call for Proposals
The Southeast European Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI), through its grants coordinator the Centres for Civic Initiatives (CCI), is seeking proposals for Support to Local Civil Society Organisations in Pursuing EU and Regional Anti-Corruption Agenda in IPA countries from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo , Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey). The…
Opposition’s Response?
Judging by reactions, Djukanovic will also try to silence this affair with the power of ”independent” institutions. ”Come to institutions, let us convince you that the “first sister” is actually Duško Knežević, that Milo’s reputation is worth a million euros, that the 16 000 euros you get and do not pay back – is not…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
WeBER findings: Public Finance Management
How transparent and accessible are budgetary documents? How do governments communicate and cooperate with public about public internal financial control (PIFC)? How do supreme audit institution’s (SAI) communicate and cooperate with the public pertaining to its work? Find out in this WeBER infographic, summarising the key findings of our regional Monitoring report:
WeBER findings: Strategic Framework of Public Administration Reform
Do Western Balkan governments have effective public administration reform agendas? Is PAR purposefully implemented? Are there functioning structures to steer the reform design and implementation? Find out in this WeBER Infographic, summarising the key findings of our regional Monitoring report:
WeBER findings: Accountability
Do Western Balkan countries have good freedom of information (FOI) laws and are they consistently applied? Find out in this WeBER Infographic, summarising the key findings of our regional Monitoring report:
Reaction of Coalition KUM to felling of cypresses in Bar
Local authorities must listen more carefully and responsibly to the voice of citizens The Coalition for Transparency and Fight against Corruption at the Local Level (KUM) assesses that the felling of cypresses in Bar represents an example of non-functionality of local democracy which should be based on direct approach and transparency. Unfortunately, institutes such as…
Ten proposals for better Law on Electronic Government
During the public debate, the Institute Alternative submitted written comments, suggestions and proposals to the Ministry of Public Administration, with the aim of improving the Draft Law on Electronic Government. The Draft Law’s key problems are failures to specify certain provisions and to impose appropriate sanctions, imprecise formulations and inconsistencies, which can limit the positive…