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Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
State Owned Enterprises on Black List of Tax Debtors
On the black list of tax debtors, first five debtors are state owned enterprises. According to the data of Tax Administration, just those five debtors owe a total of 27.7 millions of euros based on unpaid taxes and tax on contributions. This is also the same amount of the questionable state aid to state owned…
Six NGOs Call For Election of President of Constitutional Court ASAP
NGOs Human Rights Action (HRA), Center for Civil Liberties (CEGAS), European Association for Law and Finance (EALF), Institute Alternative (IA), Institute for the Rule of Law (IVP) and the Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) welcome the decision of the Constitutional Court of Friday, 6 November 2020, to schedule the election for the…
On European Topics for Radio of Montenegro
Our Dina Bajramspahić, public policy researcher, was a guest in the show dedicated to European topics. The show was broadcasted on 6.11.2020. at Radio of Montenegro. Among the other things, she answered the following questions: Is the proposed model of expert Government a good, sustainable and expected solution? Will European integrations be overshadowed if it…
The Decision Arrives Faster on Its Own than Through the Administrative Court
After 19 months, the Administrative Court scheduled hearing in the dispute that we initiated against Agency for Prevention of Corruption for hiding the Decision in which it determined that DPS was illegally financed in the 2016 pre-election campaign. The Decision, the secrecy of which the Court is now deciding, has been publicly available for almost…
Training on Gender Sensitive Budgeting Organised by IA
Nearly 40 participants gained knowledge on the introduction of a gender perspective within all phases of budget process, practical examples and tools for achieving gender sensitive budgeting. Training ”Gender Equality and Public Policies: Basics of Gender Sensitive Budgeting” was organised by the Institute Alternative on 27 and 29 October, 2020. Purpose of the training and…
Blog: Constitutional and Legal Mess
Recently, public attention has been focused on the issue of whether the current Prime Minister violated the Constitution by refusing to resign the position of an MP. Furthermore, the question was also raised whether he breached the Law on Prevention of Corruption by such act, considering that he made a written ‘’promise’’ that he would…