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Municipalities Must be Clearly Separated form Religious Communities
Sanctification of Municipality building in Budva can violate the constitutional principle of separation between religious communities and state, and put in an unequal position users of public services and employees in administrative bodies. Local self-government, regardless of the political parties that win the majority in local elections, should serve all citizens, regardless of their personal…
Appeal to Investigate all Incidents in Pljevlja
So far, four people have been prosecuted for incidents in Pljevlja – two for two crimes committed to the detriment of three individuals and two people for a total of three misdemeanors. The Human Rights Action (HRA) and Institute Alternative (IA) requested information from the Police Administration on how many misdemeanor and criminal charges were…
Podcast, Public administration reform
Podcast “Diplomacy Talks” – guest Stevo Muk
President of the Managing Board at the Institute Alternative (IA), Stevo Muk, was a guest in the podcast “Diplomacy Talks“. He talked with Mahir Sajmija from Foreign Policy Initiative BH. This podcast aims to discuss current topics from the region. The topic of this episode was the recent elections in Montenegro and the new majority.…
Online Info Session – WeBER 2.0 Small Grant Facility
We published Call for proposals for the implementation of the Small Grant Facility for support to civil society monitoring of public administration reform at local level. Due to current epidemiological measures, info session for all interested applicants will be held via Zoom platform on Thursday, 24th September at 11h. Access data for info session: LINK:…
Blog: Montenegro Election – What Lies Beneath the Surface
Author’s text published on the European Western Balkans portal This is the eighteenth day since the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) lost the election, after having spent thirty years in power, and Montenegro elected a new government for the first time. Surprisingly, everyone seems to have already adapted to that fact and accepted the new…
Public perceptions of service delivery in the region on the rise
Results from the public perception survey on service delivery suggest that governments in the Western Balkans are striving towards digitalisation and citizen-oriented services.[1] This year’s surveys show that all of the countries in the region are either making progress or remain at the level of the first PAR Monitor 2017/2018. Public perception points to a…