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Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
IA in the Public Finance Management Dialogue
We participated in the first Public Finance Management Dialogue (PFM) and presented our key recommendations in this field. Stevo Muk, President of the Managing Board of the Institute Alternative, presented our comments on the implementation of the Public Finance Management Reform Programme. He said that the implementation rate of the reform programme was poor, with…
Institute Alternative at the ODIHR human rights event
Aleksandra Vavić, Public Policy Researcher at Institute Alternative, participated in the annual meeting on human rights, organised by ODIHR (Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights) and presented key issues concerning public assemblies in Montenegro. Roundtable “Promotion of Police Security for Free Assembly in Accordance with Human Rights in Western Balkans” presented problems and good…
You4EU – Citizen participation 2.0
Institute Alternative with the support of “Europe for Citizens” Programme of the European Union implements the project “YOU4EU – Citizen Participation 2.0”. The aim of the project is to encourage citizens in Europe to take part in decision and policy – making processes. Citizen participation in decision and policy – making processes is one of…
Where is the Protector in discussion about the future of Airports?
Given the relevance of the issue and the amount of the proposed concession arrangement, the competent ministry should request the advisory opinion of the Protector of Property and Legal Interests of Montenegro, which should take part in discussion on the future of the Airports of Montenegro. During the public presentation of procedure for awarding a…
Independent Police, Yes or No?
Question on Police independence is in its purpose the question where will be the power, in ministerial or director chair, and that power must be properly decentralised and brought in balance. It is bad for citizens if this process is not used for serious improvement of the Police work but only comes down to spillover…
The Ministry of Interior in Montenegro Trains Personnel with No Prospects for Employment
By continuing to select candidates for the “police crash-course” the state administration invests in personnel that are not needed and for whom there is no information as to how and when will be employed, due to the fact that several cohorts of cadets still await employment in Police. During 10 and 11 September, a health…
Commentary on the Secretary of the National Security Council
Small responsibilities, good salary Although the constant rotations of a small number of personnel in security sector is very negative practice that lasts for years and have detrimental effects on security situation, I think that the public in this concrete case gives too much of importance to responsibilities of the secretary of the National Security…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law, Social policy
The Government ignores communication with NGOs
Coalition Cooperation to the Goal, which consists of 100 NGOs, has sent a letter to the Prime Minister more than a month ago with the call upon the Ministry of Finance and the Government of Montenegro to fulfil their legal obligations and to adopt the Regulation on co-financing of EU projects for domestic non-governmental organisations. After…
Public administration reform, Rule of law
The Government’s Proposal for the Appointment of Veljović is Illegal
From the documents submitted along the proposal for the appointment of Veselin Veljović as a Director of the Police Directorate it follows that legally required testing procedures had not been conducted. We urge the Government to annul the public competition. On July 25th, the Human Resources Management Authority established a list of candidates who…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations
Infographic: 150 million euro for only 25 companies
We prepared an infographic on the public procurement spending in 2017. Data from the Public Procurement Administration’s Report for 2017 show that in that year, spending for public procurement exceeded half a billion euro and that less than 1% of the bidders earned 1/4 of that money. Check out the other interesting data in the…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Coalition “Cooperating Towards Goal”: Government to Enable Co-financing of the EU Projects
Coalition “Cooperating Towards Goal” calls upon the Ministry of Finance and the Government of Montenegro to urgently fulfil their legal obligations and adopt the Decree on co-financing of the EU projects for national non-governmental organisations. The state made a commitment to support NGO projects that have been selected through demanding and complex EU tenders, taking…
Five Stars for Institute Alternative: Amongst the Most Transparent in the World for the Fourth Time
In the report published today, Institute Alternative received five stars for transparency, along with the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) and the Center for Research and Monitoring (CeMI). Once again, we found ourselves in the company of renowned think thanks around the world, such as Amnesty International, Bruegel, Freedom House and others. “Transparency continues to…