Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations

Trainings on Corruption Proofing Held in Budva, Podgorica and Zagreb

Public Policy Researcher at Institute Alternative (IA), Ana Đurnić, held trainings on Corruption Proofing of Legislation. Two trainings were held in Budva and Podgorica on April 24th and 25th, for representatives of Montenegrin local self-governments, ministries and the Parliament of Montenegro, while the third was held in Zagreb on May 22nd and 23rd for representatives…

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Accountable public finances, Public administration reform

IA Representative Participated at the 7th POINT Conference

Ana Đurnić, our Public Policy Researcher, participated at the 7th POINT Conference on Political Accountability and New Technologies, held from May 17-19th in Sarajevo. Specific topics and areas of the POINT 7.0 conference in the context of the use of new technologies were monitoring of government accountability, open data, success of civil society projects using…

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Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform

Public Discussion Rendered Meaningless: 80% of Comments on the Draft Law on Public Procurement Rejected

During recently organised public discussion on the Draft Law on Public Procurement, almost 450 comments were received from over 20 different entities – bidders, contractors, civil sector, associations and business associations, almost 80% of which have been rejected by the Public Procurement Administration and the Ministry of Finance. Our key objection was also rejected, by…

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Accountable public finances, Public administration reform

Press Release: Administrative Court to Urgently Review the Decision of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption that Jelić is not in Conflict of Interest

We filed a lawsuit to the Administrative Court for annulment of the Decision of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (APC) by which it found that Zoran Jelić, a member of the Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI), is not in conflict of interest due to his engagement in the Prva Banka Crne…

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Public administration reform

Inspectorate’s Decisions Have No Effect in Pljevlja: Vote Buyers Protected

With the use of legal loopholes, persons convicted in the “Audio Recordings Affair” in Pljevlja have been appointed to new positions, while persistent efforts have been put into rendering meaningless inspection findings. Institute Alternative warns about “potential political influence” on the decisions of the Administrative Inspectorate. The Ministry of Public Administration annulled the conclusion of…

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Public administration reform

Breakdown in Communication Between Citizens and State in Provision of Public Services

Public services are the main point of contact between the public administration and the citizens of one country. While experts and civil society work with the issues of how professional the state administration is, is there corruption, are there regular assessments and trainings of civil servants, how does the accountability on different levels of hierarchy…

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Public administration reform

No Progress in Public Administration without Accountability for Failure to Act

There will be no substantial progress towards better public administration in Montenegro until there is accountability for violations of laws, failure to act and administrative silence, as assessed by the Institute Alternative (IA). At the conference “Better Public Administration in Montenegro”, organized by the IA, Milena Milošević, Public Policy Researcher in the organisation, pointed out…

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Blog, EU accession negotiations

Freedom to the People!

It looks like the Government will “forgive us for beating us”. Prime Minister Marković told journalist during the meeting with the European Union High Representative, Federica Mogherini, that we have “quality and potential”, but we use it in a wrong way. On the one hand, I was relieved, because if they think we are using…

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Public administration reform

Bicycle Traffic and Public Administration: A curving path to an unknown destination

This spring, the massive use of bicycles as a vehicle on the streets of Podgorica seems like an achievable goal. In addition to all warnings – that the citizens of the Capital are too lazy, that the car for them is indispensable status symbol, that the traffic conditions are not favorable for cycling – the…

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Accountable public finances, Rule of law

No Bribe-Related Cases in Special State Prosecution’s Office

Author: PR Centar There are no cases of bribing or receiving bribes in the Special State Prosecutor’s Office, which is the most important criminal offense in the field of corruption related offenses, as stated at the second panel of Institute Alternative (IA). At the second panel “Repressive Fight against Corruption”, Public Policy Researcher at the…

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Accountable public finances, Rule of law

Institutions to Be More Proactive in the Fight against Corruption

Author: PR Center Montenegro will not be ready to conclude the EU accession negotiations in due time, if anti-corruption institutions continue to work at the current pace, said Stevo Muk, President of the Managing Board of the Institute Alternative (IA). At the panel discussion “Towards Qualitative Signs of the Anti-corruption Efficacy” organized by IA, Muk…

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Public administration reform

New Law Provisions Further Restrict the Public’s Right to Know: Data under Lock and Key, Backed by the Agency

Non-governmental organisations point out absurdity in rejecting old requests based on new legal restrictions, while member of the Agency’s Senate, Radenko Lacmanović, warns that data can be declared tax and business secret for indefinite period of time. Again everything can be hidden from the public. This is a consequence of last year’s Amendments to the…

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