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Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Reaction to the Proposed Amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Corruption
Councillors in Local Assemblies Not to be Heads of Public Companies and Institutions We call on the MPs not to support proposed amendments to the Law on the Prevention of Corruption, which foresee exclusion of councillors in local assemblies from the application of restrictions in the performance of public functions in public companies and public…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law, Social policy
Weaker Progress Compared to Previous Years
Despite the Government’s praises, detailed analysis of the European Commission’s Montenegro 2018 Report shows that the grades for progress are worse in the last report than in the previous two (2015 and 2016). Take a look at the grades for each chapter as well as our estimate of average grade for each year:
What does the Report of the European Commission shows: No Progress in the Reform of Managing the Public Finances
State Audit Institution cannot carry out the tasks in its current composition, legal amendments in the area of public procurement caused stagnation, while civil society should be more involved in the monitoring of Public Finance Management Reform Programme – these are the conclusions from the European Commission’s Report for Montenegro. By fulfilling the Chapter 32…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Capital City – Simulator of cooperation with NGOs
‘’The Capital City Podgorica is establishing good cooperation with NGOs”, but only on paper, as confirmed at yesterdays panel discussion ”Strong Communities”, organized by the Center for Development of NGOs. Yesterdays event, realized as a forum for citizens and marked by a discussion on the topic of civic activism, sought to answer the question: How…
EC Report for Montenegro in Regard to Civil Sector: Formal Conditions Partially Met, No Genuine Consultation
European Commission Report for Montenegro, in the part relating to civil society, confirmed that formal conditions for cooperation between government and NGOs have been met, but that besides formal participation of NGOs in working bodies, conditions should be created for their genuine consultation. We believe that the document lacks some key findings which marked the…
Public administration re/form – availability of public services or administrative stumbling?
Public administration reform is aimed at introducing necessary changes in order to enable accessibility of public services to all the citizens, i.e. participation in decision-making process based on transparency, removal of administrative and other barriers, faster business, available prices and equal conditions for all. This is certainly a multifaceted and interconnected process and citizens must…
Resignations of police executives
Comment of our researcher Dina Bajramspahic for daily newspaper ‘’Dan’’, on the reasons for the resignations of the former Director of the Police and Chief of the Center of Security in Podgorica, as well as other issues regarding the personnel policy of the Police: I do not know if the resignations of the Director of…
Comments, Objections and Suggestions on the Draft Law on Public Procurement
The Draft Law on Public Procurement makes certain steps towards alignment with EU directives regulating public procurement, especially in terms of introducing new procedures prescribed by directives. Also, procurement of small value is partially better regulated. We have highlighted the issue of poor regulation of this type of procurement in the currently valid law on…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Agency for the Prevention of Corruption Working for DPS Again
The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ASK) adopted a Decision stating that the member of the Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI), Zoran Jelić, is not in conflict of interest due to his engagement with the Prva banka Crne Gore as a member of the Audit Board for more than nine months during…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Reaction to the Allegations of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption
Regarding yesterday’s reaction of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption stating that the conclusions we presented in the panel discussion “Control of Asset Declarations and Conflict of Interest – Reforms or Status Quo?” are “Inaccurate and imprecise” we point out the following: The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption has been timely and through…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Non-transparency and Non-uniform Approach of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption
The Agency for the Prevention of Corruption is not transparent and has a non-uniform approach to public officials, while asset declarations for the last year are currently available for only five ministers in the Government, none of which gave Agency consent to access his/her bank accounts. This was stated at the Panel Discussion “Verification of…
Why is public administration reform important for women?
Successful public administration reform is one of the key criteria for Montenegro’s accession to the European Union and it is under (the watchful eye) of European institutions. However, if this process is successful, its benefits should be felt by Montenegrin citizens due to the simplification of administrative procedures, improvement of services and the faster and…