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Good human resources planning leads to efficient public administration
Considering the share of the public sector in the overall employment of Montenegro, the expenses for employees’ salaries, and poor human resource planning, one of the main challenges of the public administration reform would be its optimisation. This is the conclusion from the panel discussion organized by Institute Alternative. The purpose of the event was…
Important Decision of the Constitutional Court in regard to inadequate investigation of police torture in Montenegro
The Decision of the Constitutional Court in the case of Mijo Martinović is one of the most significant positive developments not only in this year, but in the last few, when it comes to the work of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Police and the reform of the criminal justice system. This is primarily important…
Comments of the Institute Alternative on the Draft Amendments to the Law on Electronic Government
General comments of the Institute Alternative on the Draft Amendments to the Law on Electronic Government Positive sides of the proposed amendments are: Prescribing deadline for submitting data on electronic registers and information systems submitted to the Ministry of Public Administration, in order to enable coordination and management of projects in the field of information…
Social Card – Potential for a Better Social Policy
Citizens no longer have to collect up to 30 documents to receive social assistance fee. However, it is not always possible to obtain the information necessary for the exercise of this right through a “Social card”. These are some of the key conslusions of the discussion “Social Card: A step ahead of time” organised by…
Press release: The Capital City fakes co-operation in the preparation of its 2018 budget
The Capital City Podgorica is faking cooperation with Institute Alternative in the drafting of the budget for 2018, by denouncing its participation in the working group, not delivering budget draft to the representative of the Institute Alternative and calling her for consultations before the final cut. On January 12 2017, the Capital City Podgorica announced…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press release: Six ministers refused to finance NGOs in 2018
The story of alleged cooperation between the Government and NGOs lasted until the first important decision in the implementation of the new Law on NGOs. Refusal of cooperation with NGOs in the fight against corruption will negatively affect the further process of European integration. Institute Alternative (IA) calls on the Government of Montenegro to oblige…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Rule of law
IA at the regional forum “Effective Prevention of Corruption through Risk Assessment”
Dina Bajramspahic, Public Policy Researcher at the Institute Alternative, participated at the regional forum “Effective prevention of corruption through risk assessment “, held in Ljubljana on October 25th and 26th. The Forum brought together over 60 experts from the ministries of justice, anti-corruption bodies and the non-governmental sector from the countries of Southeastern Europe to…
Institute Alternative presented its project “Money Watch – Civil Society Guarding the Budget“
Institute Alternative has presented its project “Money Watch – Civil Society Guarding the Budget“, on October 6th in the EU Info Centre, which will be implemented within the period from October 2017 till October 2019. Project activities aim at contributing to the fight against corruption by more efficient control of public spending and reducing public…
The number of employees in the state administration remains unknown
Minister of Public Administration, Suzana Pribilović recently announced that there are 38.000 employees in bodies and institutions financed from the state budget, while the exact number of employees in public administration, which will include the local level, is expected in the end of October. The fact that more than a year after the beginning of…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Public policy school, Rule of law, Social policy
IA letter to the Prime Minister of Montenegro
We sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. Duško Marković, and invited him to reject Government’s proposal to adopt the priorities of the NGO funding in 2018, without including areas directly related to the priorities of the European integration process, negotiations and strategic plans of the Government and relevant ministries. This firstly refers to…
Cooperation between the Police and the Prosecution is a key challenge in achieving better results in Chapters 23 and 24
State prosecutors and police officers from Montenegro and Serbia have recognized the institute of prosecutorial investigation as a more efficient and effective way of conducting the investigation. However, the cooperation between the two bodies, on which the results of the investigation depend, is still a challenge. This was concluded at a conference devoted to improving…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law, Social policy
One third of the ministries does not comply with the Law on NGOs
The Ministry of Interior, Finance, Foreign Affairs, Science, Sustainable Development and Tourism and Public Administration do not plan to allocate funds for projects of non-governmental organisations that could assist them in the implementation of public policies. These ministries did not identify priority areas of public interest and the necessary funds for financing projects and programs…