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Announcement: Almost Half of the Government Members Does not Give Access to Their Bank Accounts
Prime Minister Duško Marković, Deputy Prime Minister for Regional Development Rafet Husović and nine out of 19 ministers, did not give access to their bank accounts to the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption. Also, out of the 16 presidents of the political parties represented in the Parliament, seven of them do not allow the…
Press release: Clarify the Actions of the Special Antiterrorist Unit
Institute Alternative urges the Police Director of Montenegro to explain why the officers of the Special Antiterrorist Unit (SAJ) intervened in one nightclub in Budva on 10 of July this year. The members of the SAJ, elite unit specializing in the most complicated police affairs, during the evening on 10 of July had conducted a…
Other, Public administration reform
IA with colleagues from TEN Network on a Study Tour to Slovakia and Czech Republic
On June 26-30, Institute Alternative alongside each of the TEN member organisations, together with civil servants from each of the Western Balkan countries, participated in a study tour to Bratislava (Slovak Republic) and Prague (Czech Republic), as part of the project “Raising capacities and advocacy potential towards more substantive involvement of CSOs of V4 and…
Decision of the Steering Committee: Montenegro suspended in the Open Government Partnership (OGP)
As the Institute Alternative (IA) announced in February this year, due to failure to meet its obligations, Montenegro lost its place in the initiative involving 75 countries and gained the status of “inactive” country. Loss of status in the initiative is the ultimate measure of the OGP Steering Committee, which aims to discredit states that…
Public Administration Reform by 2020: No Breakthroughs During the First Year
The beginning of the implementation of the Public Administration Reform Strategy did not yield satisfactory results. Drafting of a new action plan that will set more realistic deadlines for implementing new measures is underway – as highlighted at the panel discussion. The panel discussion “Public Administration Reform: How far is 2020?” was organized by the…
Event announcement: “Public Administration reform – How far is 2020?”
Institute Alternative invites you to the panel discussion “Public Administration Reform: How Far is 2020?”, organised within the project “Civil Society for Good Governance: To Act and Account!” funded by the European Union (EU) within the Civil Society Facility Programme, implemented by IA in cooperation with NGOs Natura, Bonum, New Horizon and Centre for Investigative…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
What the Unofficial Report on Chapters 23 and 24 Shows: Proactivity Requests by the European Union as a Constant
The unofficial working document of the European Commission for chapters 23 and 24 additionally grounds a new approach in Montenegrin accession negotiations, which emphasises the requirement of results and proactive role of institutions. Earlier, Institute Alternative called for the Government to publish this document. Therefore, we strongly support the decision of the Ministry of European…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press release: Publish the non-paper for Chapters 23 and 24
We urge the Government and Ministry of European Affairs to publish the European Commission report on state of play in Chapters 23 and 24, so called non-paper, as the Negotiating Team of Government of Serbia did recently In Serbia, this document was published on the website of the European Integration Office: http://www.seio.gov.rs/upload/documents/eu_dokumenta/non_paper_pg23_24_srp.pdf Serbian report shows…
Accountable public finances, Rule of law
On Corruption Risks at the Ministry of Interior
Institute Alternative (IA) is a member of the regional network POINTPULSE which deals with corruption risks at MoI/Police Administration. During this year, we will be working on the new research and publish the third Assessment of Police Integrity in a row, based on the same methodology that will be used by our colleagues in five…
Advanced Public Policy School: Evidence and data for good governance
Seventeen representatives of state administration, media and NGOs attended a three-day training on public policy monitoring and evaluation, organized by Institute Alternative. “Public Policy School: Monitoring and Evaluation” was held in Kolašin, on 16, 17. and 18 of June. The theme of this year’s school is of great importance since the overall reform in Montenegro…
Press release: Budgetary Inspection Needs to Become Functional Urgently
We submitted an initiative to the Ministry of Finance to urgently start the process of filling three vacant positions in the Department for Budgetary Inspection, including the position of the Chief budgetary inspector, as well as to make the work of this body more transparent. In the wake of adoption of the Fiscal Strategy which…
Withdraw the Draft Law on Old Royal Capital Cetinje from the procedure
Institut alternativa calls upon the Ministry of Public Administration to withdraw the Draft Law on Old Royal Capital Cetinje from the procedure. The Ministry has suddenly opened the public debate for this law, without prior notice, without a working group, and with no indication about this law in the Government’s program of work for this…