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Conference – Fighting Police Corruption: Legal Solutions and Best Practices
FIGHTING POLICE CORRUPTION: LEGAL SOLUTIONS AND BEST PRACTICES Venue: Hotel Ramada, Lesendro, Blvd. Save Kovacevica 74, Podgorica, Montenegro Time: Thursday, 1st June 2017, 10:00-12:00 PODGORICA — The POINTPULSE is organizing a conference “Fighting Police Corruption: Legal Solutions and Best Practices” that will be held on Thursday, 1 of June 2017, from 10:00 in the Hotel…
Secretly on Public Procurement: Backsliding due to controversial amendments
Contrary to regulation, behind closed doors and without organising the public debate which would include citizens and interested expert public, the Government adopted amendments to the Public Procurement Law and proposed some very controversial solutions, thus causing backsliding in public procurement area. At the 26. session held on Thursday, the Government adopted Amendments to the…
Citizens at the Service Counter: Kind Personnel – Unavailable Services
The “mistery shopper“ research method was implemented for the first time in Montenegro regarding public service delivery, and the results show that the municipality and ministry service counter employees are kind, but that the quality of information received are graded as the worst. The research was conducted by IPSOS Agency in March, within the project…
IA answered to the Ministry of Interior: Prove that the Law has to be amended
Following the reaction by the Ministry of Interior (MoI) which shows us that it is not giving up on announced amendments to the Law on public assemblies and public performances, but still without any concrete arguments, Institute Alternative points out that each amendment to the legal regulation, especially those which would reduce that scope of…
Public administration reform, Rule of law
Interview for FOS media: There are More Disciplinary Procedures at MoI than in the Rest of the Public Administration
According to FOS data, since the beginning of the year the Ministry of Interior (MoI) started 32 disciplinary procedures against police officers. Is this number illustrative of the fact that the accountability system in this department is functional? FOS talked about this and other topics to Dina Bajramspahić from Institute Alternative, who is a member…
In defence of public speech in public space – IA against restrictions of public assemblies
A month ago, Institute Alternative has sent a letter to the Minister of Interior regarding the amendments to the Law on public assembly and public performances, announced by Minister Nuhodžić in his answer to the MP’s question. Minister has announced the amendments aiming to ban the public assemblies on the city roads, due to alleged…
Experiences of Polish and Hungarian CSOs in the Policymaking Process Shared in Budva
Two-day training “CSO Participation in the Policymaking: Experiences from Poland and Hungary” was held in Budva, Montenegro, on 12-13 May 2017. The training, which was organized by Institute Alternative in cooperaton with European Policy Centre (CEP), gathered member organisations of the TEN network and partners from Poland and Hungary, as well as a representative of…
NGOs against the ban of protest at the boulevard in front of the Parliament – Defending the Constitutional right to peaceful assembly
NGOs against the ban of protest at the boulevard in front of the Parliament – Defending the Constitutional right to peaceful assembly – Institute Alternative (IA), Centre for Civic Education (CGO), Centre for Development of NGOs (CRNVO) and Network for the affirmation of NGO sector (MANS) urge the Ministry of Interior not to persist in…
Accountable public finances, Other, Public administration reform
Press release: We are dissatisfied with the Government’s relation towards the NGO sector
At the invitation of the Deputy Prime Minister for Political System, Internal and Foreign Policy, Mr. Zoran Pažin, we attended a meeting on 10th May 2017, concerning Draft Amendments to the Law on NGOs. The meeting was also attended by the Minister of Finance, Mr. Darko Radunović, Minister of Public Administration, Ms. Suzana Pribilović and…
Enable adequate participation of civil sector – letter to the Government and Ministry of European Affairs
GOVERNMENT OF MONTENEGRO Duško Marković, Prime Minister Ministry of European Affairs Aleksandar Andrija Pejović, Minister Dear Mr Marković, Dear Mr Pejović, We are addressing you concerning the recent decision which was adopted by the Government of Montenegro, namely to leave out Vuk Maraš, representative of NGO MANS, from the Working group for the preparation and…
IA in TV show “EU Integration“ on public service
Our Milena participated in a discussion on rationalization of number of public servants and key priorities in creation of public administration which will serve the citizens. “Salaries which are paid from state budget for employees in public sector have increased for more that 55 million € in two years “, warned Milena Milošević, emphasising that…
Misdemeanour liability in the budget system: Not a single charge in three years
Montenegro is at the back of the row in the region when it comes to the volume of misdemeanour charges – not a single one was filed, and, in addition, since December the number of employees responsible for monitoring this area is zero. In Serbia, the situation is not ideal, but it is far better…