Other, Public administration reform, Rule of law

Agency will not act against Bošković: Law does not apply when money comes from abroad

Agency rejected a IA’s request to initiate the procedure against the Minister of Defence Predrag Bošković, suspecting that he had an illegal income of at least 62 000 euro as an official of international handball organisations. Agency rejected the request as unfounded, claiming that the Law on Prevention of Corruption does not apply to international…

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Public administration reform

Video: Why are we against proposed changes of the Law on Free Access to Information

Institute Alternative is one of 44 organisations demanded that Government give up on proposed Law on Amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information We demand from Government and Ministry of Public Administration to give up on proposed changes of the Law on Free Access to Information. Proposed changes introduce new restrictions and drastically…

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EU accession negotiations, Other

You4EU Debate in Zagreb

The international conference “Technology for Transparency and Citizen Participation” was held on Friday, September 27th in Zagreb.  The conference was organised within the project “YOU4EU – Citizen Participation 2.0”, that Institute Alternative implements with the partners. In the introductory part,  the You4EU project and and the publication “50 Questions from YOU to the EU” were…

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Public administration reform

Dina Bajramspahić in TV show ‘’Načisto’’ broadcasted on TV Vijesti

In an ocean of insolent, arbitrary and ignorant decisions, the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information prepared by the Ministry of Public Administration especially stood out, which was quite difficult in the Montenegrin public life. Reading in disbelief from one article to another, we who have been working in…

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Public administration reform

Open letter from 44 NGOs ahead of the International Day for Universal Access to Information

In the eve of International Day for Universal Access to Information, 44 NGOs signed an open letter to the Prime Minister of Montenegro and the Minister of Public Administration, requesting that they abandon the proposed amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information that introduce new restrictions and drastically reduce the transparency of institutions,…

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Public administration reform

Anti – Corruption Agency’s Council to open its door for the NGOs

We submitted the initiative to the Council of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption to enable NGO representatives to monitor its sessions without obligation to participate. We also urged the Council to publish its working materials before sessions, rather than after, as is does now. Amendments to the Rules of Procedure of the Council, adopted…

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