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WeBER website is up and running – www.par-monitor.org
Starting from today, a brand-new website of our WeBER project (Western Balkans Enabling Project for Civil Society Monitoring of Public Administration Reform) is launched. Make sure to check it regularly for gaining insight into latest developments on public administration reform monitoring by the civil society in the Western Balkans. Also, you can familiarise with the…
Press release: Public discussion without citizens
This year’s central public discussion on draft budget of the Capital also went by without the presence of the citizens. In the auditorium of KIC “Budo Tomović“ there were some journalists, representatives of parliamentary clubs, institutions and the Capital City’s entreprises, as well as the representatives of the Institute Alternative. This is a clear indicator…
Policy brief: Montenegro – Elections aftermath and the EC 2016 country progress report
Download the publication Politically, Montenegro finds itself in a paradoxical situation. At one level it is the champion of European integration in the Western Balkans when it comes to progress in the EU accession negotiations, but it is also the only country in the region that has not experienced a change of government since the…
Competition for 10 interns
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Institute Alternative (IA) and portal Vijesti, within the project ACTIVE STUDENTS FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT! announce a COMPETITION for 10 interns The selected students will go through an intensive training programme and practical education comprised of study visits to organisations and enterprises that are an integral part of the project, workshops…
Lectures within the Second module of Public Policy School held
Lectures within the Second module of Public Policy School were held on Friday and Saturday, 11 and 12 November 2016. Dr Jovana Marović talked about “Public Policy Analysis“. During the two-days-lecture, the participants had an opportunity to get acquainted with different forms of public policy analysis, the criteria for research question formulation, the design of…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law
European Commission Report: Poor grade for Montenegro
In most negotiation Chapters, according to the Report of the European Commission, Montenegro has made “some progress”. Two worse grades than this one are “backsliding” or “no progress”. The lowest grades were given to chapters relating to economic and monetary policy and the fisheries. For the key chapters relating to the fight against corruption and…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law
IA presented new research findings: No progress in Rule of Law
Montenegro has stagnated in key areas of rule of law, and backslided in the area of cooperation of the Government with NGOs, it was concluded at today’s event organised by Institute alternative (IA). Today, a day before publication of European Commission’s (EC) report on Montenegro 2016, IA presented key findings of the research “Monitoring and…
EU accession negotiations, Rule of law
Interview: The majority of Montenegrin citizens support Accession to the EU; still without a stable majority for NATO
Below, you can read the interview with Dina Bajramspahić, public policy researcher in IA When the Institute Alternative was founded and what is its mission and vision? Bajramspahić: “Institute Alternative” was founded in 2007 as a think-tank organization with the aim to contribute to the improvement of public policies in Montenegro though research and advocacy.…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Event Announcement: Presentation of research findings “Monitoring and Evaluation of the Rule of Law in Montenegro“
Institute Alternative will present findings of our research “Monitoring and Evaluation of the Rule of Law in Montenegro“, on Tuesday, 8 November, at PR Centre, starting at 10AM. The day before the European Commission Report on Montenegro is published, we want to present our perspective on the current state of affairs in the area of…
The First module of the Fifth Generation of Public Policy School held in Podgorica
Lectures within the First module were held on Friday and Saturday, 28 and 29 October 2016 in Podgorica. The concept and stakeholders of the process of public policy making were presented by Tihomir Žiljak, PhD, a professor at the Faculty of Political Science of the University of Zagreb. Welcoming remarks were delivered by Stevo Muk,…
Post-election Shady Business
“The opposition is satisfied with the results of the elections because the opposition has defeated DPS.“ “The opposition does not accept the election results because of the reported arrest of the group planning a coup.“ “The opposition will form a government with minority parties.” “The opposition ready to support a minority government minority parties.“ We…
Letter of the NGO representatives in the Council for Development of NGOs to the Prime Minister
Below you can read the original version of the letter that NGO representatives in the Council for Development of NGO sent to the Prime Minister of Montenegro. Respected Prime Minister, According to the information available at the Government’s Web Page, the Government has adopted the “Proposal of the effects of the Implementation of the Strategy…