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Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Commentary on the European Commision’s Report for the Radio of Montenegro (RCG)
Dina Bajramspahić provided commentary for the Radio of Montenegro (Radio Crne Gore) on the European Commission’s findings from the just published Report on Montenegro for 2019. In our review of the report, we concluded that the findings of the European Commission put under question the country’s leading position compared to other Western Balkan countries; some…
Role of the Parliament in a Democratic Society
Dina Bajramspahić, our public policy researcher, responded to Vijesti’s question about whether we need the Law on Parliament and Law on Government: The relation between the Parliament and Government is insufficiently regulated and for almost twelve years since independence, the procedural issues of the mechanisms envisaged by the Constitution are not adequately elaborated. In the…
Statement for RFE on the appointment Anti-corruption Agency’ Council Members
Ana Đurnić, public policy researcher at Institute Alternative commented the appointment of the Anti-Corruption Agency’s Council Members. She finds problematic the opinion of the Commission for evaluation of candidates that 11 out of 12 candidates do not fulfil conditions for appointment, since they did not pass the professional exam for work in the state administration.…
Accountable public finances, Other
Constitutional Court to abolish basis for allocating apartments to the officials
Institute Alternative filed the Initiative to the Constitutional Court of Montenegro for the assessment of the constitutionality of provisions of the Law on the Maintenance of Residential Buildings, which the Government uses as a basis for issuing decisions on resolving the housing needs of public officials. We find that the by-laws regulating issues beyond this…
Panel discussion in Belgrade: Why Security-Intelligence Services Reform Should Be a Mandatory Part of EU Membership Negotiations?
What are the mechanisms of capturing security-intelligence services, how are they used for capturing other sectors and why this problem deserves greater attention within eurointegrations – these are the topics of the discussion that will be organized on June 4, 2019 at the Media Center (Grand hall, 2nd floor, Terazije 3, Belgrade, starting at 10am.…
11 NGOs sent a letter to the President of the Judicial Council
The Institute Alternative is one of the signatories of the letter that eleven civil society organizations have sent to the President of the Judicial Council of Montenegro, Mr. Mladen Vukčević on the decision on the candidates’ application for the election of the President of the Supreme Court and the candidates for election to the presidents…