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One Hundred Days of the “Envelope Affair”
The envelope that contained EUR 97,000 is just the tip of the iceberg. The visible part. The part that was recorded. Others did not record similar instances. Or they are still not in the same position as DK. But we have seen plenty already in the audio and video recordings of NGOs and political parties,…
New report on the Public Finance Management Reform (PFM) Programme
We have prepared a report on on the implementation of Public Finance Management (PFM) Reform Programme, which cross-refers the official data and covers some of the less studied aspects of the PFM reform. According to the official Government reports on the implementation of the Public Finance Management (PFM) Reform Programme, one-third of the planned activities…
Only two ministries announced public discussions planned in 2019
More than half of the ministries are violating the legal obligation to publish the work programme for the current year, while only two ministries have published a list of laws and strategies to be subject of public discussions in 2019. Planning and preparation for public discussions and consultations are one of the important preconditions for…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
They don’t know what they own, and yet they pay the rent
Property Administration spent a record amount of 4,7 million EUR for lease of objects and business premises in 2018, while the public is still unaware of the number of state-owned real estates and of the revenue accumulated from their lease or sale. According to a research conducted by the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro…
Administrative Court to review Agency’s Decision to hide evidence against DPS
Institute Alternative (IA) filed a lawsuit to the Administrative Court to annul the Agency for Prevention of Corruption’s Decision denying us access to a document in which it determined that DPS was illegally financed in the 2016 pre-election campaign. Through free access to information, we requested the Decision of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption…
“My Town About My Money” on the Radio of Montenegro
Presentation of the key findings on openness of local budgets from new Institute Alternative report, “My Town About My Money” was special topic for the show “Mozaik” on the Radio of Montenegro. Beside presenting our findings on quality of the reporting to the public and availability of municipal budgetary documents, this report also launched a…