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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…
WeBER findings: Public service and human resource management
Are tasks characteristic for civil service performed outside merit-based based regime? How open, transparent and fair is the recruitment into the civil service? How effective is the protection of senior civil servants’ position from unwanted political interference? Find out in this WeBER infographic, summarising the key findings of our regional Monitoring report:
Government to withdraw proposed amendments to the Law on Classified Information
At the initiative of NGO MANS, Institute Alternative signed a press release of the following content: GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION We urge the Government of Montenegro to withdraw the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Classified Information from the procedure, to organise a public hearing and…
According to the Government, citizens disturb authorities to accomplish their functions
A press statement for Daily newspaper DAN on amendments to the Law on Secrecy of Data: We are overwhelmed with the Government’s persistence in changing the norms regulating access to information and thus preventing the monitoring of public administration’s work, for years. With the new Proposal of the Law on the Secrecy of Data,…