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EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Reaction of Institute Alternative to the press release of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
On the subject of the response of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (hereinafter: MFAEI) to our press release “The European Commission report on corruption at the local level is being concealed”, we wish to inform the public that Institute Alternative (hereinafter: IA) was informed about the stance of the European Commission (hereinafter:…
The Government has concealed the information on the state of play in Montenegrin municipalities
The Government has illegally classified and put under the designation “restricted” the key document on the position of public finances at the local level, thus concealing the data regarding the number of employees in municipalities. We requested from the Government the “Information on the position of public finances at the local level”. This document was…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Press release: the European Commission report on corruption at the local level is being concealed
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (hereinafter: MFAEI) rejected the request for free access to information submitted by Institute Alternative (hereinafter: IA) thus preventing our access to the data on corruption at the local level prepared by experts of the European Union. The practice of concealing important information negatively affects public confidence in…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Press release: Endangered transparency of wages due to a vast array of bonuses
The new Government Draft Law is unlikely to increase transparency of wages in public sector, considering the complex income structure and numerous data that opens the possibility of misuse. The Draft Law on Wages of Public Sector Employees entered the Parliamentary procedure at the very end of last year, but not in a form that…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Press Release: Governing without discussion – Citizens without a possibility to improve regulations
The Government is constantly violating relevant regulations on organising public discussions and inclusion of interested public in the process of drafting strategic documents and law and is withholding information on regulation preparation, which has a negative impact on the quality of these documents. Public discussions are either not organised at all or they last less…
TV feature: Who is police guarding, the Government or the citizens? The Police in region
Within the regional POINTPULSE project, together with our partners from BIRN, we have recorded a TV feature “Who is police guarding, the Government or the citizens? The Police in the Region”, which was broadcast in December on the regional television programme N1. Our correspondents were: independent MPs, Mladen Bojanić and Velizar Kaluđerović president of the…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press release: Ministry of Interior checked off the box by simulating a public debate on the Strategy of Police Development
Ministry of Interior (MoI) has without any particular explanation refused to enhance the work of the internal control of police and the increase of its authority, without including measures related to depolitisation, the enhancement of transparency and improving of finance management in the Strategy of Police Development. The Government has adopted the Strategy of Police…
Press Release: Enable an equal treatment of employees with fixed-term contracts
In the light of the media allegations that the Ministry of Interior has resolved the status of employees with fixed-term contracts by enabling them to apply for internal announcements, the Institute Alternative warns that such practice could be discriminatory. A number of civil servants in other state bodies are discriminated in that manner, who have…
Draft Public Administration Reform Strategy does not lead to a better public administration
Institute Alternative has submitted to the Ministry of Interior some 40 pages of comments on the Draft Public Administration Strategy. The draft does not meet the essential challenges of good governance. The public administration reform is a key process not only for the building capacity of the administration to meet numerous requirements of the accession…
Who cares about regulations?
Introduction of legal obligation to organise public discussions on all laws, as well as calls of invitations for participation for interested parties in working groups dealing with the preparation of these regulations, represent a progress in regulating normative framework for public consultations in Montenegro. This is so because in 2010 the European Commission has ,…
Should the fact that the former Special Prosecutors had dozen of subjects lying in their desks be forgotten?
The activities and results of the Chief Special Prosecutor Milivoje Katnić and his team seem encouraging so far. Although I would gladly avoid saying ‘’but’’, it is not the easiest thing to do. The previously disappointing court procedures, particularly those related to the area of organised crime have taught us not to rejoice too soon.…
2016 Budget proposal – Our remarks
Our remarks on the Draft Law on the Budget of Montenegro for 2016, presented at the session of the Committee for economy, finances and budget Budget as a moving target Although the Government respected the legal deadline this year by submitting the Budget Proposal to the Parliament on time, it has actually continued working on…