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Montenegro far from leader in Public Administration Reform
Montenegro, according to overall score in public administration reform (PAR), is far from the leader in the region, since it ranks better only than Bosnia and Herzegovina – Stevo Muk, President of the Managing Board of the Institute Alternative (IA), stated. At the press conference “Montenegro and public administration reform – Where are we on…
Blog: Putting an MP in prison
They are all of the same opinion – the Special Prosecutor’s Office, the High Court and the Appellate Court – that an MP may be” put in prison for up to two months“ for refusing to testify as a witness. The Appellate Court did not decide on this matter, namely the invoking of the immunity…
Transparency and accountability of municipalities needs to be strengthened
At a session of the Public Administration Reform Council, on November 30th , Stevo Muk, president of the managing board at Institute Alternative (IA), suggested additional improvements to the draft Law on Local Government Financing. IA took part in the public debate on the Draft Law on Local Government Financing, by submitting 20 proposals for…
Money Watch Small Grants: Administrative check results date – 30 November
We hereby inform civil society organisations which applied to our Call for Proposals – Small Grants Facility within the project “Money Watch – Civil Society Guarding the Budget”, that we will inform them on the administrative check results on 30 November, 2018. Institute Alternative Team
The first Open Budget School organized
The IA organized an ”Open Budget School”, during which participants gained knowledge about the fundamentals of the budget system, transparency of public procurement, capital projects and public companies, and received guidelines for participation in the budget cycle. The school aimed at strengthening the role of civil society in the control of public finances and inducing…
Accountable public finances, Rule of law
Procurement for Security Sector in the Legal Vacuum Until 2020
By the end of this year, the new Law on Public Procurement will be discussed in the Parliament, and the Decree which will regulate procurement in the security sector will only apply from 2020. “We have received the opinion of the European Commission on the Draft of the new Law on Public Procurement on November…