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Accountable public finances, Rule of law
Panel discussion: Towards better regulation of security and defence procurement
We are organising a panel discussion ”Towards better regulation of public and confidential procurement in the security and defence sector”, on Friday, 16 November, 2018, at the PR Centre, starting at 11am. The panel discussion will focus on public and confidential procurement in the Ministry of Interior and the Police Administration, which spent over 50…
Money Watch Small Grants Facility – Extended Deadline for Applications!
We inform the interested CSOs that the application deadline for the Small Grants Facility within the project “Money Watch – Civil Society Guarding the Budget” has been extended until 20 November 2018. Complete applications should be sent to e-mail: info@institut-alternativa.org . CSOs which have already submitted their project proposal and full application are not obliged to do it again.…
Clarifications – Money Watch Call for Proposals
Within the Call for Proposals for Small Grants Facility within our project Money Watch – Civil Society Guarding the Budget, we have received the following question: Q: Are there any restrictions for the sub-grantees supported within the ReLOaD project, to apply for this Call for Proposals under CSF 2016 Programme? A: No. CSOs whose projects have…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Proposals for the SAI Audit Plan
State Audit Institution is currently preparing an audit plan for the next year. SAI is independent and free to choose audits as it wants, but that doesn’t mean they can not get suggestions from others. SAI may audit not only individual institutions but also certain policies, such as collecting of fees for forest concessions or…
Public administration reform, Rule of law
Citizens believe that the fight against the corruption in police is ineffective
PR Press service, Podgorica – Despite a stable trust in police, citizens believe that the state is insufficiently effective in fighting corruption, according to the Institute alternative’s research. Ipsos Strategic Marketing conducted a field research in September of this year, for the needs of Institute alternative, on a sample of 1,013 adult citizens of Montenegro.…
Irrational spending? Montenegro is going to spend 18 million euro on medical supplies
For almost three decades, since Health Fund has operated, only once – at the request of the Ministry of health, this institution asked for the list of medical supplies in hospital stocks. In 2016 the list indicated that there is a lot of unnecessary spending in Montenegrin healthcare. The Minister of health at that time,…