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Towards more quality, sustainability and better coordination of public policies in Montenegro
Institute Alternative (IA) organized the Fourth Generation of Public Policy School at the hotel “Queen of Montenegro” in Bečići, from 7-9 November 2015. Nineteen policy makers from Montenegro have undergone an intensive programme, consisting of lectures, workshops and training. The School aims at providing the participants with adequate knowledge and skills to analyze public policies,…
Press release: Perpetuating old patterns of cooperation – Reach an agreement on the appointment of the Head of Special Police Unit as soon as possible!
The fact that the Police Director and the Chief Special Prosecutor cannot implement the law and reach an agreement on the appointment of the Special Police Unit is irresponsible, especially having in mind high expectations of the domestic and international public for the Special Prosecutor’s Office. However, instead of showing dedication for solving problems between…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Activities of civil sector in Montenegro are fight for professionalism and objectivity, not for its erosion
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and Institute Alternative (IA) assess as hasty and unfounded the reaction of the Supreme Court of Montenegro, which underlines that it shall “consider further cooperation” with Human Rights Action (HRA), as well as that the “trust in the professionalism and objectivity of work” of this non-governmental organisation has deteriorated. In…
Event announcement: Presentation of the research findings on “Police integrity in Montenegro”
Institute alternative and Regional network of civil society organizations POINTPULSE invite you to the presentation of results of research „Police integrity in Montenegro“, which will take place in PR Centre, on 26th November at 11 a.m. The aim of the event is to encourage discussion on challenges and priorities of building police integrity in Montenegro,…
Monitoring of Public Procurement – Good Practices
Research coordinator, Jovana Marović, participated today at the workshop on monitoring of public procurements, organized by SIGMA. She presented Institute alternative’s one year research and recently published publication called ‘Procurements in Montenegro: corruption within legal framework’, and also pointed out numerous issues and irregularities in implementation of the Law, restrictive to transparency. Not publishing individual…
Comments given to MINA Agency regarding the police torture during the protest
Police torture issues to be solved systematically We are encouraged by the prompt reaction of the Prosecutor’s Office and conducted hearings of 8 members of Special Anti-terrorist Unit (SAJ). When compared to the previous period, the Prosecutor’s Office does not show the passivity in its work and we hope that they will persist in this…
Development of the region under the watchful eye of the civil society
Civil society organisations should stick to their original role of the corrective mechanism within the implementation of the Strategy “South East Europe 2020″, it was said at the consultative meeting organized by the Institute alternative (IA). The meeting was organised within the project “Governance for Montenegro’s Growth: It Depends on Us!” which is being implemented…
SELDI Conference on Countering Corruption held in Podgorica
SELDI network (the network of organizations involved in the countering corruption in South Eastern Europe) organised on 29-30 October in Podgorica an international conference to discuss with local and regional stakeholders the best methods for transforming the existing cutting-edge anti-corruption and good governance research into efficient policy and advocacy tools. The participants focused on the…
Press Release: The Director of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption does not want to be controlled by the public!
Comments of the Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative and Director of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption on the Draft of the Rules of Procedure of the Council of the Agency are intended to completely prevent public access to its work, by closing the session for public, because of, as stated, “spatial capacities” given to this…
Rule of Law or Rule of Force?
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and Institute Alternative (IA) warn of obvious example of obstruction of justice within the bodies that should primarily secure the law enforcement, and which must be urgently solved. IA and CCE estimate that yesterday’s hearing of commander of Special Antiterrorist Unit (SAJ) Radosav Lješković before the Prosecution represents a textbook…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
IA at the OGP summit in Mexico – CSO and SAI cooperation
Our public policy researcher Marko Sošić has spoken on a panel on cooperation between independent institutions (such as State Audit Institutions – SAI, Ombudsman, etc.) and civil society, organised within the OGP – Civil Society Day at the Open Government Partnership Global Summit in Mexico City (27-29 October). The panel entitled “Advancing engagement of Civil…
Press Release: Council of the Agency for the prevention of corruption must work transparently
Sessions of the Council of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption should be open to public, a decision that the member related to public officials voted for should be invalid, and the Council opened to the participation of interested parties. Institute Alternative has participated today at the session of the Council of the Agency for…