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Chief State Prosecutor to publish the investigation findings in the case of beating Martinović
Five non-governmental organisations – Institute alternative, Human Rights Action, Juventas, Women’s Rights Center and Montenegrin LGBTIQ Association “Queer Montenegro” have sent a letter addressed to Ivica Stanković, Chief State Prosecutor, with the request to urgently and objectively investigate the cases of police brutality. Having in mind all published evidences of police brutality, especially after the…
Call for application for participants of the Fourth Generation of Public Policy School
Institute Alternative (IA) invites representatives of state administration, local governments, the Parliamentary Service, non-governmental organisations, trade unions, the media, as well as final-year students of social sciences to apply for participation in the Public Policy School – IV generation. The call for application is open until 1 November 2015. Organising Public Policy School is another…
Urgently investigate cases of excessive use of authorities by police officer
Non-governmental organisations MANS, Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and Institute Alternative (IA) strongly condemn police brutality over citizens. We urge Minister of Interior Raško Konjević and Director of Police Directorate Slavko Stojanović to urgently undertake measures against police officers who exceeded official authorities. MANS, CCE and IA assess that publically available video footage, where it…
Managing communications and advocacy processes
President of the Managing Board of the Institute alternative, Stevo Muk, has participated in the International Workshop for Managers of Research Organisations in the Western Balkans and the EU, which took place from 19-21 October in Sarajevo. The aim of the workshop was to exchange views between the leading people of research centers in the…
Our comments on the Draft Strategy on the Public Administration Reform
We have prepared and submitted comments on the Draft Strategy on the Public Administration Reform, given to a public hearing by the Ministry of Interior in August, on the version of the text available on the website of the Ministry of Interior. We are unsatisfied with the way this draft has been adopted, but also…
Press release: Attacks on media and political parties do not contribute to the solution of existent political problems
We strongly condemn attack on offices of the TV Pink M and premises of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) which took place last night and invite the competent state authorities to urgently identify all the perpetrators and those who mainstreamed this, as well as to undertake the necessary measures in order to adequately punish…
Press release regarding the breakup of the protest
IA calls upon authorities competent for the oversight of the police work to urgently engage in the control of the police activities during the breakup of the protest This morning, the police has used force to break up the protest of citizens organized in front of the building of the Parliament of Montenegro organized by…
Call for application – Fourth generation of Public Policy School
INSTITUTE ALTERNATIVE announces Call for application for participants of the Fourth Generation of PUBLIC POLICY SCHOOL The School aims at providing participants with theoretical and practical knowledge about public policies, their creation and improvement. The school will help you to properly research and analyse public policy, plan and conduct research, write an analytical text /…
Initiative to make the EC’s opinions available to the public
In an initiative submitted on 13 October 2015, Institute Alternative (IA) urged the European Commission to make its opinions on Montenegrin legislation, as well as peer review reports available to the public, and thus prevent the Government from manipulating the EU accession negotiations. Institute Alternative submitted the letter addressed to Mr Jean-Claude Juncker, President of…
TV Show: How do the municipalities spend their budget?
Our public policy researcher Marko Sošić, was a guest in a TV show “Club A” on Atlas television, in order to present a new version of the portal on local finances, www.MojGrad.me, prepared in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme, with the support of the Ministry of Finance. Besides the new data, he has…
Montenegrin public opinion on Public Procurement
Compared to 2012, when Ipsos Strategic Marketing has conducted the same research for the Institute Alternative, now have been registered considerably more citizens who point out that public procurement serve to enrich individuals and legalize corruption. At the same time, compared to the previous period, a higher percentage of citizens believe that the Government of…
Towards better utilities in Capital Podgorica and Municipality of Berane
Field research on the provision of water supply, waste disposal and parking service in Municipality of Berane and Capital Podgorica was conducted in order to contribute to a regional study on the protection of consumers’ rights in relation to utility service providers. In the period from 5 to 9 October, Institute alternative has organised meetings…