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Public administration reform, Rule of law
Fourth year in a row: Ministry of the Interior works without an HR Plan
We still do not have precise data on the number of employees in the Ministry of the Interior and the Police Administration, nor do we have information on planned recruitments or projections regarding the number of those who will retire. Last Friday, the Government approved the Partial Human Resource Plan for State Administration Bodies and…
Hidden Omissions: Unreported Functions and Income of Business Entities Under Scrutiny
Analysis of data from the Central Registry of Business Entities and the Agency for Prevention of Corruption (APC) portal has revealed alarming deficiencies in the reporting of functions by a significant number of representatives of management structures in companies. We found a substantial number of cases where regular annual reports were not submitted to ASK, as…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
IA organised two gender-budgeting trainings
Institute Alternative (IA) organised two two-day trainings under the name “Programme budgeting through gender glasses”, as a continuation of efforts to introduce the concept of gender-responsive budgeting to civil servants. The trainings, which took place from May 27 to 30 at the Palas Hotel in Petrovac, aimed to familiarise about 30 officials with the basic…
All Clear in 2023? – The First Year of Public Procurement Controllers
Although the ministries comply with the legal obligation to appoint individuals to monitor the implementation of public procurement contracts, last year they did not register any irregularities. The ministries publish reports on completed contracts within the legal deadline, but only with general information. The implementation phase of a public procurement contract is a key indicator…
Meeting with Media Friends Network
On Tuesday, June 4th, we held a meeting with journalists who are part of our informal network of media friends. We established this network back in 2018 and have since expanded it in order to jointly work on strengthening our capacity to research and deal with public finances, including public procurement. The specific goal of…
Third meeting of the Public Procurement Watchdogs
On Monday, June 3, Institute alternative organised the third meeting of the Public Procurement Watchdogs Network, where participants were presented with a new section of the Moj novac portal dedicated to public procurement. The meeting was organised within the project “Public procurement under spotlight – Making Watchdogs Work!”, which IA conducts with the support of…
IA meeting with the Committee on Economy, Finance, and Budget
On Friday, May 31st, we met with representatives of the Committee on Economy, Finance, and Budget, as well as representatives of the Parliamentary Budget Office. During the meeting, we presented the new section of the javnenabavke.mojnovac.me, portal related to public procurement, as well as the results of our research on budget transparency. We also discussed…
IA suggestions on Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees
While awaiting the report from the public hearing, we highlight important suggestions we submitted to the Ministry of Public Administration on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees. In light of announcements of more complex amendments, we limited our suggestions to the current scope of changes, although we…
Open Budget Survey – Montenegro ranks 64th in the world
The Open Budget Survey, which has been conducted since 2006, included Montenegro for the first time this year, ranking it among 125 countries in terms of budget openness. On the transparency index, Montenegro scored 48 out of a possible 100 points, indicating significant shortcomings in access to budget data. With this result, Montenegro ranks 64th…
Government Commission Instead of the Administration for Inspection Affairs
The Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Inspection Supervision was submitted to the Parliament on May 8 through an urgent procedure, without conducting a public debate. Institut alternativa has provided suggestions to the Legislative Committee and the Committee on Political System, Judiciary, and Administration, urging members to propose amendments to improve the Draft…
How Do Inspections Work? Overview of the work of seven inspections in the areas of high corruption risks
An overview of the work of seven inspections in areas of high corruption risks represents the first attempt to systematically assess the effectiveness of the inspection oversight conducted by seven different inspections. Some of these inspections are organised within the Administration for Inspection Affairs, while others are part of sectoral ministries. However, all operate in…
Suppression of the control function of the Parliament: Two-thirds of control hearings rejected or pending
The parliamentary majority is questioning the right that the opposition has had since 2010, which guarantees a certain number of control hearings, which the majority representatives cannot hold back and outvote. Since the beginning of the work of the 28th convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro, 14 initiatives were sent for control hearings, of which…