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Vienna Summit: Leaders and the others
Or: “whom has been given to speak, to defend, explain or keep quiet” In the last few days, Vienna hosted the leaders of the European Union, its countries and the Western Balkans countries, in the context of the continuation of support to the EU accession process of the region, which was launched last year in…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Interview for daily “Dan”: Stevo Muk
The president of the Managing board of the Institute Alternative, Stevo Muk, has given an interview for the daily newspaper “Dan”. Topics of the interview range from daily political issues, relations in the ruling party coalition, over questions related to the negotiation process with the EU up to some of findings of Institute Alternative in…
Police, Politics, Reforms and Corruption
The most numerous part of our state administration are police officers and it is a particularly demanding challenge to organise them in order to function effectively and to achieve the expected results. Particularly if we bear in mind the legacy of the ’90s, which has left extremely serious consequences on this institution as a result…
Candidates are unsatisfied with the testing procedures and violation of the rankings
Testing procedures and violation of the rank lists for appointing civil servants and state employees are the most common causes of dissatisfaction of the candidates for the job in state authorities, according to the complaints submitted on our website “Moja uprava”. On the website mojauprava.me, launched by the Institute alternative (IA) within the project “State…
Conference: “The NGOs’ experiences in the European integration process of Montenegro: Achievements and Challenges”
Jovana Marović, the research coordinator at the Institute alternative (IA) has participated today at the conference“The NGOs’ experiences in the European integration process of Montenegro: Achievements and Challenges”, organised by the Center for Development of NGOs. Jovana was the speaker at the first panel “Experience of the NGOs in the working groups for the preparation…
The institutional position of the European Parliament – between weak competences and voter apathy
The research paper authored by our research coordinator Jovana Marović “The institutional position of the European Parliament – between weak competences and voter apathy“ was published in the Yearbook of the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. The article explains to what extent the weakness of this directly elected body contributes to the low turnout…
Meeting: Towards recruitment based on merits
On Friday, 24 of July, the representatives of the Institute alternative (IA) held the meeting with interested stakeholders, within the project ”State Administration in Montenegro – Equal for All”, financially supported by the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica. The event brought together stakeholders that are crucial for recruitment and promotion in state authorities, i.e. the consistent…
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What do we want from Europe?
In the preface of the book written by the philosophers Slavoj Žižek and Srećko Horvat What does Europe want?, it is depicted how Croatia has become the EU member after midnight and has arrived at the party when all guests were already drunk. Other countries, primarily those from Western Balkans, therefore have no other choice…
Results of a public opinion survey on perception of citizens on police integrity in Montenegro and in the region
Yesterday, on Wednesday 22 July, in four capitals in the region, Podgorica, Belgrade, Sarajevo and Pristina, were presented the results of a survey on the integrity of police, made according to the same methodology in order to be comparable. The Surveys, for purposes of our network POINTPULSE, was conducted by Ipsos Strategic Marketing, according to…
There is significant scope for the fight against corruption within the Police
After unemployment, the corruption is the biggest problem that Montenegrin citizens face, and there is significant scope for the fight against that problem within the Police, as showed by the research of the regional network POINTPULSE, which is consisted of Institute alternative, Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP), BIRN Serbia, Center for Security Studies from…
Who Will be Held Accountable for Misuse of State Funds?
More than a month ago, with our four partner organisations, we have submitted an initiative to the Supreme State Prosecutor, requiring him to answer our question – What has Prosecution done with the reports that State Audit Institution (SAI) has officially submitted to the State Prosecutor’s Office? So far, SAI has submitted audit reports to…
Perceptions of citizens on police integrity – Presentation of results of a regional public opinion survey
Regional network of civil society organisations POINTPULSE organises the presentation of results from the public opinion survey „Police Integrity in the Western Balkans” that will take place on Wednesday, 22 July 2015 at the PR Center in Podgorica starting at 11.00 h. At the presentation citizens’ perceptions on the following issues will be discussed: What…