Rule of law

Commentary on the Secretary of the National Security Council

Small responsibilities, good salary Although the constant rotations of a small number of personnel in security sector is very negative practice that lasts for years and have detrimental effects on security situation, I think that the public in this concrete case gives too much of importance to responsibilities of the secretary of the National Security…

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Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law, Social policy

The Government ignores communication with NGOs

Coalition Cooperation to the Goal, which consists of 100 NGOs, has sent a letter to the Prime Minister more than a month ago with the call upon the Ministry of Finance and the Government of Montenegro to fulfil their legal obligations and to adopt the Regulation on co-financing of EU projects for domestic non-governmental organisations. After…

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Public administration reform, Rule of law

The Government’s Proposal for the Appointment of Veljović is Illegal

From the documents submitted along the proposal for the appointment of Veselin Veljović as a Director of the Police Directorate it follows that legally required testing procedures had not been conducted. We urge the Government to annul the public competition.   On July 25th, the Human Resources Management Authority established a list of candidates who…

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Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations

Infographic: 150 million euro for only 25 companies

We prepared an infographic on the public procurement spending in 2017. Data from the Public Procurement Administration’s Report for 2017 show that in that year, spending for public procurement exceeded half a billion euro and that less than 1% of the bidders earned 1/4 of that money. Check out the other interesting data in the…

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Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law

Coalition “Cooperating Towards Goal”: Government to Enable Co-financing of the EU Projects

Coalition “Cooperating Towards Goal” calls upon the Ministry of Finance and the Government of Montenegro to urgently fulfil their legal obligations and adopt the Decree on co-financing of the EU projects for national non-governmental organisations. The state made a commitment to support NGO projects that have been selected through demanding and complex EU tenders, taking…

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Five Stars for Institute Alternative: Amongst the Most Transparent in the World for the Fourth Time

In the report published today, Institute Alternative received five stars for transparency, along with the Center for Democratic Transition (CDT) and the Center for Research and Monitoring (CeMI). Once again, we found ourselves in the company of renowned think thanks around the world, such as Amnesty International, Bruegel, Freedom House and others. “Transparency continues to…

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