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The Implementation of the SEE 2020 Strategy: Citizens in focus
According to the regional public survey, 82% citizens in Balkans think that the laws are not being applied to all population equally, it was pointed out at the panel discussion “Good Governance and South East Europe 2020 Strategy”. The discussion was held today in Podgorica, within the project “Governance for Montenegro’s Growth: It Depends On…
Announcement: Panel discussion “Good Governance and South East Europe 2020 Strategy”
Institute alternative organizes a panel discussion “Good Governance and South East Europe 2020 Strategy” with the support of Regional Cooperation Council. The event will be held on Tuesday, September 29th, starting at 11 am, in the hotel “Ramada” (Lesendro hall). The objective of the project is to contribute to the enhancement and promotion of the…
Press Release: Publicity of Public Administration Reform: Poor discussion about an incomplete document
The discussion held today on the Draft Strategy on the Public Administration Reform for the next four-year period resembled a presentation of an incomplete document, which was neither attended by interested citizens nor it has offered enough material to the attendees, taking into consideration that the key segments of the Strategy have not been determined…
Press Release: Corruption in Public Procurement hidden behind the legal framework
Two thirds of citizens of Montenegro thinks that the misuses and irregularities in the field of public procurement are frequent, which corresponds with the findings of one-year monitoring conducted by Institute alternative. Nevertheless, misdemeanor and criminal responsibility are lacking. The irregularities whose existence we have determined in the report on public procurement show that often…
Greater Control of Public Spending by Opening Up the Local Budgets
By presenting the data on the local finances in understandable and transparent way, we want to contribute to the openness and availability of the local budgets, and by enabling insight into the public expenditure we intend to improve the civil control over them, it was announced by the representatives of Institute alternative (IA) during the…
EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Regional TEN Conference on the Public Administration performance
TEN network, consisting of Institute Alternative (IA), European Policy Centre (CEP) and European Policy Institute (EPI), held a two-day regional conference “Improving Performance of Public Administration: Current Experiences and Future Perspectives “. Focus of the conference was the role and significance of performance audit and policy evaluation for the improvement of policy making and achieving…
Announcement: Panel discussion “How to Combat Corruption in Public Procurement”
Institute alternative (IA) organizes a panel discussion “How to Combat Corruption in Public Procurement?” with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands. The event will be held on Wednesday, September 16th, with the beginning at 12 a.m. at PR Center. The speakers of the panel will be: Stevo MUK, President of the…
Presentation of new data on web portal on local budgets – Moj Grad (My City)
Presentation of the project results “Monitoring of the local budgets in Montenegro – www.mojgrad.me“ Institute alternative, in cooperation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Montenegro and the Ministry of Finance organizes presentation of the results of the project “Monitoring of the local budget in Montenegro – www.mojgrad.me.” Introductory remarks: Nikola Vukićević, Deputy Minister…
Vox populi – The key indicator of the state of affairs in the public administration
Institute Alternative (IA) has urged the media to pay extra attention to the content of the complaints submitted on their interactive website “My Administration”, since they abound with stories of concrete realization of fundamental human rights regarding the state administration. Today IA has organised a presentation of the findings of the project “Public Administration in…
Announcement: Presentation of the findings of the project “State Administration: Equal For All!”
Institute alternative invites you to attend the presentation of results of the project “State Administration in Montenegro – Equal for All!”, financially supported by the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica, that will take place on 7th September at 11 a.m. at PR Center. This event, in addition to presenting the key findings of the project, aims…
Blog, EU accession negotiations
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…