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Who Listens to Auditors and do They Stand More Chance United?
Today we held a conference that, for the first time, got together representatives of almost every unit of the internal audit on one side, and representatives of the State Audit Institution (SAI) on the other. We talked about how they could establish better cooperation than the existing which consist of reporting and control of the…
CEU Conference on Accession of Montenegro and Serbia to the EU
Our research coordinator, Jovana Marović, has participated in a conference “Serbia and Montenegro: A Step Closer to Reaching EU Accession?” organized by Center for EU Enlargement Studies (CENS), located at Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. Jovana has spoken about the process of Montenegrin negotiations for EU membership and the civil society involvement in this…
Joint Press release: Introduce Additional Regulation in Electronic Media Market
The member of the Working group for the creation of Draft Law on the Amendments to the Law on Electronic Media, Goran Đurović in cooperation with NGOs Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Centre for the Development of Non-governmental Organisations (CDNGO), Centre for monitoring and research (CEMI), Institute Alternative (IA) and Juventas, submitted proposals of amendments…
Strengthening public finance oversight – How can the state and internal auditors cooperate better?
With the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway, next week on May 19th, we are organizing the conference “Strengthening public finance oversight – How can the state and internal auditors cooperate better?” This meeting of state and internal auditors, first of a kind, is organized with the cooperation with the State Audit…
First complaint on www.mojauprava.me: The rule of an exemption
The complaint which illustrates the unfounded decision of an elder not to elect the best evaluated candidate for the job in National Archives, submitted on our website mojauprava.me confirms the previous findings of the Institute alternative (IA). The interactive website mojauprava.me was launched by IA in late April, within the project ”State Administration in Montenegro…
Press Release: Ignoring the conclusions of the parliamentary committee is alarming
Institute alternative refers praise to the Anti – Corruption Committee for preparing a Report on the implementation of conclusions of this Committee. Unfortunately, the report points out an alarming disregard of the conclusions by state authorities. We invite other parliamentary working bodies to introduce this good practice and prepare their reports in order to contribute…
Infographic: Debt of Our Municipalities
The best indicator of the state of our local finances, in addition to many others, is the debt of municipalities. The total debt of our municipalities at the end of 2014 amounted to 166.94 million euro. The most indebted municipality is Budva, with the total debt of over 65 million euro (more than the sum…
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Municipalities Are Breaking The Law While Contracting Goods
Irrational planning and frequent changes of plans, violations of provisions of the law, contracting goods and services without public insight, remain central problems of procurement at the local level. In 2014, Montenegrin local governments have spent more than 10 million euro on public procurement. This amount doesn’t include data for Municipality of Bijelo Polje, considering…
Reaction: Senior Managers Are Not Ministers’ “Personal Entourage”
Recent re-appointments of Director Generals and Secretaries from one Ministry to another, which followed the latest government reconstruction, pose a great danger to the professionalization of the Montenegrin civil service system. Appointments of new government ministers and reappointment of the old ones were followed by turn-overs on the positions of Director Generals and Secretaries in…
IA and consumer protection
Institute alternative is participating in the project “Strengthening Consumer Protection Organisations for better Municipal Services in SEE” in cooperation with the members of the Think for Europe Network in South Eastern Europe, under the auspices of the German organisation for international cooperation (The Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit)– GIZ. Project activities are aimed at strengthening…
Concrete Steps for Strenghtening Cooperation of Parliament and SAI Announced
In the next two months, the Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget and the State Audit Institution, will, with our help, work on defining the elements of a protocol on cooperation. This is the key conclusion from the meeting, held in the Parliament of Montenegro, between the members of the SAI Senate, parliamentary Committee on…
Appeal to establish the working group for improvement of the control mechanisms of the Parliament
It is necessary to further strengthen the control function of the Parliament, and there are four possible directions for improvement, based on: the precise definition and delimitation of competences between the branches of government; regulating control mechanisms, transparency in the work of parliament; strengthening the capacity of professional services. “Although the European Commission in the…