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State of Security and Dismissal of Managers
Commentary of our researcher Dina Bajramspahić on announcements of the National Security Council, state of security and dismissal of managers for ND Vijesti State of security is more that worrying. It is especially important to emphasise that murders that are happening are only a visible part of „commotion“ which happens underground and that is most…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Montenegro and the EU: How to Improve EU Reform Benchmarking?
Certain benchmarks in the process of EU-Montenegro negotiations are not defined clearly enough, so they are subject to free interpretation and monitoring of progress, as assessed at the panel discussion held in Podgorica. Panel discussion “Towards Better EU Reform Benchmarking: The EU Enlargement Strategy and Montenegro” was organized by the Institute Alternative on March 29.…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Corporate Governance in Western Balkans: Far from Good
Need to strengthen competence in managing the internal audit of public companies in the Western Balkans was highlighted at a regional conference “How to Improve Good Governance of State Owned Companies?” on 26 March 2018, in Sarajevo. The regional conference was organised by Transparency International Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event brought together representatives of public…
Insufficient Citizens’ Participation in Policy Planning Process
Local self-governments in Montenegro reduce strategic planning to a wish list without measurable results, and citizens’ participation in the policy-making process is almost completely disregarded, as concluded at the panel discussion “Governance for Results in Local Self-Governments” Our researcher, Aleksandra Vavić, participated at the closing event of the Center for Democratic Transition, which was organized…
Ministry of Culture violates the Government Regulation and continues Clash with Unsuitable NGO activitists
We call upon Ministry of Culture to publish the Decision on appointment of representative of NGO in the working group for Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on National Public Broadcaster Radio and Television of Montenegro. Ministry should have published this decision more than 15 days ago, and the working group for drafting this…
EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform
DPS continues with an offensive against independency of RTCG
Today’s dismissal of PhD Vladimir Pavicevic and election of Ivan Jovetic for new president of the Council of RTCG, represents a continuation of political offensive of Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) against independency of public broadcaster RTCG. At the new session with participation of new members of the Council of RTCG, Ivan Jovetic and Goran…