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New project: Western Balkans Pulse For Police Integrity and Trust (POINTPULSE)
Institute Alternative, together with four partner organizations, has started the implementation of the new project “Western Balkans Pulse For Police Integrity and Trust (POINTPULSE)”. The leading organization in the regional network is The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), while the other partners are: BIRN Serbia, the Centre for Security Studies from Bosnia and Herzegovina…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press Release: “High-Level Corruption” Term Not to be Used for Manipulations
Institute Alternative invites Montenegrin MPs to remove the definition of “high corruption” from the Draft Law on Special State Prosecutor’s Office. The current definition of the term enables conducting manipulative statistics as well as inaccurate reporting to the domestic and international public. This definition is partly related to the criminal offenses carried out by official,…
Workshop at Hertie School of Governance
Researchers at Institute alternative, Marko Sošić and Jovana Marović have participated in a two – day training organized by Hertie Shcool of governance from Berlin. The workshop has been held within the framework of the Regional Research Promotion Program in the Western Balkans (RRPP), the project “Policy Evaluation and Performance Audit – On the Same…
IA proposes Measures for Enhancing the Work of the Internal Control of the Police
With the support of OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Institute alternative has prepared an analysis „Internal Control of Police Comparative Models“ which aims at pointing out the possibilities for enhancing Montenegrin model of internal control through the study of three EU models. Department of Internal Control of the Ministry of interior has made a step…
Press release: Government to Respond to the Warnings of State Auditors
Instead of ignoring the recommendations of the SAI, which was the practice by now, the Government should take them into consideration and respond to them, especially to those which warn on the issues in implementing the public procurement and the capital budget. Institute Alternative hereby invites the Government to adopt the Action Plan for the…
Joint press release: Limit the Competencies of the National Security Agency
For the purpose of preventing violation of human rights by security structures, non-governmental organisations Human Rights Action, Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Network for the Affirmation of Non-governmental sector (MANS) and Institute Alternative have submitted seven amendments for the improvement of legal framework for the NSA work to the MPs. In addition to what we…
BiEPAG meeting in Graz
Research Coordinator in Institute Alternative, Jovana Marović, has participated in the introductory meeting of BiEPAG network (Balkans in Europe Policy Advisory Group) in the end of January, held in Graz. The initiative is being realized in the organization and with the support of European Fund for Balkans (EFB) and The Centre for Southeast European Studies…
Public Should Know why the Head of National Security Agency Resigned
It is very irresponsible that the citizens are not informed about reasons for resignation or replacement of Boro Vučinić, but also that the Defense and Security Council has not contributed to resolving this issue. Instead, unfortunately, the concerning assumptions about the reasons for resignation which bring mistrust and insecurity among citizens continue to multiply, particularly…
Press Release Regarding Ammendments to the Law on National Security Agency
Proposed amendments of the Law on National Security Agency expand the competences of the employees of that institution through “backdoor”, contrary to the provisions of the Constitutions of Montenegro and the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms. We call upon the members of the Parliament of Montenegro to act by…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Opening Up the Data to Public or Closing it Even Further
We have submitted our comments on the Draft Law on Free Use of Public Data, which is currently put on the public hearing agenda. This Law should enable access to data produced in public administration in a machine readable format which allows further processing and data management. We are very unsatisfied with the Draft Law,…
Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press release: Serious Problems Set Aside by Political Talks
Institute Alternative has delivered Comments to the Draft Law on State Prosecution and Special State Prosecution to the members of both Anti-corruption Committee and Committee on Political System, Judiciary and Administration while pointing out the number of worrying solutions. We consider it to be unacceptable that during the public debates, important issues in judicial reform…
Political talk-show: Party or Merit
Our research coordinator Jovana Marović participated in the talk-show ‘On Fridays at 8’ with Tina Raičević, broadcasted on TV Vijesti. Topic of the show was party employment, actualized again after publishing the coalition agreement between Democratic Party of Socialists and Bosniak Party about allocation of workplaces in state administration and local government, which is contrary…