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How Do Inspections Work? Overview of the work of seven inspections in the areas of high corruption risks
An overview of the work of seven inspections in areas of high corruption risks represents the first attempt to systematically assess the effectiveness of the inspection oversight conducted by seven different inspections. Some of these inspections are organised within the Administration for Inspection Affairs, while others are part of sectoral ministries. However, all operate in…
Suppression of the control function of the Parliament: Two-thirds of control hearings rejected or pending
The parliamentary majority is questioning the right that the opposition has had since 2010, which guarantees a certain number of control hearings, which the majority representatives cannot hold back and outvote. Since the beginning of the work of the 28th convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro, 14 initiatives were sent for control hearings, of which…
Initiative for a joint hearing on public procurement in healthcare system
Institute Alternative (IA) sent the Initiative for a joint hearing on the topic of public procurement in healthcare to the Committee for Economy, Finance and Budget, and the Committee for Health, Labour and Social Welfare of the Parliament of Montenegro. At today’s session of the Committee for Economy, Finance, and Budget, the President of the…
Half of the Parliamentary committees have still not adopted annual work plan
Institute Alternative has been monitoring the work of the Parliament of Montenegro and its committees for years and, at the beginning of this year, we sent proposals for improving the work, where we insisted on active monitoring of the implementation of reports’ conclusions, of the public administration reform, budget, application of secret surveillance measures, and…
Fleet Expansion: Million-Euro Acquisitions Planned
Although there is still no unified record of vehicles owned by the state, according to available data, the state’s fleet has exceeded 4.600 vehicles. In 2013, the Government of Montenegro, led by then-Prime Minister Milo Đukanović, announced plans to reduce the state’s vehicle fleet to 2,159 vehicles (from 3,718 registered at the time). However, 11…
Lack of criminal accountability for corruption in public procurement
In the past period, there has been a lack of criminal accountability for corruption in public procurement. It is essential to strengthen the capacities of institutions for detecting and prosecuting corruption in this area, as specialised knowledge is needed to address this complex issue. People within the system need to be motivated to report suspicions…