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Public Enterprises: A Task for Budgetary Inspection
On July 21, 2023, Institute Alternative submitted an initiative for the inspection of companies owned by the state and local government units regarding the violation of the Law on Salaries of Employees in the Public Sector. Article 10 of the Law on Salaries of Employees in the Public Sector stipulates that companies owned by the…
IA representatives met with the President of the Anti-Corruption Committee
Milena Muk and Bojana Pravilović, representatives of Institute Alternative, presented proposals for improving the work of the Anti-Coruption Committee to the President of this working body, Jevto Eraković, at today’s meeting. For years, Institute Alternative has been monitoring the work of the Parliament and its committees, and on this occasion, we have pointed out some…
Without an HR plan, There is no Precise Data on the Police Directorate’s Personnel
It has been a month since the 2024 budget was adopted, so the Ministry of the Interior and other state bodies should already have prepared HR plans for the current year. The HR plan is an important document as it provides an overview of the number of employees in the ministry, including the Police Directorate,…
Flights of ministries below the radar: Direct procurement of airline tickets
Some ministries evade the obligation to initiate a public procurement procedure for airline tickets for official travels, even though they spend more than 5,000 euros annually on them. As a result, they directly and non-transparently transfer the money to travel agencies through direct agreements. In 2022, the Ministry of Science and Technological Development allocated more…
IA meetings with prosecutors on corruption in public procurement
Institute Alternative (IA) held a series of closed meetings with representatives of the prosecution, where we discussed the issues and actions of the prosecution in cases related to corruption in public procurement. Over the past months, we met with representatives of the Special State Prosecutor’s Office, and the basic state prosecutor’s offices in Podgorica and…
Establishing cooperation: IA meeting with Budget Inspection representatives
On January 26th, Institute Alternative held a meeting with representatives of the Budget Inspection in order to establish cooperation and gain a better understanding of their everyday work. During the meeting, we discussed our findings regarding the work of the Budget Inspection, the process of planning supervision, and the development of the annual work programme.…
To abandon hasty abolition of the Administration for Inspection Affairs
The Government’s intention to hastily abolish the Administration for Inspection Affairs is not based on adequate analyses, on exposé for the composition of the current Government and the Strategy for Public Administration Reform, and it can not be carried out without negative consequences within the stipulated short deadlines. The information, which was discussed on January…
Direct Procurement Under Spotlight of State Audit Institution
The State Audit Institution (DRI) adopts the proposal of Institute Alternative and initiates an audit of simple procurements through direct agreement. The State Audit Institution (DRI) has adopted one of our proposals and included the audit of the section “Simple procurements through direct agreement” in the DRI’s Annual Audit Plan for 2024. By proposing this…
Overview of challenges for inspections in the fight against corruption: Conclusions and recommendations from the IA meeting
Read conclusions and recommendations from the first meeting organised by IA between inspections and other organisations and institutions relevant to the fight against corruption: Conclusions and Recommendations from the IA meeting: Inspections in the Fight Against Corruption Meeting is part of our efforts to strengthen the anti-corruption role of inspections, within the project Inspect to…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Direct and without competition – Procurement in public enterprises
State-owned enterprises are violating the Public Procurement Law by exceeding the limits on the use of less transparent procedures for the same procurement subject, as shown by the research of the Institute Alternative on the use of direct agreements during 2022. The Public Procurement Law does not limit the use of the direct negotiation mechanism,…
Parliamentary Committees: Between the Two Governments
IA continued to monitor the work of five parliamentary committees from October 2022 to October 2023. This period was characterized by uneven intensity in the committees’ work and the absence of adopted work plans for the current year. Check out these and other data in our infographic:
Public administration reform, Rule of law
Security clearance procedures in the Police
Security obstacles for further work were determined for 16 police officers. The Commission for Checking Security Obstacles of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has determined this since its formation on May 10, 2022. According to the Law on Internal Affairs, security obstacles for further work in the police profession exist if an individual: Maintains…