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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…
TV Debate on Public Procurement in Healthcare
The main conclusions of the guests on the TV show “Debata” on TV Vijesti were that the procurement procedures for medical equipment and medicines are overly complex and that there are evident problems in procurement for the healthcare sector, which is why the procedures need to be simplified. The show was conducted as part of…
17 NGOs: New legal framework should contribute to RTCG becoming a genuine public service
We call on the Ministry of Culture and Media to ensure, through the new Law on RTCG, that the appointment of new members of the RTCG Council takes place immediately after the expected rapid adoption in the Parliament of Montenegro, and the Parliament to halt the ongoing process of appointing two members of the RTCG…
Podcast, Public administration reform
The second episode of IA podcast (Re)Form with Marija Hajduković: Counting public administration employees
In the second episode of the IA podcast (Re)Forma, we discussed the activities undertaken in the process of public administration reform, the importance of data accessibility, and the announced (urgent) amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees with Marija Hajduković, General Director of the Directorate for Strategic Planning in Public Administration, International…
16 NGOs protest against proposal to extend sitting Constitutional Court judges’ mandates in Montenegro
Members of The Europe Now! Movement (PES), Vasilije Čarapić and Darko Dragović, have proposed an amendment to the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance to create an exception to retirement conditions in favour of judges of the Constitutional Court. Adoption of the proposal would extend the mandate of the current President of the Constitutional Court,…
The Government Draft will not enhance corruption prevention
Cosmetic changes, forgotten quality draft of the parliamentary working group, lack of political will for substantive changes The Ministry of Justice prepared and published for public consultation the Draft Law on the Prevention of Corruption which does not bring significant improvements, nor will it, if adopted, enhance corruption prevention. Proposing such a draft law text…
“Euro-asfalt” Lost the Job, But the State Budget Will Suffer Millions in Losses
The bypass around Rožaje will be continued by another contractor, but the state budget will suffer millions in losses because the Bosnian company “Euro-asfalt” and its partners did not complete the project within the agreed timeframe. Sixteen years later, Rožaje still does not have a completed bypass around the town. Of the planned 20 million…
The majority to respect the right of the minority
We appeal to the ruling majority to respect the Rules of Procedure of the Assembly and enable the passage of opposition proposals in accordance with Article 75, as well as the exercise of the control function of the Assembly. The Rules of Procedure guarantee the right of the opposition that, twice during the regular session,…
Podcast, Public administration reform
The first episode of our new podcast “(Re)Forma”: Institutions should not enhance the reduction of competitiveness of employment process
Political parties promise meritocracy, but only declaratively. In the first episode, Milena Muk, a public policy researcher at Institute Alternative (IA), explains what changes need to be made in the legal framework and practice so that public sector employment becomes more competitive. The lack of progress since the change of government in 2020 regarding public…