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The Director of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption does not do performance appraisals
Contrary to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees, the Agency does not do appraisals of its employees’ performance since the establishment of this institution. Therefore, rights of employees are violated by leaving it up to director to arbitrarily decide on their promotion or demotion, without basing it objectively in the performance appraisals. Contrary…
Unassigned Police Officers in Montenegro
The Montenegrin Police Directorate’s data shows that there are 179 unassigned police officers. But, according to data from the Institute Alternative, a think-tank from Montenegro, the number is higher, close to 300. A police officer in Montenegro does not have to work but can still receive a monthly paycheck—if he or she is unassigned. The…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Press Release: Administration of the Capital City Does Not Know How Much It Pays for Lost Disputes
The Capital City rejected the Institute Alternative’s request for information regarding the number and value of ongoing court cases against the local government body, since the information as such does not exist. Institute Alternative requested from the Property Directorate of the Capital City to provide us with information on the value of the ongoing disputes…
“Our Administration” Network: 16 Organizations on a Mission to Advance Good Governance
“Our Administration” network counts three more members: Women’s Safe House, Lucha Institute and Ul-info. With them, we are expanding our expertise and bringing in fresh energy that will provide us new topics and research perspectives. Goals of the network “Our Administration” are to participate in independent monitoring of public administration reform and further strengthen civil society…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform
Judicial decisions must be respected
We deem decision of the Basic Court in Niksic, which today has passed a temporary measure to return Nikola Vukcevic into the Council of RTCG until completion of validity of the procedure, to be encouraging as it was previously carried out by the Basic Court in Podgorica in the case of illegally dismissed member of…
IA submitted an Initiative to the Council of the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption: The Agency wants us to take its word
There is no possibility for the public to verify that the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption checks credibility of public officials’ declared assets, so we asked the Agency’s supervisory body to control its work in this important area. Institute Alternative has requested reports, records or official notes on the conducted controls of asset declarations…