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Ministry Ordered to Reveal Contracts
Agency for protection of personal data and free access to information endorsed our appeal against the decision of the Ministry of Interior regarding the availability of the Ministry’s direct agreements. In July 2014, Institute Alternative submitted the request for free access to information on all public procurement contracts concluded via direct agreement in the last…
How the Government Manages our Resources
“The Prosecutor’s Office must investigate concessions”, stated MPs this summer when discussing the report of the Commission for concessions. Since then, we do not have the Law, or the registry, indictments, or any other significant developments in this area. The focus of the Government is only one job, one with the Chinese about the highway,…
Montenegro in The Open Government Partnership (OGP): Plans and Results
Dina Bajramspahić, our researcher, presented the experience in the preparation of the first Action Plan and in participation in the work of the Operating Team responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Action Plan at the public debate “Montenegro in the Open Government Partnership”. The public debate “Montenegro in the Open Government Partnership” was organized…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press Release: Anticorruption Bill Needs a Thorough Revision
Institute Alternative is urging the lawmakers to amend and thoroughly revise the Anti-Corruption Bill. If passed in its current form, the Bill will not ensure effective prevention of corruption. The biggest shortcomings of the Bill are the following: imprecise definition of conflict of interest and of the procedures for disclosure of assets of public officials,…
Press release: Underused Control Mechanisms of the Parliament
We urge the representatives of the parliamentary minority in all parliamentary working bodies to use their right to two automatically approved control hearings in this year. Under the Rules of Procedure of the Parliament of Montenegro and the Law on Parliamentary Oversight of the Security and Defense Sector, the opposition in the Parliament is granted…
Our Take on the 2015 Budget Proposal
Confusing increase of expenditures Besides the increase of the capital budget because of the highway and expenditures for payment of debts, which are in the center of public attention, there are other interesting points in the draft Law on the Budget for 2015, which was made public this Sunday. Much has been said about the…
(De)motivation?
Instead of tackling with the pervasive corruption, our state authorities are currently occupied by rearranging deadlines in an attempt to foresee how much time will be needed in the next year to meet the obligations of this year. Evaluation and review of action plans for Chapters 23 and 24 are essential for the continuation of…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Regional Anti-Corruption Report – Assesment of Southeast Europe
Stevo Muk and Dina Bajramspahić participated in the two-day SELDI Regional Conference on Good Governance and Anti-corruption Policy Challenges, held in Tirana on 13-14 November this year. The conference was organized by SELDI (Southeast Leadership for Development and Integrity) initiative, in cooperation with the Regional Anti-Corruption Initiative (RAI), which is one of the members of…
News from the Council for the Development of NGOs
President of the managing board of the Institute Alternative, Stevo Muk, is one of the members of the Council for the Development of NGOs as a representative for “rule of law” area. The inaugural session meeting of the Council was held on 15 September this year, and three sessions have been held since then. Council…
Press release: Rationalization of the number of employees at the local level must be a priority
Further rationalization of the number of employees in the municipalities is a priority and should be addressed in accordance with the previously conducted analysis, identified needs and revised regulations on internal organization and systematization. Majority of municipalities in Montenegro still have a surplus of employees. Rationalization takes place slowly or not at all, despite the…
Pros and cons of the announced reappointment of prosecutors
Opening of a public debate is a necessity, in order to once again review the possible pros and cons of the announced re-election of the state prosecutors and the way that this reappointment will eventually be conducted. We believe that a long-term damage will be inflicted upon the State Prosecution Office, if the new prosecutors…
Under the Veil of Patriotism
The Government did not rush with the law drafting, but the Parliament needs to hurry with the deliberation. Emergency procedure or amendments, that is the question now. The Law on State Prosecution, the Law on Special State Prosecution, the Law Amending the Criminal Procedure Code, the Law on Prevention of Corruption, the Law on Prevention…