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Initiative for proactive publishing of the criminal charges
Institute Alternative submitted an initiative last week to the Supreme State Prosecutor, in order to initiate the good practice of publishing of all the confirmed charges, on the internet portal of the State Prosecution. Therefore, it is of common concern and significance for the future judicary reform to enable access to all the informations about…
Training: Monitoring and evaluation of policies under Chapter 23
Our researchers Dina Bajramspahić and Marko Sošić participated in the training for monitoring and evaluation of policies under Chapter 23, which was held in Bitola, Macedonia. On this occasion, they presented the experience of Montenegrin civil society in the process of accession negotiations at the special side event. Training “Monitoring and Evaluation of Policies under…
Conference on Energy Security in Sofia
Stevo Muk, president of the Managing Board of Institute Alternative, participated on international conference dedicated to energy security, organized by leading organization of SELDI network, Bulgarian Center for Study of Democracy. On Monday, 27 October 2014, the Center for the Study of Democracy organized an international conference, dedicated to the energy security and state capture…
Constitution is clear: The Court must ban publishing of the disputed content
Court to rule an immediate ban on the distribution of all future media content which violates human rights and freedoms, in order to prevent further endangering of personal dignity and integrity by the daily newspaper “Informer”. This was requested in an Initiative which was submitted today to the Basic State Prosecution Office in Podgorica and…
Panel discussion: Civil Society and Negotiations under Chapters 23 and 24
Polish Institute of International Affairs, Visegrad Fund and their partners in Montenegro: Institute Alternative (IA), Center for Monitoring and Research (CeMI) and Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM), will organize a panel discussion “Civil Society and Negotiations under Chapters 23 and 24” on Thursday, November 6, starting at 11 a.m. The panel discussion will…
Press release: European Commission’s comments on the anti-corruption legislation must be public
Since the public is not allowed to gain insight into the comments of the European Commission on the drafts to the key pieces of legislation related to fight against corruption and judiciary reform, it is unclear to what extent the draft laws correspond to the suggestions made by the European Union. Amendments to the Law…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
New publication: Local parliaments in the fight against corruption
Our new research points to a number of problems that stand in the way of effective control of municipal budgets by local parliaments. In cooperation with our partners from the Center for Civic Education, we prepared a study „The role of the local parliaments in the fight against corruption“, which explains the current state of…
Round table: Do we need a Law on the Parliament?
“There are fundamental problems when it comes to precise defining of the relation between branches of power, but also in terms of further improvement of the oversight role of the Parliament in relation to the work of the Executive.” When it comes to defining the relation between branches of power, developing a complete legal framework…
IA at the control hearing on the electricity deal
Stevo Muk, president of IA’s Managing Board, participated in the control hearing of the parliamentary Committee for Economy, Budget and Finance regarding the implementation of the agreement between the Government of Montenegro and A2A company. Other invited participants were Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Financial System Vujica Lazović, Minister of Economy, Vladimir Kavarić…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
New report: Municipalities in the fight against corruption
As service providers and institutions responsible for the common interest of citizens, local self- governments are particularly vulnerable to corruption. The effects of corruption at the local level cause not only the stagnation of the economy, but also increased unemployment rate, decrease of trust in administration and so on. Recognizing the need for stronger involvement…
Torture of Aleksandar Pejanović must not remain unpunished
Aleksandar Pejanović, our fellow citizen, was brutally beaten twice by, according to information from the criminal trial, members of the special intervention police unit while in the police detention unit in Podgorica known as Betonjerka, between the 31 October and the 2 November of 2008. Court experts (three of them) recorded a combination of 19…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform, Rule of law
European Commission’s Progress Reports In Numbers
In comparison to the previous year, Montenegro’s progress in fight against corruption was weaker, while no significant breakthroughs were made in nine chapters of membership talks with the European Union (EU). The most recent progress report on Montenegro, issued by the Euroepan Commission, warns the country that the current pace of fulfilling the EU conditions,…