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Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform
Last Assault of DPS on the Independence of RTCG
We inform the national and international public that Administrative Committee of Parliament of Montenegro continues illegal action in proceedings that are being led towards members of Council of RTCG, exactly in the manner that we warned in our statement from 5 October 2017. Administrative Committee called upon the member of the Council, Goran Djurovic, to…
More than half of the citizens consider institutions corrupt
Institute Alternative research shows that more than half of the citizens consider state institutions generally corrupt while institutions directly in charge of addressing corruption are mostly perceived as ineffective. “Institutions dealing with corruption issues in public institutions are mostly perceived as protecting the interests of ruling parties’ officials,” stated President of the IA Managing Board,…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
European Commission to Call Government and Parliament to respect the Law on Public Broadcasting Service (RTCG)
We invite the European Commission to, more vigorously than so far, call upon Government of Montenegro and Parliament of Montenegro to respect the letter and spirit of the Law on public broadcasting services of RTCG. Proceedings, from mostly bizarre reasons that are formal in nature, that in urgent procedure lead to resolvement in such a…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Responding to the “argumentation” of the Ministry of Public Administration on legally banning public discussion
Institute Alternative strongly criticized the Government’s proposal to amend the Law on Public Administration, which stipulates that the public discussion will not be conducted “when the law i.e. the strategy, regulates issues in the field of defence, security and the annual budget; in cases of emergency, urgent or unforeseeable circumstances; when the issue is not…
Institute Alternative at the regional training on monitoring freedom of assembly
Ivana Bogojević and Aleksandra Vavić, public policy researchers at Institute Alternative, participated in a regional training on monitoring freedom of assembly, from November 27 to 29, in Budapest. The training was organized by the European Center for Non-for-Profit Law and gathered 11 experts worlwide from the field of freedom of assembly. IA representatives presented the…
Call for media representatives for participation in the workshop “Open Data for Good Governance”
Institute Alternative in cooperation with NGOs Natura, Bonum, New Horizon and Center for Investigative Journalism invites media representatives to apply for participation in the workshop “Open Data for Good Governance”. A two-day workshop is an intensive and practical training program for representatives of NGOs and media on specific available online tools to improve reporting on…