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Debate on the Report of the Commission for Control of Public Procurements
Our research coordinator, Jovana Marović, participated at the 70th meeting of the Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget. At this session, in accordance with the Article 142 of the Law on Public Procurement, the Committee considered the 2013 Performance Report of the State Commission for Supervision of Public Procurement Procedure. Jovana pointed out that the…
Challenges of Cooperation between Civil Society and the Government in the Western Balkans
Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative Jovana Marović participated in the preparation of the analysis “Challenges of Cooperation between Civil Society and the Government in the Western Balkans”. The analysis was created within the framework of the project “Thinking for Governance”, aimed at the exchange of experience between the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and…
What will the President talk about at the OGP summit at the UN?
Montenegro cannot boast with fulfilling obligations within Open Government Partnership, therefore it is not clear what will the President of Montenegro speak about at the upcoming meeting of this Initiative, which will be held on September 24 this year. Nine Heads of State will speak at the United Nations in New York at the high-level…
Announcement: Seminar on police integrity
Announcement: Seminar “Priorities and responsibilities in fostering police integrity in Montenegro” – September 25th 2014 Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Mission to Montenegro, in close cooperation with the Ministry of Interior, the Parliament of Montenegro and Institute Alternative, are organising…
Message from the NATO summit: Intensified and focused talks with Montenegro
Commentary for BIRN on prospects of Montenegro’s membership in NATO after the NATO summit in Wales, held on September 4-5, 2014. The burning issues in Montenegro still remain the rule of law and the necessity of building integrity institutions in combating corruption and organized crime. Alongside these issues, the reform of the security and intelligence…
Press release: Deputy chairman of the Committee for Security and Defence must be appointed
Parliamentary opposition does not have a representative in the National Security Council, after having failed to appoint a deputy chairman of the Committee for Security and Defense from its own lines for over five years. The Law on the Basis of the Intelligence and Security Sector prescribes the composition of the National Security Council. Among…
EU Integration and Party Politics in the Balkans
European Policy Centre, a Brussel-based think tank, has just published a study “EU integration and party politics in the Balkans”, with contribution from IA’s Jovana Marović and Marko Sošić (Chapter on Montenegro: “European Integration and Party Politics in Montenegro”). This study highlights the interplay between EU integration and national politics in the region, and that…
Government to get used to a more active role of the Parliament
Taking into account the quantitative indicators on the work of the Parliament during 2014, it could be concluded that its oversight role has improved to certain extent. A number of conducted consultative and control hearings, adopted conclusions, as well as questions asked to the Prime Minister and the members of the Government, confirm this conclusion.…
Estimating the cost of measures from Action plans for Chapters 23 and 24
Implementation of measures from the Action Plans for Chapters 23 and 24 costs money – money that has to be foreseen in the national budget. To ensure that the funds are planned accordingly, it is necessary to revise the Action Plans in the part relating to the deadlines and budgets of specific measures. Action Plans…
Panel discussion: Challenges of tackling corruption within the defence and security sector in the Western Balkans
Our researcher, Dina Bajramspahić, was one of the speakers at the panel organized within the framework of the BIRN Summer School of Investigative Journalism, held in Bečići, on 25 August 2014. The first day of the Summer School of Investigative Journalism, organized for the fifth time by the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN), was concluded…
Press release: How much do senior public officials earn?
Most of the state administration authorities do not respect the Law on Free Access to Information, which prescribes proactive publishing of lists of senior public officials with their wages. Institute Alternative, by using the Internet search of web pages of state administration authorities in the period between July 20 and August 1 this year, found…
EU accession negotiations, Rule of law
Commentary on the Draft Law on Special Prosecution
Competencies set too broadly, positions reserved for prosecutors and no security checks prescribed. The question of the subject-matter jurisdiction of the Special Prosecutor’s Office (SPO) represents one of the key issues to be addressed and should be regulated in accordance with the principle of relieving the SPO of burden, namely the cases High State Prosecution…