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Good human resources planning leads to efficient public administration
Considering the share of the public sector in the overall employment of Montenegro, the expenses for employees’ salaries, and poor human resource planning, one of the main challenges of the public administration reform would be its optimisation. This is the conclusion from the panel discussion organized by Institute Alternative. The purpose of the event was…
Important Decision of the Constitutional Court in regard to inadequate investigation of police torture in Montenegro
The Decision of the Constitutional Court in the case of Mijo Martinović is one of the most significant positive developments not only in this year, but in the last few, when it comes to the work of the Prosecutor’s Office and the Police and the reform of the criminal justice system. This is primarily important…
Comments of the Institute Alternative on the Draft Amendments to the Law on Electronic Government
General comments of the Institute Alternative on the Draft Amendments to the Law on Electronic Government Positive sides of the proposed amendments are: Prescribing deadline for submitting data on electronic registers and information systems submitted to the Ministry of Public Administration, in order to enable coordination and management of projects in the field of information…
Social Card – Potential for a Better Social Policy
Citizens no longer have to collect up to 30 documents to receive social assistance fee. However, it is not always possible to obtain the information necessary for the exercise of this right through a “Social card”. These are some of the key conslusions of the discussion “Social Card: A step ahead of time” organised by…
Press release: The Capital City fakes co-operation in the preparation of its 2018 budget
The Capital City Podgorica is faking cooperation with Institute Alternative in the drafting of the budget for 2018, by denouncing its participation in the working group, not delivering budget draft to the representative of the Institute Alternative and calling her for consultations before the final cut. On January 12 2017, the Capital City Podgorica announced…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Press release: Six ministers refused to finance NGOs in 2018
The story of alleged cooperation between the Government and NGOs lasted until the first important decision in the implementation of the new Law on NGOs. Refusal of cooperation with NGOs in the fight against corruption will negatively affect the further process of European integration. Institute Alternative (IA) calls on the Government of Montenegro to oblige…