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Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
IA presents its Analysis on Employment at the Local Level
At the press conference held today, Institute Alternative presented its new analysis “Employment in Montenegrin Municipalities – Merit or Party Based Recruitment?”. Boris Marić, Senior Legal Advisor at Centre for Civic Education (CCE), reminded that the analysis was prepared within the framework of the project “Corruption at the Local Level – Zero Tolerance”, which aims…
Presentation of the analysis “Employment in Montenegrin municipalities – merit based or party recruitment?”
Institute Alternative will present an analysis “Employment in Montenegrin Municipalities – Merit Based or Party Recruitment?” at the press conference which will be held at the premises of Centre for Civic Education (Njegoševa 36/I, Podgorica), on Wednesday, 30 July 2014, at 11 a.m. The analysis is prepared within the framework of the project “Corruption at…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations
Press Release: Cost of Action Plans for Chapter 23 and 24 must be in the Budget
Bearing in mind that the process of next year’s budget planning is ongoing, we urge competent authorities to take into account the resources needed to implement measures planned to be realized in 2015, as envisaged by the Action Plans for Chapters 23 and 24. This is especially important if we take into account that the…
Letter of the Chapter 23 Working Group Members
Letter of the representatives of Institute Alternative (IA), Centre for Civic Education (CGO) and Centre for Development of NGOs (CDNGO) addressed to the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Podgorica, 28.07.2014. We address you in the capacity of the members of the Working Group for the Preparation of Negotiations…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
The Impact of Political Corruption on the Municipal Decision-Making Process
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) organized a panel discussion today, entitled “The Impact of Political Corruption on the Municipal Decision-Making Process”. The event was part of the project “Corruption at the Local Level – Zero Tolerance”. Opening remarks and keynote speeches were delivered by Daliborka Uljarević, Executive Director of Centre for Civic Education (CCE), and…
Accountable public finances, Parliamentary program
Reaction to the press release of the Ministry of finance
The Ministry of Finance has reacted to our press relase “Forgotten Conclusion of the Parliament” from the 21 July, among other things, qualifying our claims as “malicious and inaccurate.” In the press release, we state that an important conclusion of the Parliament, on mid-year reporting on budget execution, has not been fulfilled although the deadline…
Press release: Government Eluding Obligations from the Action Plan for Chapter 23
The Government is behind the schedule with implementation of the majority of measures from the Action Plan for Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights related to public procurement. The third reporting period on the implementation of measures from the Action Plan for Chapter 23 does not represent an exception when it comes to failing…
Accountable public finances, Parliamentary program
Press release: Forgotten Conclusion of the Parliament
The Government has not complied with the Conclusion of the Parliament and has not yet submitted the mid-year budget execution report. This is a blatant violation of the Parliament’s Conclusion which was unanimously adopted accompanying the 2014 Budget Law, upon the proposal of the Socialist People’s Party (SNP). According to the adopted Conclusion, the report…
For State Administration – Equal for All
After pinpointing the main challenges of introduction of the merit-based system in Montenegrin state administration, Institute Alternative will continue to monitor the implementation of the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees. With the financial support of the U. S. Embassy in Podgorica, IA will implement the project “State Administration in Montenegro – Equal for…
The European Parliament Elections – Towards Winning Mandates for Achieving Greater Impact?
Research Coordinator Jovana Marović, participated in the symposium “Elections for the European Parliament – Through Mandates for a Greater Impact?“, which was held on 15 July 204, at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade. The conference aimed at offering an analysis of the institutional and political outcomes of the European Parliament elections held in…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
Policy Evaluation and Performance Audit
Together with the partners from the TEN Network – Centre for European Policy (CEP) from Belgrade and European Policy Institute (EPI) from Skopje, Institute Alternative will conduct a research about the connection between the policy evaluation and the performance audit in the coming year. The project “Policy Evaluation and Performance Audit – On the Same…
EU accession negotiations, Rule of law
Press release: What about the Law on Special Prosecutor’s Office?
The semi-annual report on the implementation of the Action Plan for Chapter 23 “Judiciary and Fundamental Rights”, which was published by the Government of Montenegro on 10 July 2014, does not contain any proper information on the status of the Draft Law on Special Prosecutor’s Office. Representatives of Institute Alternative participated in ten meetings of…