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Presenting the results of the public opinion survey “What do citizens think about the police – In the service of citizens or someone else?”
The Institute Alternative and the regional network of CSOs POINTPULSE are organizing a presentation of the results of the survey “What do citizens think about the police – in the service of citizens or someone else?”, which will be held at the PR Center on September 14, 2017, starting at 11:00. The focus of the…
The Capital City one of the leaders in poor public procurement planning
The Capital City has been one of the leaders in poor public procurement planning for years, as it mostly copies the same plan year after year, retaining the same planned sum of about four million euros, although it has not spent that amount in any of the past years. Irrational planning, frequent amendments and non-realization…
While public procurement are irrationally planned, the real citizens’ needs are “on hold”
Irrational planning, frequent amendments and non-realization of plans are some of the central problems in the public procurement system. In 2016, large differences were observed in the planned and spent budget for public procurement for certain categories of contracting authorities, whereas the data on the total difference between planned and spent money for public procurement…
Comments of the Institute Alternative to the Draft Law on Civil Servants and State Employees
The current Draft Law on Civil Servants and State Employees incorporates certain solutions that follow Institute Alternative’s earlier suggestions, especially with regard to the explicit recognition of heads of state authorities as a category within the civil service system (See: Professionalization of Senior Civil Service in Montenegro: Between State and Politics, Institute Alternative, Podgorica, November…
Institute Alternative comments on the Draft Law on Local Self-Government
The current Draft Law on Local Self-Government makes certain improvements, especially related to the professionalization of the heads of local administration bodies and chief administrators. Also, it is commendable that some of our earlier suggestions, such as the consideration of the reports of the State Audit Institution by the Municipal Assembly, have been adopted. However,…
Press release: DPS’ Final Attack on the State Audit Institution
Remaining State Audit Institution (SAI) Senate members have been appointed, but this was carried out with political attack on the independence and integrity of the institution. Institute Alternative has been advocating for years for appointment of remaining SAI Senate members, as well as for the more active role of the Parliamentary Committee in regard to…