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Reaction: Secretively about the Secret Service
We have been unpleasantly surprised that the Government of Montenegro prepared and adopted the Bill Law on Amendments to the Law on Agency for National Security (NSA), on today’s session, without a public debate. The development of this bill law was not foreseen in the Government’s 2014 Agenda. During its preparation, there have been no…
Lecture of Jovana Marović held
A two-hour lecture held by Jovana Marović, PhD, Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, was organized within the framework of Public Policy School, on June 3, 2014. The lecture encompassed two important topics: The role of state and non-state actors in the policy making process at the EU level, The role of think tanks in the…
The Podgorica Arrangement
While everybody is wondering about considerations and intentions of Ranko Krivokapić and Darko Pajović, Đukanović states that the post-electoral coalition in Podgorica will be easily forged and that the adequate arrangement will be made without difficulty. It looks like the plan will be henceforth known as „the Podgorica Arrangement“, much like „the Podgorica Approach“ in…
We became a member of the PASOS network
Institute Alternative has become a member of the PASOS network. PASOS is short for Policy Association for an Open Society and it is a network founded in 2004 that supports the development and strengthens the outreach and impact of its 56 members. Its aim is to strengthen independent think-tanks to ensure the lessons of transition…
Lecture of Dragan Đurić held
Two hour lecture of Dragan Đurić, PhD, was held on Monday, May 26, 2014, within the framework of the Public Policy School. ProfessorĐurić spoke about coordination of public policies in the Montenegrin public administration. This topic encompassed the question of concept of coordination, assessment of coordination system in the Government of Montenegro in the theoretical…
Coordination and Institutional Set-Up in the EU Accession Process
Institute Alternative, alongside with colleagues from the Think for Europe (TEN), network of think tank organizations that are actively involved in the integration process of the WB countries to the EU, participated in preparation of the background document Coordination Requirements and Institutional Set-Up in the EU Accession Process and Negotiations. IA’s research coordinator, Jovana Marović,…
Meeting with the COELA working group
Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, Jovana Marović, participated at the meeting with members of the COELA working group, which was held in Podgorica, on May 26, 2014. Judicial reform, fight against corruption, elections held in 12 local self-governments, as well as other important issues in the context of the negotiation process on Chapters 23 and…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Press conference of the Coalition for Chapter 23 held
Today we had a press conference at which the second semi-annual report of the Coalition of NGOs for monitoring negotiations with the EU in the framework of Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental Rights – the situation in the areas of judicial reform and human rights in Montenegro (covering the period from 1 October 2013…
Press release: Municipalities unprepared for public- private partnerships
Current implementation of public-private partnerships at the local level in Montenegro is characterized by a number of problems. Not being familiar with the specifics of this model of filling the budget deficit, and thus rushing into its implementation, imprecise risk sharing between the public and private partners, violation of deadlines, are just some of these…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform
Working visit to Brussels
Our researcher, Dina Bajramspahić, participated in the meetings with Dirk Lange and other officials of the European Commission (EC), as one of the representatives of the Coalition for Monitoring the Accession Negotiations within the Chapter 23. Within the working visit to Brussels organised between May 19 and 22, 2014, five representatives of the Coalition of…
Press release: State to do more in order to protect the LGBT population
Institute Alternative strongly condemns the attack on the activist of NGO LGBT Forum Progress in Podgorica and calls upon the state authorities to bring the culprits of this attack to justice and penalize them in accordance with the law. The politics of impunity over attacks on LGBT persons, especially during and after the pride parades,…
Unconvincing view of political impartiality in the state administration
Replies to our initiatives addressed to the Ethics Committee and the Administrative Inspection related to the nomination of civil servants for local elections indicate passivity of these institutions and the vagueness of legal regulations governing political impartiality of civil servants. The Ethics Committee and the Administrative Inspection are of the opinion that running for local…