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Introductory session within the Third Public Policy School
By signing the School Attendance Contracts between the participants and Institute Alternative, the Third Generation of Public Policy School has commenced. Introductory session with the participants of the Third Generation of Public Policy School was held on March 24th, 2014, at the premises of PR Center. Out of 90 received applications, a three-party Commission elected…
Press Release: Enormous responsibility of the MPs in the Administrative Committee
Institute Alternative urges the Administrative Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro to properly enforce Law on Public Service Broadcasting in the area of appointment procedure of the new members of the RTCG Council. Possibly unlawful conduct of members of the Council and responsible Parliament of Montenegro officials opens the door to criminal charges for negligent…
Seminar ”Thinking 4 Governance”
Jovana Marović, research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, participated in the second seminar within the framework of the project “Thinking for Governance”, held in Bratislava on March 20-21, 2014. The project aims to exchange experiences between the Visegrad countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary) and civil society organizations from the Western Balkans on the role…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Public administration reform, Rule of law
Our engagement in working groups
Four representatives of IA are members of the working groups for preparation of bills and analytical documents of key importance for securing improvements in the field of administrative inspections, public procurement, internal police oversight and state audit. Following research and analytical work and publication of our findings, we are actively working on advocating recommendations for…
Press release: Administrative Committee wants to nullify the will of NGOs
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Center for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CRNVO), Institute Alternative (IA) and Center for Monitoring (CEMI) express serious concern about the work of the Administrative Committee, which has the responsibility of verifying documentation of the candidates for members of the RTCG Council. Bearing in mind that the governing structure is trying…
Press release: Administrative Committee wants to nullify the will of NGOs
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Center for Development of Non-Governmental Organizations (CRNVO), Institute Alternative (IA) and Center for Monitoring (CEMI) express serious concern about the work of the Administrative Committee, which has the responsibility of verifying documentation of the candidates for members of the RTCG Council. Bearing in mind that the governing structure is trying…
IA at the closing debate on the amendments to the Law on Public Procurement
A roundtable organized by the Public Procurement Administration on the occasion of completion of the public hearing on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement was held on March 17, 2014, in Podgorica. In the introductory part the participants were addressed by the Minister of Finance, Head of the Public Procurement…
Active citizenship as a precondition for development of democracy in the EU
Research paper authored by Jovana Marović, Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, entitled “Active citizenship as a precondition for the development of democracy in the European Union”, has been published in the Proceedings of Faculty of Political Science “European Citizen in Times of Crisis”, edited by Slobodan Samardžić and Ivana Radić Milosavljević. The Conference Proceedings consist…
Press release: Insufficient progress in the changes of the Law on Public Procurement
Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement does not provide jurisdiction for control of implementation of concluded public procurement contracts, does not fulfill the obligations defined in the Action Plan for Chapter 23, does not regulate adequately the important issues in this area, and therefore, requires additional improvements. Although amendments to the…
Competencies to be more precise and reporting to the Parliament to be introduced
Commentary of Institute Alternative to the Bill on Basic Principles of Intelligence and Security Sector in Montenegro It is not clear which problems the Government intends to solve by adopting this Law, since the Bill exposition was reduced to mere copying of the articles of the Law, as it happens rather often. The only concrete…
Lack of oversight over carrying out public procurement is worrisome
Inspection for public procurement conducted only 84 inspection controls in 2013. Since the key problem in the field of public procurement, according to the European Commission, are irregularities in the implementation of the Law, meaning weak implementation capacities of the competent authorities, it is necessary to create conditions for adequate supervision over the implementation of…
”Social Card” published in the scientific magazine of the Social Workers’ Society of Serbia
“Social Card, Social Welfare Information System in Montenegro – High Hopes?”, our policy brief (concise policy paper), is published integrally in the magazine of Association of Social Workers of Serbia. Editor in chief of the magazine “Social Policy and Social Work” is Ana Čekerevac, PhD, while the Editorial Board consists of: Mira Lakićević, PhD, Milorad…