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Public administration reform, Rule of law
Our findings in the State Department’s 2013 Report
Report of the State Department of the United States of America on the state of human rights in Montenegro in 2013 includes findings from our three research projects. The above mentioned report indicates to insufficiently functional parliamentary oversight of the Security and Defense Sector, failure to implement the Plan for Parliamentary Oversight, as well as…
Review of our research paper in “European pulse”
An overview of our study “Procurement in Montenegrin Municipalities” is presented in the “In Focus” section of the latest issue of the European Pulse, electronic monthly magazine for European integration, published by Centre for Civic Education. The authors of this study are Jovana Marović, PhD, Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, and Stevo Muk, President of…
The ”Pobjeda” Affair
It has been approximately ten days since “Pobjeda”, state-run newspaper, had contacted us and asked to reply several questions about the topic “Affairs in Montenegro”. The intention of representing “affairs” as “alleged” was clear from the very composition of the questions. In other words, the intention was to defend Milo Đukanović, the most prominent actor…
IA’s Researcher to Participate in TRAIN Programme
Milena Milosevic, Public Policy Researcher at Institute Alternative, will take part in this year’s TRAIN programme, run by the German Council on Foreign Relations (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. DGAP). TRAIN programme (abbreviated from: Think Tanks Providing Research and Advice through Interaction and Networking) aims to foster a fruitful policy dialogue between think tanks…
Accountable public finances, EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program
Annual report and the Comments of the NGO coalition for monitoring negotiations in Chapter 23
Institute Alternative is a member of the Coalition of 16 NGOs for monitoring the accession negotiations with the EU under Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental rights. The aim of the Coalition is to contribute to monitoring of the field of judiciary, fight against corruption, fundamental rights, and cooperation of state authorities with civil society…
Accountable public finances, Parliamentary program, Public administration reform
Fight against the corruption in the region – SELDI network
Through membership in the SELDI coalition and based on its research work in numerous areas of high risk for corruption, Institute Alternative contributes to strengthening of anti-corruption mechanisms at the regional level. SELDI (Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity) is the coalition created with the aim of strengthening regional mechanisms of combating corruption and…
Press release: Government to react because of deadline breaching
Two municipalities in Montenegro, Budva and Plav, have not yet adopted the Final Account of the Budget for 2012. It is time that the Government and the Ministry of Finance undertake measures to compel them to comply with the law and basic standards of transparency and accountability. Institute Alternative maintains the website on local finances,…
SELDI Joint Internships Programme in Good Governance and Anti-Corruption: Experience Southeast European Civil Society Organisations from Witnin
The Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI) (www.seldi.net) is an anti-corruption and good governance coalition created in November 2012 by 17 likeminded CSOs in Southeast Europe, involving partners from nine countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Republic of Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey). Position description The SELDI network offers an unpaid…
Procurements in Montenegrin Municipalities
At a press conference held today, Institute Alternative has presented the study »Procurement in Montenegrin municipalities« which introduces problems in the implementation of public procurement in 14 municipalities. The speakers at the press conference were: Nikola Đonović, Centre for Civic Education, coordinator of the project “Corruption on the local level – zero tolerance!”; Marko Sošić,…
Third generation of Public Policy School – Apply!
This call is currently available only in Montenegrin. Translation coming soon!
State bodies have to protect its opponents
Regarding the statement of the organizing committee of the conference “Word, Image and the Enemy”, followed by feature within “Minut, dva” show on TV Pink M and text in “Pobjeda”, which attempts to label the executive director of the CCE, Daliborka Uljarević, as a terrorist only because she warned of the possibility that protests, such…
IA at the parliamentary hearing on the Law on Budget and Fiscal Responsibility
At the meeting held today, the Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget began working on the Bill on Budget and Fiscal Responsibility. The Bill on Budget and Fiscal Responsibility is one of the most important legal documents the Parliament will decide on until the end of this year. Standpoint of Institute Alternative is that the…