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EU accession negotiations, Other
IA at DGAP’s Train Alumni Conference
Jovana Marović, IA’s research coordinator and our policy analyst Marko Sošić, participated in the TRAIN programme (Think Tanks Providing Research and Advice through Interaction and Networking) Alumni Conference, organized by the German Council for Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin from 27 to 30 June. The purpose of the conference was a gathering of TRAIN alumni…
Initiative for conducting a consultative hearing on public procurement in the health sector
Institute alternative addressed the presidents of the Committee for Economy, Finance and Budget and Committee on Health, Labor and Social Welfare with an initiative for conducting a joint consultative hearing on public procurement in the health sector. The aim of the hearing would be to find the best legal solutions and practices in order to…
Conference on oversight of data collection (DCAF, Ohrid)
Our researcher, Dina Bajramspahić, was invited by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) to be one of the panelists at the three-day round table held in Ohrid, Macedonia on June 24-26. Theme of the roundtable was “Security and Intelligence Oversight – Overseeing Information Collection and Information Sharing” and was primarily…
Scientific conference ”European citizen in the times of crisis”
Research coordinator at the Institute Alternative, Jovana Marovic, took part in the symposium “European citizen in times of crisis – the choice between the European Union and its member states as a false dilemma”, which was held at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade, 26 June 2013. During the conference numerous questions were launched…
Good practices in citizens’ participation in the local budgetary process
IA’s researcher, Marko Sošić, participated at the round table “Good practices of citizen participation in the budget process at the local level”, organized by the European Movement in Serbia, in Belgrade, on 21 June. At the roundtable, the research paper entitled “Citizen participation in the budget process at the local level,” whose authors Zvonko Brnjas…
Third Regional Training on investigating police corruption
Our researchers, Marko Sošić and Dina Bajramspahić participated in the third training on investigating corruption in the police forces organized by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF). The topic was: “Evaluation of Research results” and it gathered representatives of civil society organizations dealing with security issues in the Western Balkans.…
EU accession negotiations, Parliamentary program
Press release: Parliament must be more active in the negotiations
The agreement between the Parliament and the Government should as soon as possible define the importance of continuous dialogue and coordinated action of the two branches of power in the negotiations on Montenegro’s membership in the European Union. Since defining the Parliament’s role in the European integration process was delayed for two years, and in…
Joint reaction of Association of Youth with Disabilities of Montenegro and Institute Alternative
The allegations of Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare published in the article of Daily news „Pobjeda“ entitled “Equal Opportunities for all”, has challenged AYDM and Institute Alternative to once again argue the reasons why is necessary to make a new Proposal of the Strategy for Development of Social and Child Protection for the…
Press release: Recruitment and Promotion In State Administration Lacks Transparency
Not all the legal and institutional preconditions for the implementation of the new Law on Civil Servants and Employees are met, while the transparency of its application is also not satisfactory, Institute alternative (IA) argues. On Monday, IA presented its first quarterly monitoring report on the Recruitment and Promotion in state bodies, in line with…
Press Release: Proposed strategy – A step backwards
Proposed Strategy for development of Social and Child Protection relies on the abolished law and thus questions the long-term reform efforts in this area. Proposed Strategy reflects a superficial approach and the indifference of the state in defining long-term priorities in social and child protection. In order to pinpoint certain inconsistencies, remind on the forgotten…
What is to be done?
With all due understanding of dissatisfaction with the negotiations between the government and opposition, now it is of utmost importance for the opposition to take a stance with regard to the constitutional changes, and to be more responsible than in the past while taking part in the drafting of the new electoral legislation. The largest…
Closing training of the 2013 Public Policy School
On Saturday, June 1, the final training of the 2013 Public Policy School was held. The topic was “Effective policy papers writing” and it was lead by Zlatko Vujović. The topic (keyword): Workshop aimed to give participants the knowledge and resources required to develop the skill of writing effective policy proposals in order to communicate…