Montenegro Lacks 149 Inspectors
Out of 44 inspections, the current staffing level of inspectors is 70% of the planned capacity. Only seven of them are fully staffed, and there are no inspectors at all in inspections for state property, energy efficiency, cultural heritage, or geology inspections. According to data for the 44 inspections operating under the Law on Inspection…
On the Current State of Inspection Supervision
The current state of inspection supervision and the impact of amendments to the Law on Inspection Supervision on the regular work of inspectors were the topics of the fourth meeting held within the project “Inspect to Protect: Turning Inspectorates Into Anti-Corruption Allies.” On December 23rd, Institute Alternative organised a meeting with representatives of inspection bodies,…
Cautious Optimism: Clear Criticism Despite Progress Ratings
Despite the assessment of progress, the European Commission’s report brings numerous criticisms, demands for concrete results, and new recommendations focused on implementing adopted laws – the real work is yet to come! The European Commission’s report provides an average progress score of 3.21 across chapters, while the readiness score is 3.20, showing slight improvement compared…
Government to provide software for all inspections
Institute Alternative has called on the Government to ensure the necessary conditions for the Unified Inspection Information System (UIIS) to be utilised by all inspection bodies. After we highlighted that the inspection software was not in use, the Government of Montenegro issued an Information on October 10, 2024, regarding the Unified Inspection Information System, emphasising…
About Public Administration Employment for CIN-CG
Official data is quite conservative, and its reliability is questionable, but it shows a steady trend of increasing public sector employment. It is important to emphasise that there is no unified record of the number of employees in state and local government owned enterprises. The downside of all this is flawed hiring procedures and a…
Accountable public finances, Public administration reform
IA Proposals for SAI’s Annual Audit Plan for 2025
The State Audit Institution (SAI) has continued its positive practice for the second consecutive year, inviting civil society, the academic community, and professional associations to submit proposals for the annual audit plan for the coming year. We would like to remind that last year, the SAI accepted one of the three proposals we submitted, and…
The Government Forgot About the State Property Inspection
The State Property Inspection has not conducted a single inspection in the past year, and in the meantime, the inspection body has been left without inspectors, as they have been reassigned to other positions or their mandates have expired. The State Property Inspection has not been operational since October 2023. Following amendments to a government…
Eight Months from Initiative to Hearing: The Committee Finally Reviewed the SAI Report on CEDIS
Eight months after submitting the initiative, the Committee for Economy, Finance, and Budget finally conducted a control hearing of the head of the Montenegrin Electric Distribution System (CEDIS), the Montenegrin Electric Power Company (EPCG), the Minister of Energy, and members of the Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI) on the financial state and operations…
IA’s Initiative For a Joint Hearing on Hold For Five Months
For nearly five months, we have been waiting for the parliamentary committees on economy and health to act on our initiative for holding a joint hearing on the topic of public procurement in healthcare. Despite the fact that the initiative, submitted by Institute Alternative on May 10th this year, was initially accepted by both parliamentary…
Parliamentary Dimension of the Berlin Process at the Bundestag
The German Bundestag hosted the event “Parliamentary Dimension of the Berlin Process,” held on October 9 in Berlin. The event, supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, was organised by the Institute for Democracy “Societas Civilis” from Skopje, in cooperation with Institute Alternative and other partner organisations from the region. The event brought together MPs…
A Quarter of State-Owned Enterprises Hide Directors’ Contracts
Complex network of salaries, bonuses, and severance payments in other sectors A quarter of state-owned enterprises did not respond to our request for access to the contracts of their executive directors, including some of the largest and most important public companies. The lack of transparency is further compounded by the failure to provide contract annexes.…
Meeting of NGO representatives with the Supreme State Prosecutor
A meeting between the Supreme State Prosecutor’s Office and representatives of non-governmental organisations was held today, with Dragana Jaćimović, a representative of Institute Alternative, participating. The meeting was organised with the aim of establishing better, higher-quality, and more cooperative partnerships between the State Prosecutor’s Office and civil society. Supreme State Prosecutor Milorad Marković informed the…
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The second episode of IA podcast (Re)Form with Marija Hajduković: Counting public administration employees
In the second episode of the IA podcast (Re)Forma, we discussed the activities undertaken in the process of public administration reform, the importance of data accessibility, and the announced (urgent) amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees with Marija Hajduković, General Director of the Directorate for Strategic Planning in Public Administration, International…
Podcast, Public administration reform
The first episode of our new podcast “(Re)Forma”: Institutions should not enhance the reduction of competitiveness of employment process
Political parties promise meritocracy, but only declaratively. In the first episode, Milena Muk, a public policy researcher at Institute Alternative (IA), explains what changes need to be made in the legal framework and practice so that public sector employment becomes more competitive. The lack of progress since the change of government in 2020 regarding public…
Podcast, Public administration reform
Stevo Muk in the Podcast “European Talks”
Winds of change in Montenegro: What to expect in the next period? The recent elections in Montenegro suggest that major changes could soon take place in the country in the Western Balkans. Montenegro has opened all chapters in the process of negotiations with the EU, but how far has the enlargement process really progressed and…
Podcast, Public administration reform
Podcast “Diplomacy Talks” – guest Stevo Muk
President of the Managing Board at the Institute Alternative (IA), Stevo Muk, was a guest in the podcast “Diplomacy Talks“. He talked with Mahir Sajmija from Foreign Policy Initiative BH. This podcast aims to discuss current topics from the region. The topic of this episode was the recent elections in Montenegro and the new majority.…
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