Accountable public finances
The goal of the program is to achieve more accountable, transparent and rational management of public finances. The focus of the program is on further development of external (state) audit, internal controls in the public sector as well as the parliamentary oversight over the budget. Within this program, special attention is given to the public procurements, public-private partnerships and concessions.
Most of municipalities do not publish key budgetary documents
26. 02. 2019.
A third of municipalities did not publish the annual budget report for 2017, while only four local governments published semi-annual reports on budget execution. With the aim of presenting current situation and relevance of proactive disclosure of information on local budgets, Institute Alternative and the NGO New Horizon conducted comparative research and analysis of the…
Government ignored proposals for enhancement of its Work Programme
19. 02. 2019.
Proactive informing of citizens on the use of the budgetary reserve and of parliament on execution of budget, as well as proactive reporting on the implementation rate of the European Commission’s recommendations – these are some of the obligations that the Government has refused to include in the 2019 Work Programme. Institute Alternative has submitted…
WeBER findings: Public Finance Management
01. 02. 2019.
How transparent and accessible are budgetary documents? How do governments communicate and cooperate with public about public internal financial control (PIFC)? How do supreme audit institution’s (SAI) communicate and cooperate with the public pertaining to its work? Find out in this WeBER infographic, summarising the key findings of our regional Monitoring report:
Government abolished Public Procurement Administration, without explanation
17. 01. 2019.
By repealing body for public procurement, the Government is skipping the steps in process of regulation of public procurement; it is undermining public debate on the new law, the opinion of the European Commission and the public’s right to know, contrary to the demands of European integration. The Government’s new Decree on the organisation and…
Stevo Muk for DN Vijesti: Deserter Strikes Back at DPS for the First Time
16. 01. 2019.
The case of Duško Knežević could get a different epilogue from previous, similar affairs, which only gather spider webs and dust in the drawers of judicial bodies, if it turns out that there are forces in the DPS that can and want to use this affair to achieve their own political ambitions, said Stevo Muk,…
TV Show “Okvir”
26. 12. 2018.
Transparency of local expenditure needs improvement Stevo Muk, President of the Managing board of Institute Alternative (IA), took part in the public broadcaster’s talk-show “Okvir”; he pointed out that the Draft Law on Local Government Financing needs improvements, since monitoring mechanisms at the local level were particularly poor. He reminded that the IA submitted suggestions…
