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.
IA in the Public Finance Management Dialogue
30. 09. 2018.
We participated in the first Public Finance Management Dialogue (PFM) and presented our key recommendations in this field. Stevo Muk, President of the Managing Board of the Institute Alternative, presented our comments on the implementation of the Public Finance Management Reform Programme. He said that the implementation rate of the reform programme was poor, with…
Where is the Protector in discussion about the future of Airports?
13. 09. 2018.
Given the relevance of the issue and the amount of the proposed concession arrangement, the competent ministry should request the advisory opinion of the Protector of Property and Legal Interests of Montenegro, which should take part in discussion on the future of the Airports of Montenegro. During the public presentation of procedure for awarding a…
The Government ignores communication with NGOs
10. 09. 2018.
Coalition Cooperation to the Goal, which consists of 100 NGOs, has sent a letter to the Prime Minister more than a month ago with the call upon the Ministry of Finance and the Government of Montenegro to fulfil their legal obligations and to adopt the Regulation on co-financing of EU projects for domestic non-governmental organisations. After…
Infographic: 150 million euro for only 25 companies
19. 07. 2018.
We prepared an infographic on the public procurement spending in 2017. Data from the Public Procurement Administration’s Report for 2017 show that in that year, spending for public procurement exceeded half a billion euro and that less than 1% of the bidders earned 1/4 of that money. Check out the other interesting data in the…
Coalition “Cooperating Towards Goal”: Government to Enable Co-financing of the EU Projects
18. 07. 2018.
Coalition “Cooperating Towards Goal” calls upon the Ministry of Finance and the Government of Montenegro to urgently fulfil their legal obligations and adopt the Decree on co-financing of the EU projects for national non-governmental organisations. The state made a commitment to support NGO projects that have been selected through demanding and complex EU tenders, taking…
Municipalities To Open Its Budgets For Citizens
27. 06. 2018.
A third of Montenegrin municipalities do not report on citizens’ participation in public discussions on their budgets; available data show that citizens generally did not participate in budget discussions for this year, with the exception of the municipalities of Bar, Plav and Žabljak. There were no citizens at public discussion on local budgets for 2018…
