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.
European Commission Report: Poor grade for Montenegro
09. 11. 2016.
In most negotiation Chapters, according to the Report of the European Commission, Montenegro has made “some progress”. Two worse grades than this one are “backsliding” or “no progress”. The lowest grades were given to chapters relating to economic and monetary policy and the fisheries. For the key chapters relating to the fight against corruption and…
IA presented new research findings: No progress in Rule of Law
08. 11. 2016.
Montenegro has stagnated in key areas of rule of law, and backslided in the area of cooperation of the Government with NGOs, it was concluded at today’s event organised by Institute alternative (IA). Today, a day before publication of European Commission’s (EC) report on Montenegro 2016, IA presented key findings of the research “Monitoring and…
Event Announcement: Presentation of research findings “Monitoring and Evaluation of the Rule of Law in Montenegro“
04. 11. 2016.
Institute Alternative will present findings of our research “Monitoring and Evaluation of the Rule of Law in Montenegro“, on Tuesday, 8 November, at PR Centre, starting at 10AM. The day before the European Commission Report on Montenegro is published, we want to present our perspective on the current state of affairs in the area of…
Protector’s non-allowed revisions – Salvation or additional damage for the state budget?
04. 10. 2016.
Despite warnings that the delay of court proceedings multiplies the costs that state is paying for its mistakes, Protector of Property and Legal interests files even non-allowed revisions before the Supreme Court. From a total of 94 revisions that the Protector has filed, almost half of them – 43 have been were rejected as unfounded,…
Press release: Stop the non-transparent work of public companies
01. 10. 2016.
Institute Alternative (IA) has been unsuccessful for a year now in gaining insight into the business of state enterprises Last May IA has requested from 35 registered state enterprises in Montenegro, via free access to information, to access their annual reports for 2014, minutes of meetings of the Board of Directors in the same year,…
Current budgetary reserve – 60 millions out of sight
27. 09. 2016.
We call upon the Agency for Personal Data Protection and Free Access to Information to promptly decide upon the Institute alternative’s appeal against the Decision of the Secretariat-General of the Government from March this year, which declared confidential all information on work of the Commission for allocation of funds from budgetary reserve. According to the…
