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.
Enforce the Agreement
16. 05. 2016.
MPs have the right to convey their messages in various ways, opposition MPs in particular, even in unusual, unconventional ways. However, the rest of the parliamentary performance last Friday was torturesome, violent, unnecessary, rude and inappropriate for our parliamentary life. MPs from Democratic Front have contributed to this, two of them most significantly, but the…
IA presented recommendations for better reporting on public procurement
21. 04. 2016.
Representatives of Institute Alternative (IA) held a meeting today with Assistant Director of Public Procurement Administration (PPA) Mara Bogavac. The meeting was held at the initiative of PPA, regarding our findings from numerous publications, especially out last year’s report Public Procurement in Montenegro: Corruption Within the Law. The aim of the meeting is to improve…
Towards more transparent transfers at local level
11. 04. 2016.
How transparent are social transfers in our local municipalities? How much money is allocated to individuals, institutions, NGOs and public sector at local level? How responsible are our local municipalities while controlling these transfers? These are some of the issues we are dealing with in election year, through our online portal for local budgets, Moj…
Press release: Public Procurement Administration conceals contracting authorities’ misdemeanors
29. 03. 2016.
Although the deadline for submitting annual reports on public procurement is the end of February, only half of them is publicly available on the website of Public Procurement Administration This year Public Procurement Administration (PPA) began a practice of publishing annual reports on public procurement, which is a significant step towards greater transparency. However, the…
The Council for Development of NGOs takes no notice of the requests of NGOs
18. 03. 2016.
Owing to the votes of the NGO representatives, last year’s Performance Report of the Council for Development of NGOs was not adopted while today’s session was once again marked by the negative attitude of the Ministry of Finance towards initiatives of NGOs. As their key remarks, NGO representatives stated that the Draft Performance Report of…
Corruption is enabling breakdown of the rule of law in the region
14. 03. 2016.
There is a solid legal framework for the rule of law in the region, but the lack of its proper implementation is the reason why the citizens still do not enjoy the benefits of European integration. This is one of the messages from the panel discussion entitled “Rule of Law or Law of the Unruly…
