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.
Cooperation of SAI and Prosecution – you take up where I left off
18. 02. 2016.
The State Prosecutor’s Office should not use the absence of criminal charges as an excuse, but also, the State Audit Institution (SAI) does not have to be absolutely sure about the outcome of its criminal charges in order to proactively act, it was assessed at the conference organised yesterday by Institute alternative (IA). The conference…
Conference announcement: “Auditors and prosecutors on the same task”
15. 02. 2016.
The conference is part of the project implemented by Institute Alternative and supported by the British Embassy Podgorica. The project aims at improving the cooperation between these two institutions, which will lead towards a more efficient use of State Audit Institution findings, and greater dissemination of the work and cooperation of these institutions. Given the…
Parliament powerless before Government’s capital budget
20. 01. 2016.
Parliament adopted the budget for 2016 while the MPs have tried to add six new projects to the capital budget, through specific conclusions. We assume that nothing will happen with these six projects because of the systematic problem in development and presentation of the capital budget, which disables Parliament to obligate the Government in this…
The Government has concealed the information on the state of play in Montenegrin municipalities
16. 01. 2016.
The Government has illegally classified and put under the designation “restricted” the key document on the position of public finances at the local level, thus concealing the data regarding the number of employees in municipalities. We requested from the Government the “Information on the position of public finances at the local level”. This document was…
Press release: the European Commission report on corruption at the local level is being concealed
15. 01. 2016.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (hereinafter: MFAEI) rejected the request for free access to information submitted by Institute Alternative (hereinafter: IA) thus preventing our access to the data on corruption at the local level prepared by experts of the European Union. The practice of concealing important information negatively affects public confidence in…
Press release: Endangered transparency of wages due to a vast array of bonuses
12. 01. 2016.
The new Government Draft Law is unlikely to increase transparency of wages in public sector, considering the complex income structure and numerous data that opens the possibility of misuse. The Draft Law on Wages of Public Sector Employees entered the Parliamentary procedure at the very end of last year, but not in a form that…
