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.
Press Release: Governing without discussion – Citizens without a possibility to improve regulations
30. 12. 2015.
The Government is constantly violating relevant regulations on organising public discussions and inclusion of interested public in the process of drafting strategic documents and law and is withholding information on regulation preparation, which has a negative impact on the quality of these documents. Public discussions are either not organised at all or they last less…
Press release: Ministry of Interior checked off the box by simulating a public debate on the Strategy of Police Development
29. 12. 2015.
Ministry of Interior (MoI) has without any particular explanation refused to enhance the work of the internal control of police and the increase of its authority, without including measures related to depolitisation, the enhancement of transparency and improving of finance management in the Strategy of Police Development. The Government has adopted the Strategy of Police…
2016 Budget proposal – Our remarks
17. 12. 2015.
Our remarks on the Draft Law on the Budget of Montenegro for 2016, presented at the session of the Committee for economy, finances and budget Budget as a moving target Although the Government respected the legal deadline this year by submitting the Budget Proposal to the Parliament on time, it has actually continued working on…
(Un)disclosed discussions on local budgets and excluded citizens
17. 12. 2015.
A quarter of municipalities have not yet held a public discussion on budgets, and even those that have done so, have not informed the public in the timely manner thus not including citizens in the process. The municipalities that still have not announced public discussions on budgets are Herceg Novi, Kolašin, Andrijevica, Cetinje, Plav and…
Comments on the Public Finance Management Reform Programme
16. 12. 2015.
Institute Alternative is the only participant of public discussion on the Public Finance Management Programme for the period of 2016-2020, which is organized by the Ministry of Finance. We have delivered comments for this document that define the key reform plans in different areas related to the management of public finance – from the budget…
SEE 2020 Strategy and the fight against corruption
15. 12. 2015.
Citizens should know that the crime does not pay off Priorities in the fight against corruption derived from the Strategy South-East Europe 2020 (SEE 2020) in Montenegro and countries of the region are far from achieved, it was assessed at the conference organised today by Institute alternative (IA). The conference “Against corruption – for Montenegro’s…
