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: Concessionaires without a control
28. 05. 2015.
Concession policy in Montenegro is not controlled, non-transparent, and brings multimillion damage to the both national and local budgets, but Government does not do anything to improve such situation in the area for years, since it does not publish neither data on contract nor the data on the concessionaires’ debt, and furthermore, does not improve…
Corruption in public procurement is all-present but difficult to prove
25. 05. 2015.
Shortcomings of the Law on Public Procurement, weak anti-corruption mechanisms, inadequate transparency, violation of legal norms without data on misdemeanor responsibility, and poor law enforcement capacities are key issues that create space for the corruption in public procurement. This is the conclusion of the consultative meeting held today, which gathered the representatives of the business…
Who Listens to Auditors and do They Stand More Chance United?
20. 05. 2015.
Today we held a conference that, for the first time, got together representatives of almost every unit of the internal audit on one side, and representatives of the State Audit Institution (SAI) on the other. We talked about how they could establish better cooperation than the existing which consist of reporting and control of the…
Strengthening public finance oversight – How can the state and internal auditors cooperate better?
15. 05. 2015.
With the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Norway, next week on May 19th, we are organizing the conference “Strengthening public finance oversight – How can the state and internal auditors cooperate better?” This meeting of state and internal auditors, first of a kind, is organized with the cooperation with the State Audit…
Infographic: Debt of Our Municipalities
13. 05. 2015.
The best indicator of the state of our local finances, in addition to many others, is the debt of municipalities. The total debt of our municipalities at the end of 2014 amounted to 166.94 million euro. The most indebted municipality is Budva, with the total debt of over 65 million euro (more than the sum…
Municipalities Are Breaking The Law While Contracting Goods
11. 05. 2015.
Irrational planning and frequent changes of plans, violations of provisions of the law, contracting goods and services without public insight, remain central problems of procurement at the local level. In 2014, Montenegrin local governments have spent more than 10 million euro on public procurement. This amount doesn’t include data for Municipality of Bijelo Polje, considering…
