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.
Do we need a special parliamentary Committee for Budget and Audit?
05. 04. 2015.
Parliamentary (political) control of the budget relies on the work of the State Audit Institutions (SAI) in regard to the oversight of the directing and spending of the budgetary funds. SAI is the key partner of the Parliament because it allows the MPs to find out what exactly is happening with the budget. At the…
Talk Show: Construction with Benefits
28. 03. 2015.
Our research coordinator Jovana Marović has participated in a talk show “On Fridays at 8” with Tina Raičević, broadcast on TV Vijesti. The topic of the show was corruption in urban planning, public procurement and public – private partnership. Among other things, guest of the talk show talked about numerous problems in these areas: land…
Press release: Open Up the Budget Data
18. 03. 2015.
We appeal to the Ministry of Finance to improve the transparency of the national budget by implementing the practice of budgetary data in the form that would allow the data processing and searching. In December 2014 during the parliamentary discussion on The Budget Proposal, Institute Alternative has referred to the Ministry of Finance with an…
More Precise Reporting on Procurement is Needed
18. 03. 2015.
Commentary of the Institute alternative on the Report of work of the Coordinating Body for Monitoring and Implementation of the Strategy for Development of the Public Procurement System for IV quarter of 2014 General remarks When it comes to the development of the public procurement system, the Report is focused on general subjects instead of…
Press release: Open Up the Budget Data
18. 03. 2015.
We appeal to the Ministry of Finance to improve the transparency of the national budget by implementing the practice of budgetary data in the form that would allow the data processing and searching. In December 2014 during the parliamentary discussion on The Budget Proposal, Institute Alternative has referred to the Ministry of Finance with an…
SAI and Criminal Charges
18. 03. 2015.
During the meeting with state auditors and civil society held last week, one of the key issues raised was whether the State Audit Institution (SAI) should file criminal charges and why that hasn’t been done in their thus far. The reports of SAI list numerous irregularities and illegalities in the field of managing the public…
