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.
Collection of concession fees still under the veil of secrecy
16. 03. 2015.
New proposals by the Draft Law on public-private partnership are not stimulating, do not adequately regulate the supervision over the implementation of these partnerships, and they are not based on “lessons learnt” from the bad application of the concession policy thus far. By avoiding the application of the Public Procurement Law and by preventing the…
First meeting of the civil society and state auditors held
09. 03. 2015.
The first consultative meeting between State Audit Institution (SAI) and the civil society was held today, organized by Institute Alternative, with the support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy. On behalf of SAI, the meeting was attended by the Senate members, Nikola Kovačević, Branislav Radulović and Dragiša Pešić, who answered many questions posed by representatives…
First meeting of the civil society and state auditors held
09. 03. 2015.
The first consultative meeting between State Audit Institution (SAI) and the civil society was held today, organized by Institute Alternative, with the support of the Royal Norwegian Embassy. On behalf of SAI, the meeting was attended by the Senate members, Nikola Kovačević, Branislav Radulović and Dragiša Pešić, who answered many questions posed by representatives of…
Press release: Annexes to Public Procurement Contracts Must be Published
08. 03. 2015.
Public Procurement Directorate neither does not keep track nor publishes information about the exact number of the annexes concluded annually, neither does keep track about the total amount of completed modifications of basic public procurement contracts, which creates the space for the misuse and limits the transparency. In a response to a request for free…
Announcement: Consultative meeting of the civil society and State auditors
05. 03. 2015.
On Monday, March 9th, we are organizing the first meeting with the representatives of the civil society and State Audit Institution (SAI), two actors who, in our opinion, have similar goal but different methods of achieving it. The working title of the meeting is “Cooperation between the civil society and State Audit Institution – Together…
SELDI Forum in Brussels
25. 02. 2015.
Key results, findings and recommendations formulated during the two-year project within the SELDI network (Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity) were presented at the Policy forum, held on 24th and 25th of February 2015. The Forum “Good Governance Agenda for Southeast Europe: the Role of Civil Society” was attended by the representatives of the…
