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.
Workshop at Hertie School of Governance
12. 02. 2015.
Researchers at Institute alternative, Marko Sošić and Jovana Marović have participated in a two – day training organized by Hertie Shcool of governance from Berlin. The workshop has been held within the framework of the Regional Research Promotion Program in the Western Balkans (RRPP), the project “Policy Evaluation and Performance Audit – On the Same…
Press release: Government to Respond to the Warnings of State Auditors
06. 02. 2015.
Instead of ignoring the recommendations of the SAI, which was the practice by now, the Government should take them into consideration and respond to them, especially to those which warn on the issues in implementing the public procurement and the capital budget. Institute Alternative hereby invites the Government to adopt the Action Plan for the…
Opening Up the Data to Public or Closing it Even Further
26. 01. 2015.
We have submitted our comments on the Draft Law on Free Use of Public Data, which is currently put on the public hearing agenda. This Law should enable access to data produced in public administration in a machine readable format which allows further processing and data management. We are very unsatisfied with the Draft Law,…
Public Procurements and Accountability
12. 01. 2015.
In Montenegro, one of the main problems when it comes to public procurement is the lack of accountability for violations of the Law on Public Procurement. Moreover, not every possible violation in public procurement procedure has been determined by this Law. However, amendments to the Law on Public Procurement have not dealt with these issues,…
Equal Chances for All Media in Montenegro?
26. 12. 2014.
The research coordinator, Jovana Marović has participated in the project carried out by Centre for Civic Education „Equal opportunities for all media in Montenegro?“, which is supported by the Embassy of Federal Republic of Germany in Montenegro. Jovana researched the part of analysis which refers to procurement and media advertising of public administration. This part…
We Took Part in the 2015 Budget Debate
17. 12. 2014.
Lack of transparency of the capital budget, breaching the Guidelines of fiscal and macroeconomic policy, disrespect to recommendations of State Audit Institution in planning budget and excessive generality of parts of budget are the key issues on which we have drawn attention to MPs during the budget proposal to the Committee on Economy, Finance and…
