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.
IA at the closing debate on the amendments to the Law on Public Procurement
18. 03. 2014.
A roundtable organized by the Public Procurement Administration on the occasion of completion of the public hearing on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement was held on March 17, 2014, in Podgorica. In the introductory part the participants were addressed by the Minister of Finance, Head of the Public Procurement…
Press release: Insufficient progress in the changes of the Law on Public Procurement
18. 03. 2014.
Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Public Procurement does not provide jurisdiction for control of implementation of concluded public procurement contracts, does not fulfill the obligations defined in the Action Plan for Chapter 23, does not regulate adequately the important issues in this area, and therefore, requires additional improvements. Although amendments to the…
Lack of oversight over carrying out public procurement is worrisome
14. 03. 2014.
Inspection for public procurement conducted only 84 inspection controls in 2013. Since the key problem in the field of public procurement, according to the European Commission, are irregularities in the implementation of the Law, meaning weak implementation capacities of the competent authorities, it is necessary to create conditions for adequate supervision over the implementation of…
Review of our research paper in “European pulse”
07. 03. 2014.
An overview of our study “Procurement in Montenegrin Municipalities” is presented in the “In Focus” section of the latest issue of the European Pulse, electronic monthly magazine for European integration, published by Centre for Civic Education. The authors of this study are Jovana Marović, PhD, Research Coordinator at Institute Alternative, and Stevo Muk, President of…
Annual report and the Comments of the NGO coalition for monitoring negotiations in Chapter 23
04. 03. 2014.
Institute Alternative is a member of the Coalition of 16 NGOs for monitoring the accession negotiations with the EU under Chapter 23 – Judiciary and Fundamental rights. The aim of the Coalition is to contribute to monitoring of the field of judiciary, fight against corruption, fundamental rights, and cooperation of state authorities with civil society…
Fight against the corruption in the region – SELDI network
04. 03. 2014.
Through membership in the SELDI coalition and based on its research work in numerous areas of high risk for corruption, Institute Alternative contributes to strengthening of anti-corruption mechanisms at the regional level. SELDI (Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity) is the coalition created with the aim of strengthening regional mechanisms of combating corruption and…
