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: Do MPs read reports of the State Audit Institution?
11. 10. 2013.
The Parliamentary Committee on Education, Science, Culture and Sports failed to support the initiative of MP Srđan Perić to hold a control hearing of Minister of Education Slavoljub Stijepović about the situation in the publishing industry, in light of the findings presented in the Report of the State Audit Institution (SAI) on the audit of…
Meeting with the representatives of German Ministry of Finance
07. 10. 2013.
The representatives of German Ministry of Finance Ms. Ingrid Roeder and Mr. Oliver Klabunde, in charge of the European Union enlargement and bilateral relations with candidate countries for the accession to the EU, visited Institute Alternative today. Mr. Olaf Poeschke, Deputy Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Montenegro, attended the meeting as well.…
Press release: MPs to amend shortcomings of the Budget Law
10. 09. 2013.
The Bill on Budget and Fiscal Responsibility contains numerous ambiguities and shortcomings which need to be addressed through amendment procedure in the Parliament. Among other things, increasing transparency of the budget cycle and enabling more significant participation of the Parliament in this process was not achieved; offense liability is still vaguely defined; whereas autonomy of…
The Economist on PPPs in Montenegro
28. 08. 2013.
Montenegro was ranked 19th among the 25 states on regional level (Balkan, Central European and Eastern European countries) in the 2012 report of the Economist which evaluates the environment for public private partnerships (PPP). The criteria used for countries’ rankings were the degree of fulfillment of preconditions for realization of PPP projects. They implied assessment…
Press release: Municipal spending in 2012 still a mystery
27. 08. 2013.
Only ten municipalities have so far adopted the final budget account (year-end report) for 2012. Although we are already well in the second half of 2013, we are still waiting for a complete information on how the municipality collected and spent funds in the previous year. Therefore, we still do not know how municipalities spent…
Presentation of the web portal www.MojGrad.me
31. 07. 2013.
At a press conference held today, Institute Alternative unveiled its new web portal, www.MojGrad.me, whose aim is to increase the transparency of local budgets (Moj Grad stands for My city in Montenegrin). www.MojGrad.me is a pioneering project of budget data visualization in Montenegro. It was created as part of the project “Monitoring of local budgets”,…
