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.
Seminar on public procurement for Parliamentary Service
29. 04. 2013.
We organized a seminar on public procurement for sixteen representatives of Parliamentary Staff, on 26-27 April in Miločer. The seminar is one of the activities foreseen under the project “Strengthening Parliamentary Oversight of Public Procurement System”, which is supported by the Democracy Commission Small Grants U.S. Embassy in Montenegro. Through an intensive two-day training, participants…
Press release: Better public procurement oversight by strengthening the Parliament
25. 04. 2013.
The Parliament has an important role in controlling government’s spending and procurement, and should have the capacity to verify key information about the funds allocated to consumer units, but also regarding effective and efficient of these resources. The role of the Parliament of Montenegro in the control of the public procurement system remains limited. This…
IA in the working group for chapter 32 – Financial control
12. 04. 2013.
Our researcher, Marko Sošić, was appointed by the Government as a member of the working group for the preparation of negotiations on the accession of Montenegro to the EU concerning the negotiation chapter 32 – Financial control. In this area, we have dealt with a number of issues related to the impact of the state audit’s…
Press release: Favoritism of political party donors in public procurements must be prevented
04. 04. 2013.
The Law on Political Parties Financing needs to be enhanced with the precise and detailed provisions which would prevent favoritism of parties’ donors who are during public procurement procedures. Improvement of abovementioned provisions of the Law on Political Parties Financing is even of higher priority if we bear in mind that potential connection between public…
Discussion on the first year of the Law on public procurement implementation
28. 03. 2013.
President of the Managing Board, Stevo Muk participated at the workshop “New Law on Public Procurement: Lessons Learned from the first year of implementation,” which is organized by the Public Procurement Administration and SIGMA on 28 March 2013 at Hotel Maestral (Becici). The workshop is focused on the analysis of the Law on Public Procurement…
Our suggestions for this year’s agenda of the Committee for economy, budget and finance
21. 03. 2013.
Committee on Economy, Finance and Budget is currently formulating its agenda for 2013. year. The competencies of this Committee intertwine with our work in the research area Public finance. We addressed the Chair of the Committee with a set of proposals and suggestions that we believe should be included in the this year’s Agenda: Consultative…
