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.
Comments on AP for the implementation of the Strategy for fight against corruption and organized crime
27. 02. 2013.
The process of developing the Action Plan for the fight against corruption and organized crime Strategy implementation for the period 2013 -2014. We are willing to contribute to this process, so we have prepared comments on the draft action plan, based on our research, the findings and recommendations of our publications. For work on the…
Press release: Misdemeanor Accountability To Be Clearly Established
04. 02. 2013.
The public debate on the Draft of Law on Budget and Fiscal Accountability is completed and the Law will, if adopted, replace the systematic Budget Law which is currently in force. According to the Draft of Law, misdemeanor accountability is arranged so that numerous actions remained without prescribed penalty. The authority in charge of misdemeanor…
Press release: The New Law Should Eliminate Previous Failures
01. 02. 2013.
The Draft of Law on Budget and Fiscal Accountability does not contribute sufficiently to the improvement of the budget transparency, to the participation of the Parliament in the budget cycle, to the regulation of misdemeanor accountability, and some of its provisions are directly opposite to the Government’s strategic goals. During the public discussion on the…
Commentary on the Draft of Law on Budget and Fiscal Accountability
30. 01. 2013.
The Ministry of Finance has prepared a Draft of Law on the Budget and Fiscal Accountability and this text is currently a subject of public debate. IA considers that this Draft of Law introduces a number of novelties which will improve organic law budget that is currently in force. However, many provisions have remained incomplete,…
Press release: No progress in regulating concessions
25. 01. 2013.
IA’s press releaseon the Report on the implementation of obligations under concession agreements adopted by the Government on January 24 2013. In the past year, no progress in the legal, institutional and control regulation of concessions in Montenegro has been made. Problems, identified in this area over the previous years, are still present. Specifically, a new…
Press release: Strengthening parliamentary oversight of public procurement system
27. 12. 2012.
Institute Alternative is conducting the project “Strengthening parliamentary oversight of public procurement system in Montenegro”, with the support of the Democracy Commission for Small Grants of the Embassy of the United States. Parliament’s role in monitoring the implementation of the Law on Public Procurement is limited. Parliamentary committees do not discuss the annual reports of…
