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.
Overseeing the budgets of local self-governments – constraints and opportunities
02. 04. 2011.
Latest research of Institute Alternative “Overseeing the budgets of local self-governments – constraints and opportunities”,was presented at the press conference on 01 April 2011. The research was conducted in the framework of the project “Strengthening budget control at the local level”, supported by Canada Fund. Aiming to give an overview of existing mechanisms for budget…
SAI’s Senate incomplete for a year
28. 03. 2011.
Senate of the State Audit Institution (SAI) has been incomplete for a year now, comprising four out of the legally prescribed five members. Institute Alternative calls upon the Parliament and Administrative Committee, to place the appointing of a new member of the SAI’s Senate on the list of its short-term priorities. Since a member of…
Strengthening the Budget control in Local Self-Government
27. 03. 2011.
Institute Alternative organized a seminar “Strengthening the Budget control in Local Self-Government” on 25 and 26 March 2011, with the support of the Canada Fund. Central topics of the seminar were possibilities for strengthening the control of the budget and external audit at the local level. Seminar was organized for the members of the committees…
Control of selecting commercial auditors required
26. 03. 2011.
The process of selecting commercial auditors in local self-governaments in Montenegro is not transparent and adequately controlled. This is one of the findings from the research “Strengthening the Budget Control in Local Self-Government”, which Institute Alternative conducted with the support of the Canada Fund. The level of transparency is limited by the selection procedure. Given…
Concession registry must be established
12. 02. 2011.
Institute Alternative states that it is necessary to establish a functional, on-line central registry of the concessions agreements as soon as possible. Even though this is as a legal requirement that has existed since February 2009, when the Concessions Act came into force (Article 15 of the Concessions Act, paragraph 5 of this Article specifies…
Commentary on Draft Action Plan for Monitoring Implementation of Recommendations given in European Commission’s Opinion
01. 02. 2011.
Commentary on Draft Action Plan for Monitoring Implementation of Recommendations given in European Commission’s Opinion – pdf
