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.
Models for improving the system of prevention of conflicts of interest in public procurement
31. 05. 2021.
Prevention plays significant role in the system of prevention of conflict of interest in public procurement, and is reflected in the prevention of the conclusion of public procurement contracts that involve conflict of interest. Montenegrin Public Procurement Law requires the contracting authorities to sign conflict of interest declarations ahead of a public procurement procedure, or…
Database networking is key to preventing conflicts of interest in public procurement
28. 05. 2021.
Podgorica, PR Press Service– The system of prevention and prosecuting conflicts of interest in public procurement can be improved through preventive and repressive actions. It is necessary to network the system, avoiding to put all the pressure on one institution, and for the public to have a control role it is necessary to improve transparency.…
The Ministry of Interior spent milions of euros over the plan
14. 05. 2021.
Institute Alternative’s analysis on implementation of the new Public Procurement Law The Royal Capital of Cetinje amended its 2020 Public Procurement Plan as many as 18 times and the Municipality of Ulcinj executed only 7% of its public procurement budget in 2019. Those are just some of the examples of poor planning that Institute Alternative…
Initiative: Increase Transparency of the Government’s work
29. 04. 2021.
It will soon be a month since we wrote to the Government and called for greater transparency in the work through three concrete steps regarding the availability of information on the work and decision-making of the Government and its working bodies. We have not yet received the answer or noticed a change in practice. It…
What has the new Public Procurement Law brought us?
23. 04. 2021.
The new Law on Public Procurement has brought obligations and more work to contracting authorities, has made procedures easier for the bidders and improved transparency and competitiveness of public procurement procedures. This is stated by contracting authorities that participated in the meeting organised by Institute Alternative on the occasion of presenting the preliminary findings on…
Defence and security procurement’s ID
19. 03. 2021.
It is difficult to improve the practice in the Montenegrin public procurement system when the “rules of the game” keep changing. The penultimate day of 2019 brought the new Public Procurement Law (PPL), which introduced a number of new rules, along with a timeline of only six months for the players to master those. The…
