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13. 09. 2017.

All our Failures

Piše: Institut alternativa

We mark the tenth anniversary of the foundation of Institute alternative this month. We started from zero. It took us five years to become a relatively stable organization and it took us ten years to secure a place among the most active and most prominent organisations with 10 employees. It is very difficult to talk…

06. 03. 2017.

Open Data and Economy

Piše: Institut alternativa

#OpenDataDay The International Open Data Day is marked for the seventh time today on 4th of March. The idea is to promote the significance and the use of “unlocking“ the data worldwide and the necessity of adopting a politics of openness, not just by the governments and public institutions but also by private sector, civil…

28. 11. 2016.

Old and New Government

Piše: Institut alternativa

We all know that state administration is composed of sixty-five organs out which sixteen of them are ministries. We also know that ministries perform complex tasks of proposing internal and foreign policy, leading policy development, normative activities, administrative oversight etc. So who and how decides on the number of ministries and their names? Simple answer…

21. 10. 2016.

Post-election Shady Business

Piše: Institut alternativa

“The opposition is satisfied with the results of the elections because the opposition has defeated DPS.“ “The opposition does not accept the election results because of the reported arrest of the group planning a coup.“ “The opposition will form a government with minority parties.” “The opposition ready to support a minority government minority parties.“ We…

22. 07. 2016.

Challenges of Policing the Protests in Montenegro

Piše: Institut alternativa

Two challenges are recognized by analysing protest in Montenegro in late 2015: the excessive use of force and the lack of transparency by the police. Political and civic protests, that occurred last October in the organization of opposition coalition Democratic Front, lasted almost one month, with the aim to boycott the Parliament and demand resignation…

16. 05. 2016.

Enforce the Agreement

Piše: Institut alternativa

MPs have the right to convey their messages in various ways, opposition MPs in particular, even in unusual, unconventional ways. However, the rest of the parliamentary performance last Friday was torturesome, violent, unnecessary, rude and inappropriate for our parliamentary life. MPs from Democratic Front have contributed to this, two of them most significantly, but the…

18. 04. 2016.

Corruption at the top of the class

Piše: Institut alternativa

Nearly four years after the start of EU accession negotiations, and more than two since the opening of chapters 23 and 24 relating to the rule of law, Montenegro is waiting for the European Commission to (pr)evaluate the success of fulfilling tasks put before it. These requirements, which EC uses to “measure” the level of…

11. 03. 2016.

Advise me what I already think

Piše: Institut alternativa

The question rightfully arises: What are the results of our work and have we been able to influence the decisions of the Government? A sincere answer would be as follows: Our results are thin and we’ve failed to achieve any significant impact. Why is it so? Here is the answer based on a recent example.…

19. 02. 2016.

Big and small election narratives

Piše: Institut alternativa

For the purpose of building election trust, besides dealing with great stories of democratic dialogue, it is necessary to tackle public policies in depth, so that, in four years time, we do not again witness sudden, short-term attempts of “fixing” the issues which have been previously largely neglected by politicians. The 2016 is the election…

13. 02. 2016.

Law demands an agreement, but…

Piše: Institut alternativa

After all the twists and the upheaval that followed the appointment of the Head of Special police unit, I would like to express a deep personal belief that the obstruction is not the issue, but the lack of capacity to reach compromise. First of all, we should reiterate the legal formulation: the head of the…

11. 02. 2016.

Talks and agreements

Piše: Institut alternativa

It seems that the parliamentary dialogue process is heading in a good direction. Such conclusion is to be made considering the series of events: the meeting of political leaders, opposition parties meetings, the confirmation of SNP (Socialist People’s Party) to participate in the dialogue and participation in the interim government of the authority and opposition,…

23. 12. 2015.

Who cares about regulations?

Piše: Institut alternativa

Introduction of legal obligation to organise public discussions on all laws, as well as calls of invitations for participation for interested parties in working groups dealing with the preparation of these regulations, represent a progress in regulating normative framework for public consultations in Montenegro. This is so because in 2010 the European Commission has ,…