European Commission to Call Government and Parliament to respect the Law on Public Broadcasting Service (RTCG)

16. 12. 2017.

We invite the European Commission to, more vigorously than so far, call upon Government of Montenegro and Parliament of Montenegro to respect the letter and spirit of the Law on public broadcasting services of RTCG. Proceedings, from mostly bizarre reasons that are formal in nature, that in urgent procedure lead to resolvement in such a…

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IA and HRA call upon MPs not to ban public discussion

28. 11. 2017.

Institute Alternative (IA) and Human Rights Action (HRA) have called upon parliamentary groups of the parties in the Parliament to improve the Government’s Proposal for amendments to the Law on State Administration by deleting paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 4. According to the Proposal to the Law, the public discussion will not be held…

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On public discussions without a public discussion

20. 11. 2017.

Last Thursday, the Government of Montenegro drafted amendments to the Law on state administration without a public discussion, announcement or justification. These amendments limit public debates in a way that enables ministries to virtually skip this phase in decision-making whenever they please. According to the draft, the public discussion will not be held “when the…

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Press release: Six ministers refused to finance NGOs in 2018

31. 10. 2017.

The story of alleged cooperation between the Government and NGOs lasted until the first important decision in the implementation of the new Law on NGOs. Refusal of cooperation with NGOs in the fight against corruption will negatively affect the further process of European integration. Institute Alternative (IA) calls on the Government of Montenegro to oblige…

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IA at the regional forum “Effective Prevention of Corruption through Risk Assessment”

31. 10. 2017.

Dina Bajramspahic, Public Policy Researcher at the Institute Alternative, participated at the regional forum “Effective prevention of corruption through risk assessment “, held in Ljubljana on October 25th and 26th. The Forum brought together over 60 experts from the ministries of justice, anti-corruption bodies and the non-governmental sector from the countries of Southeastern Europe to…

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IA letter to the Prime Minister of Montenegro

26. 10. 2017.

We sent a letter to the Prime Minister, Mr. Duško Marković, and invited him to reject Government’s proposal to adopt the priorities of the NGO funding in 2018, without including areas directly related to the priorities of the European integration process, negotiations and strategic plans of the Government and relevant ministries. This firstly refers to…

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