EU accession negotiations

The Institute aims to be involved in the process of negotiation for membership in the European Union on the basis of external contribution, through the development of practical policy proposals, providing recommendations and suggestions for improving this phase of integration. Also, IA actively and directly participates in this process within the working group for Chapter 23 – Judiciary and fundamental rights, in preparation for the country’s accession to the European Union. In addition to participating in the creation of anti-corruption policies and mechanisms in the context of the Chapter 23, IA is, in accordance with its fields of research, directly interested in the progress under Chapters: 5 (Public Procurement), 24 (Justice, Freedom and Security) and 32 (Financial control).

Introductory IA activities at the regional anti-corruption project: SELDI network

27. 05. 2013.

Within the project ”Civil Society for Good Governance and Anti-Corruption in Southeastern Europe – Capacity building for monitoring, advocacy and awareness-raising” supported by the European Union, were organized meetings, conference and workshop in Belgrade, May 21-24th. The representatives of Institute alternative, Dina Bajramspahić and Marija Popović, attended the meeting of SELDI network’s Managing Board, SELDI policy…

Commentary on the draft Action plan for chapter 23

18. 05. 2013.

Institute Alternative prepared comments on the draft Action Plan for Chapter 23: Judiciary and Fundamental Rights. Comments, criticisms and suggestions, which we submitted to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration (coordinator of the process), are covering areas of the Action Plan that we deal with in our research efforts. Download IA’s comments on…

Statement: Parliament’s role in drafting Action plans for chapters 23 and 24

17. 05. 2013.

Jovana Marović, IA’s research coordinator, commented on the participation of the Parliament in drafting the action plans for chapters 23 and 24 for the daily “Vijesti”: The adoption of the Resolution on the role of the Parliament in the process of European integration is unreasonably delayed, as the Parliament was required to define its role…

Press release of NGO Coalition: No political will for substantial changes in the Montenegrin society

16. 05. 2013.

Although the normative framework on human rights, fighting corruption and the development of civil society had been promoted, sufficiently strengthened and/or effective institutional mechanisms and inadequate implementation of the legislative framework in practice make the situation in these areas partially satisfactory. On the other hand, the situation in the area of judicial reform is still…

Training on monitoring accession negotiations in chapter 23

19. 04. 2013.

Dina Bajramspahić, our policy analyst, took part in the three-day training to improve the capacity of the members of Coalition of NGO’s for monitoring the negotiations in Chapter 23 – Judiciary and fundamental rights. Training was an activity within the project “Let’s make the negotiation process public” that is being led by Centre for Development…

Civil society involvement in accession negotiations: Too much to ask?

18. 04. 2013.

Key characteristics of the civil society’s participation in the process of Montenegro’s accession negotiations are the key topic of the analysis of our research coordinator, Jovana Marović, which has been published in the publication “Parliamentary Challenges in the EU Accession Process” of the Institute for Democracy and Mediation from Tirana, Albania. You can download the…