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).

Public procurement 2019: Increasing spending, decreasing competitiveness

05. 06. 2020.

According to the latest 2019 Public Procurement Report issued by the Ministry of Finance, the competitiveness of public procurement procedures in Montenegro has never been lower. As a rule, low competition intensity means low quality of procured goods, works and services. When we add to that the highest recorder public procurement budget expenditure, the picture…

Summit EU Western Balkan – With or Without (E)U?

07. 05. 2020.

Our public policy researcher Dina Bajramspahić spoke at the ’’Virtual meeting: Western Balkans Shadow Summit – With or Without EU’’, which was held through a moderated Zoom meeting on Tuesday, May 5, 2020 at 12:00, on the topic of EU enlargement and Western Balkans. The aim of the conference meeting is to contribute to the…

Results of the Call for Proposals on Public Assemblies

24. 04. 2020.

We will support four civil society organisations to, together with us and with Human Rights Action (HRA), contribute to the fight against the worrying trend of narrowing civic participation space in Montenegro. Through the project ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies”, Institute Alternative and the Human Rights Action will contribute to the…

On EU Integrations in the Age of Coronavirus on Radio of Montenegro

24. 04. 2020.

Our Dina Bajramspahić, as a guest in the show on European integrations on Radio of Montenegro, commented on the reaction of European institutions to the coronavirus pandemic, the EU’s position towards the Western Balkans in the new situation as well as the potential impact of a pandemic on European Integration of Montenegro. Interview with journalist…

Make Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective

06. 04. 2020.

Starting from March 2020, the Institute Alternative (IA) commenced its work on the two-year “Making a Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective” project. This Project is implemented in partnership with the members of the Think for Europe Network, the Institute for International Affairs in Rome, the Bronsilav Geremek Foundation Centre…

Montenegro’s EU Integrations

24. 02. 2020.

Our Dina’s great interview for daily newspaper Vijesti on enlargement policy and other aspects of Montenegro’s integration in European Union (EU). 1) New methodology The new methodology is a new important moment for refreshing the idea of enlargement. It is still in the draft form and there is a room for it’s improvement. That is…