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).

Commentary on the European Commision’s Report for the Radio of Montenegro (RCG)

07. 06. 2019.

Dina Bajramspahić provided commentary for the Radio of Montenegro (Radio Crne Gore) on the European Commission’s findings from the just published Report on Montenegro for 2019. In our review of the report, we concluded that the findings of the European Commission put under question the country’s leading position compared to other Western Balkan countries; some…

European Commission’s 2019 Montenegro Report in Numbers

29. 05. 2019.

The latest European Commission’s Report on Montenegro published on 29 May 2019 continuously highlights limited progress which indicates the country’s failure to implement advanced reforms with measurable and visible results. The average assessment across all 33 Chapters is minimal progress (“some progress”), and only “backsliding” and “no progress” are worse than that. In numbers, the…

Frontrunner in a slow race

29. 05. 2019.

This year’s European Commission report on Montenegro puts under question the country’s leading position compared to the rest of the region. Some explicit critical remarks are in line with the Institute Alternative’s findings and postpone closing of Chapters 23 and 24. Montenegro, along with Serbia, another country in the official process of EU membership negotiations,…

The title of the “frontrunner” is a test and a burden

21. 05. 2019.

Montenegro must finally move forward from simulating the reforms and comprehend that being called or considered the frontrunner in the EU integration processes is not something it should lean on but rather a burden and a litmus test. This was announced at the roundtable “Shaping the Way for Montenegro’s EU Integration – Key Challenges and…

NGOs from Western Balkan wrote to Donald Tusk

17. 05. 2019.

Institute alternative is one of the signatories of the letter sent by Western Balkan civil society organizations to the President of the European Council, Mr Donald Tusk, concerning opening of the accession negotiations with Nort Macedonia and Albania in June 2019. In the letter, NGOs and individuals express concern that further delay of the accession…

Elections – Birthplace of Corruption and Ongoing Political Crisis

14. 05. 2019.

Having in mind that environment in which elections take place is far wider and longer process than the electoral campaign or election day only, European Commission should provide its own assessment and not rely on OSCE ODIHR mission report only. Ana Đurnić, public policy researcher at Institute alternative participated in the panel “Frontrunner in a…

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