Public administration reform
The goal of the program is to improve the efficiency, effectiveness and accountability of the public administration (government, local government, public services). This program is especially dedicated to harmonization of legislative framework and practices with the principles of European administrative space, organization and rationalization of public administration, merit-based recruitment and carreer advancement as well as the quality of the law-making and policy development.
Judges of the Constitutional Court to Resign
04. 12. 2020.
On the occasion of the decision of the Constitutional Court by which that court revoked as unconstitutional its previous decision on the election of Judge Desanka Lopičić to the position of “presiding judge”, NGOs Human Rights Action (HRA), Center for Civil Liberties (CEGAS), European Association for Law and Finance Association (EALF), Institute Alternative (IA), Institute…
IA and HRA: Appeal to Urgently Provide the Right to Public Gatherings
01. 12. 2020.
Non-governmental organisations Human Rights Action (HRA) and the Institute Alternative (IA) requested from the current Minister of Health, Mr. Kenan Hrapović, who chairs the National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases (NCB), to urgently amend the order banning public gatherings, in order to provide citizens the right to protest in a way that does not undermine…
President of the Parliament Welcomes the Continuation of Cooperation with IA
26. 11. 2020.
President of the Parliament of Montenegro Aleksa Bečić today met representatives of the Institute Alternative – Stevo Muk, President of Managing Board, Milena Muk and Marko Sošić, public policy researchers. Bearing in mind many-year long cooperation between the Parliament of Montenegro and the Institute Alternative, President Bečić expressed conviction that the good practise would be continued…
Traces of Ministers in Suspicious Public Procurement (II)
20. 11. 2020.
Warm and safe – Bošković From Pljevlja, through Nikšić and Podgorica, to Ulcinj and Budva, the business of two Nikšić companies which deal with the provision of security for property and individuals is connected with the former Minister of Defence and the positions he was in charge of. Former Minister of Defence Predrag Bošković is…
State Owned Enterprises on Black List of Tax Debtors
10. 11. 2020.
On the black list of tax debtors, first five debtors are state owned enterprises. According to the data of Tax Administration, just those five debtors owe a total of 27.7 millions of euros based on unpaid taxes and tax on contributions. This is also the same amount of the questionable state aid to state owned…
Six NGOs Call For Election of President of Constitutional Court ASAP
09. 11. 2020.
NGOs Human Rights Action (HRA), Center for Civil Liberties (CEGAS), European Association for Law and Finance (EALF), Institute Alternative (IA), Institute for the Rule of Law (IVP) and the Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) welcome the decision of the Constitutional Court of Friday, 6 November 2020, to schedule the election for the…
