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.
21 municipalities plan to hire over 900 employees
16. 06. 2020.
Despite public administration optimisation measures, that are still in force and prescribe a 10 percent reduction of employees at the local level, twenty-one Montenegrin municipalities plan to hire 915 employees, during this, election year, and next year. The Law on Local Self-Government from 2018 put municipalities under obligation to adopt human resources plans, which project…
First Impressions on Non-paper for Chapters 23 and 24
12. 06. 2020.
A new non-paper for chapters 23 and 24 in Montenegro will be published soon. Here are our first comments for daily newspapers Vijesti: In general, one not really positive image. This report is not that much about critics as it is ”faded” and testifies to more than worrying stagnation, bearing in mind that we are…
Police to Stop Discriminating Participants of Public Assemblies
10. 06. 2020.
Action for Human Rights (HRA) and Institute Alternative (IA) urge Police Administration to harmonise their actions and to stop selective treatments of participants of different public assemblies. During the general ban of public assemblies, police allowed citizens to gather without any restrictions, while they were warning the participants of the car-protests who were celebrating saints…
Workshop on COVID-19 Pandemic in the Western Balkans: Effects on Democracy, Rule of Law, and Civil Society
09. 06. 2020.
TEN members took part at the closed-door workshop „The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Western Balkans: Effects on Democracy, Rule of Law, and Civil Society“ organised by the Aspen Institute Germany. The workshop gathered an expert community from the EU and the region, along with the officials from the EU and its member states. As a…
CSOs from Montenegro and Serbia call for the lowering of tensions
29. 05. 2020.
Candidates for the membership in the European Union should resolve the disputed issues in the spirit of regional cooperation, stated ten civil society organisations from Montenegro and Serbia, adding that it is necessary to urgently calm the tensions between the two countries. In a joint statement, CSOs pointed out that, at a time when leading…
Public Call for the Abolition or Reduction of the Measure which Bans Public Assemblies
22. 05. 2020.
Human Rights Action (HRA) and Institute Alternative (IA) call on the National Coordination Body (NKT) and the respected minister of health to abolish the ban on public assemblies in Montenegro. We think that amid abolishing many measures for suppression and prevention of spread of the new coronavirus, the need for banning public assemblies has ceased…
