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.
Four Mini Grants within the ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies” project
18. 05. 2020.
International Women’s Day March, International Workers’ Day March, Pride Parade, environmental protests, political demonstrations, religious protests– are examples of public assemblies where citizens want to express their beliefs and demands to public authorities. Four more organisations have joined our efforts to improve freedom of public assembly in the upcoming period, with the support of the…
Governments in the WB still do not provide adequate information on their achievements
15. 05. 2020.
First results from PAR Monitor 2019/2020 In the policy development area, PAR Monitor 2019/2020 starts by focusing on the information available to citizens on governmental performance. Evidence shows that citizens of the Western Balkan countries, with the exception of BiH and to a lesser extent North Macedonia, do not have access to basic information about…
Proactive informing from public authorities is still at a low level in the Western Balkans
15. 05. 2020.
First results from PAR Monitor 2019/2020 Worrying trends in the limited proactive information made available to citizens of the Western Balkans by their governments, indicated in the baseline PAR Monitor 2017/2018, have shown little change. Although some online information is easily accessible in most of the countries included, limited open data practices and transparency in…
New Public Administration Reform Strategy Must be Made According to Citizen’s Needs
11. 05. 2020.
We called on Ministry of Public Administration to make the process of drafting the Public Administration Reform Strategy in Montenegro 2021-2025 participatory and transparent, pointed out shortcomings of the current Strategy and made recommendations for future improvement of it On what values and principles process of preparing a new Strategy should be based? The planning…
CSO Declaration on Zagreb EU – Western Balkans Summit
06. 05. 2020.
Institute Alternative is one of the signatories of the CSO Declaration on Zagreb EU – Western Balkans Summit. Over 90 leading civil society organisations from the Western Balkans, as well from the EU member states, working on issues of fundamental rights and the rule of law, democratic institutions, civic engagement, environmental protection, combating corruption and…
Completed project “You4EU – Citizen participation 2.0”
29. 04. 2020.
The Project “You4EU – Citizen Participation 2.0” was implemented by Institute Alternative in collaboration with Belgrade Open School (Serbia), Access Info Europe (Spain), Gong (Croatia) and PiNA (Slovenia) from 1 September 2018 to 29 February 2020 and with the support of the European Union within the Europe for Citizens Programme. The Project contributed to the…
