Call for Proposals – Small Grants Facility

28. 01. 2020.

Institute Alternative (IA) within the project ‘’Voice Your Rights! – Expanding Space for Free Assemblies” announces Call for Proposals – Small Grants Facility For CSOs from Montenegro Deadline for submitting project proposals, aimed to contribute to stopping the worrying trend of narrowing the space for civic participation in Montenegro, by strengthening the capacity of citizens,…

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Ombudsman Shares NGOs Opinion on Government’s Draft Law on FOI

14. 01. 2020.

Institute Alternative received through request for free access to information an official opinion of the Institution of the Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms of Montenegro (Ombudsman) on Draft Law on Free Access to Information (FOI). The Ombudsman, as an umbrella state institution responsible for improvement and protection of human rights and freedoms in Montenegro,…

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Conference ’’Public Administration – What Is (Not) Reformed?’’

12. 12. 2019.

Institute Alternative organised a conference ’’Public Administration – What Is (Not) Reformed?’’, within the project ’’For Better Public Administration Reform’’, financed by European Union as part of sector budget support for public administration reform in Montenegro. The conference was organised with the aim of presenting the key preliminary findings of monitoring the implementation of public…

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Prosecution does not dare to act against Judicial Council

11. 12. 2019.

Non-governmental organizations Human Rights Action (HRA), Network for the Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS) and Institute Alternative (IA) submitted a criminal charge on 13 September 2019 to the Special State Prosecutor’s Office (SSP) against PhD Mladen Vukčević, President of the Judicial Council, and members of the Judicial Council, Zoran Pažin, minister of justice and deputy prime minister,…

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Panel discussion: Is the depoliticisation of the intelligence sector possible?

28. 11. 2019.

Institute Alternative is organising a panel discussion “Is the depoliticisation of the intelligence sector possible? – Regional Perspective”, to discuss Montenegrin as well as regional experience of the intelligence sector reform. After “The Bomb” affair in North Macedonia, that uncovered the illegal wiretapping of 20,000 citizens, comprehensive legal and institutional reforms under the auspices of…

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Stevo Muk in Vijesti’s TV show ’’Načisto’’

22. 11. 2019.

Watch a full video of Petar Komnenić’s TV show ’’Načisto’’ broadcasted on TV Vijesti, featuring Stevo Muk, president of the Managing Board at Institute Alternative. Remarks published in the European Commission’s non-paper concerning chapters 23 and 24 were discussed, focusing on judiciary. Beside Stevo, guests of the show aired on 21 November 2019 were Ana…

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