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.
Agency in the first line for backing DPS again
06. 03. 2019.
Agency for Prevention of Corruption (APC), with a very general and vague explanation, denied access to the Decision establishing that the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS) has been illegally financed during the election campaign for the 2016 Parliamentary Elections. The Agency, in the explanation, referred to the Law on Secrecy of Data, without stating which…
New Law on Free Access to Information: Another checked box for Brussels or even more secrets?
05. 03. 2019.
Press Statement for Independent Journal “Vijesti” regarding the establishment of the Working Group for the preparation of the new Law on Free Access to Information The Government, with its Work Program, envisaged amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information, but this fact does not necessarily imply that the Government plans to improve…
Most of municipalities do not publish key budgetary documents
26. 02. 2019.
A third of municipalities did not publish the annual budget report for 2017, while only four local governments published semi-annual reports on budget execution. With the aim of presenting current situation and relevance of proactive disclosure of information on local budgets, Institute Alternative and the NGO New Horizon conducted comparative research and analysis of the…
Government ignored proposals for enhancement of its Work Programme
19. 02. 2019.
Proactive informing of citizens on the use of the budgetary reserve and of parliament on execution of budget, as well as proactive reporting on the implementation rate of the European Commission’s recommendations – these are some of the obligations that the Government has refused to include in the 2019 Work Programme. Institute Alternative has submitted…
SELDI Network: Call for Proposals
05. 02. 2019.
The Southeast European Leadership for Development and Integrity (SELDI), through its grants coordinator the Centres for Civic Initiatives (CCI), is seeking proposals for Support to Local Civil Society Organisations in Pursuing EU and Regional Anti-Corruption Agenda in IPA countries from the Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo , Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey). The…
WeBER findings: Public Finance Management
01. 02. 2019.
How transparent and accessible are budgetary documents? How do governments communicate and cooperate with public about public internal financial control (PIFC)? How do supreme audit institution’s (SAI) communicate and cooperate with the public pertaining to its work? Find out in this WeBER infographic, summarising the key findings of our regional Monitoring report:
