Contest: Digital solution for citizen participation

15. 05. 2019.

You have an idea for a new app or platform which can enable better communication and cooperation of citizens in addressing the problems of their communities? You think that digital democracy can support higher inclusion of citizens in policy-making? If your answers to these questions are positive, we invite you to share your idea about…

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Ten municipalities plan to hire over 450 employees

09. 05. 2019.

Human resources plans of ten municipalities show that they need to hire 457 people in this and next year. However, the estimated needs for hiring are not sufficiently explained nor their effect on the implementation of the Public Administration Optimisation Plan. Only four local self-governments have made human resources plans within the legal deadline, by…

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Positive effects of optimisation?

05. 05. 2019.

In the lastest report on implementation of the Public Sector Optimisation Plan, Ministry of Public Administration, striving to come up with positive effects of the Optimisation Plan, claims that there has been an impact on public spending. It uses the share of gross salaries in the public sector in the GDP structure, concluding that “a…

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Only two ministries announced public discussions planned in 2019

28. 03. 2019.

More than half of the ministries are violating the legal obligation to publish the work programme for the current year, while only two ministries have published a list of laws and strategies to be subject of public discussions in 2019. Planning and preparation for public discussions and consultations are one of the important preconditions for…

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They don’t know what they own, and yet they pay the rent

26. 03. 2019.

Property Administration spent a record amount of 4,7 million EUR for lease of objects and business premises in 2018, while the public is still unaware of the number of state-owned real estates and of the revenue accumulated from their lease or sale. According to a research conducted by the Centre for Investigative Journalism of Montenegro…

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Administrative Court to review Agency’s Decision to hide evidence against DPS

25. 03. 2019.

Institute Alternative (IA) filed a lawsuit to the Administrative Court to annul the Agency for Prevention of Corruption’s Decision denying us access to a document in which it determined that DPS was illegally financed in the 2016 pre-election campaign. Through free access to information, we requested the Decision of the Agency for Prevention of Corruption…

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