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.
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…
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…
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…
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…
WeBER findings: Public service and human resource management
19. 03. 2019.
Are tasks characteristic for civil service performed outside merit-based based regime? How open, transparent and fair is the recruitment into the civil service? How effective is the protection of senior civil servants’ position from unwanted political interference? Find out in this WeBER infographic, summarising the key findings of our regional Monitoring report:
Government to withdraw proposed amendments to the Law on Classified Information
12. 03. 2019.
At the initiative of NGO MANS, Institute Alternative signed a press release of the following content: GOVERNMENT TO WITHDRAW PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE LAW ON CLASSIFIED INFORMATION We urge the Government of Montenegro to withdraw the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Classified Information from the procedure, to organise a public hearing and…
