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.
The Government’s Proposal for the Appointment of Veljović is Illegal
27. 07. 2018.
From the documents submitted along the proposal for the appointment of Veselin Veljović as a Director of the Police Directorate it follows that legally required testing procedures had not been conducted. We urge the Government to annul the public competition. On July 25th, the Human Resources Management Authority established a list of candidates who…
Coalition “Cooperating Towards Goal”: Government to Enable Co-financing of the EU Projects
18. 07. 2018.
Coalition “Cooperating Towards Goal” calls upon the Ministry of Finance and the Government of Montenegro to urgently fulfil their legal obligations and adopt the Decree on co-financing of the EU projects for national non-governmental organisations. The state made a commitment to support NGO projects that have been selected through demanding and complex EU tenders, taking…
Draft Law on State Administration: Less Control and Transparency
11. 07. 2018.
Current Draft Law on State Administration removes obligations of the state administration towards the Parliament, thus limiting its control function; the Draft is not harmonised with a number of other regulations. In our comments provided during the public discussion, we warned of the inconsistency of the proposed solutions with Rules of Procedure of the Parliament…
Government Hiding the Dynamic Plan
04. 07. 2018.
Despite the Government’s persistent boasting about participation of civil society in Montenegrin negotiations, it continues to create parallel negotiating structure and parallel documents besides those already in force, excluding NGOs from its preparation and monitoring. Having established the Council for Rule of Law as a parallel structure to the Working Groups for Chapters 23 and…
Municipalities To Open Its Budgets For Citizens
27. 06. 2018.
A third of Montenegrin municipalities do not report on citizens’ participation in public discussions on their budgets; available data show that citizens generally did not participate in budget discussions for this year, with the exception of the municipalities of Bar, Plav and Žabljak. There were no citizens at public discussion on local budgets for 2018…
Procrastination and Repetition of Procedures: Main Enemy of Citizen-Centric Administration
25. 06. 2018.
Without systematic monitoring of administrative procedures and disputes, we don’t know to what extent the fight against main enemies of citizen-centric administration will be effective, said Milena Milošević at today’s panel discussion. The panel discussion named “Citizen-Centric Public Administration” was organised by the United Nations Development Programme in Montenegro and the Ministry of Public Administration…
