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.
Transparency and accountability of municipalities needs to be strengthened
04. 12. 2018.
At a session of the Public Administration Reform Council, on November 30th , Stevo Muk, president of the managing board at Institute Alternative (IA), suggested additional improvements to the draft Law on Local Government Financing. IA took part in the public debate on the Draft Law on Local Government Financing, by submitting 20 proposals for…
Money Watch Small Grants: Administrative check results date – 30 November
26. 11. 2018.
We hereby inform civil society organisations which applied to our Call for Proposals – Small Grants Facility within the project “Money Watch – Civil Society Guarding the Budget”, that we will inform them on the administrative check results on 30 November, 2018. Institute Alternative Team
Proposals for the SAI Audit Plan
07. 11. 2018.
State Audit Institution is currently preparing an audit plan for the next year. SAI is independent and free to choose audits as it wants, but that doesn’t mean they can not get suggestions from others. SAI may audit not only individual institutions but also certain policies, such as collecting of fees for forest concessions or…
Citizens believe that the fight against the corruption in police is ineffective
07. 11. 2018.
PR Press service, Podgorica – Despite a stable trust in police, citizens believe that the state is insufficiently effective in fighting corruption, according to the Institute alternative’s research. Ipsos Strategic Marketing conducted a field research in September of this year, for the needs of Institute alternative, on a sample of 1,013 adult citizens of Montenegro.…
Materials for Council’s sessions to be published in advance
29. 10. 2018.
Agency for Prevention of Corruption does not publish materials for the Council’s sessions in advance, thus further disabling interested public to participate in this body’s work. The Agency did not publish the Third Quarterly Performance Report for 2018 nor the Proposal of the Rulebook on internal organisation and systematisation, which are to be discussed at…
Accountability of police officers: spiders pass, and small flies get caught?
27. 10. 2018.
The goal of internal mechanisms for determining accountability is to make difference between those police officers who obey the law and the rules of the service and those who do not obey, or obey to a lesser extent, said Dina Bajramspahic, Public Policy Researcher at Institute Alternative. She highlighted the importance of a consistent and…
