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.
Fourth year in a row: Ministry of the Interior works without an HR Plan
13. 06. 2024.
We still do not have precise data on the number of employees in the Ministry of the Interior and the Police Administration, nor do we have information on planned recruitments or projections regarding the number of those who will retire. Last Friday, the Government approved the Partial Human Resource Plan for State Administration Bodies and…
IA organised two gender-budgeting trainings
07. 06. 2024.
Institute Alternative (IA) organised two two-day trainings under the name “Programme budgeting through gender glasses”, as a continuation of efforts to introduce the concept of gender-responsive budgeting to civil servants. The trainings, which took place from May 27 to 30 at the Palas Hotel in Petrovac, aimed to familiarise about 30 officials with the basic…
Third meeting of the Public Procurement Watchdogs
04. 06. 2024.
On Monday, June 3, Institute alternative organised the third meeting of the Public Procurement Watchdogs Network, where participants were presented with a new section of the Moj novac portal dedicated to public procurement. The meeting was organised within the project “Public procurement under spotlight – Making Watchdogs Work!”, which IA conducts with the support of…
IA suggestions on Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees
03. 06. 2024.
While awaiting the report from the public hearing, we highlight important suggestions we submitted to the Ministry of Public Administration on the Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees. In light of announcements of more complex amendments, we limited our suggestions to the current scope of changes, although we…
How Do Inspections Work? Overview of the work of seven inspections in the areas of high corruption risks
24. 05. 2024.
An overview of the work of seven inspections in areas of high corruption risks represents the first attempt to systematically assess the effectiveness of the inspection oversight conducted by seven different inspections. Some of these inspections are organised within the Administration for Inspection Affairs, while others are part of sectoral ministries. However, all operate in…
TV Debate on Public Procurement in Healthcare
27. 04. 2024.
The main conclusions of the guests on the TV show “Debata” on TV Vijesti were that the procurement procedures for medical equipment and medicines are overly complex and that there are evident problems in procurement for the healthcare sector, which is why the procedures need to be simplified. The show was conducted as part of…
