Social Assistance Also Provided for Filming a Video

11. 04. 2017.

Art exhibitions, football matches’ expenses, travel expenses for attending concerts, office furnishing – these are just some of the activities that fall under the category of short-term social assistance financed by municipalities. In the electoral year of 2016, The Old Royal Capital of Cetinje has provided on multiple occasions a short-term assistance ranging from €150…

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Successful Training of Political Science Students

06. 04. 2017.

Five students from the Faculty of Political Science completed a month-long intensive training at Institute alternative within the project “Active Students for Sustainable Development“ that we are implementing in cooperation with Centre for Civic Education. From 22 February to 22 March, five students from the Faculty of Political Science had an opportunity to go through…

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Minister Pribilović joined the persecution of unwanted NGOs

03. 04. 2017.

Minister Suzana Pribilović decided not to select Stevo Muk, the candidate of the Institute alternative, for the member of the Council for Public Administration Reform. Thus, the Institute alternative that has advocated for years for the full participation of NGOs in coordination bodies to monitor public administration reform eventually became unwelcome in the Council, which…

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Press release: Mysterious Mathematics of Local Sector Employment

03. 04. 2017.

The most recent aims of Public Administration Reform do not entail putting to an end practices of excessive employment in Montenegrin municipalities According to the report on implementation of the Action Plan of the 2016-2020 Public Administration Reform Strategy, the number of employees in municipalities increased for 441 in 2016, while the data for three…

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Interview for Monitor: We seem to be in a prolonged state of emergency

31. 03. 2017.

Interview with Stevo Muk, President of the Managing Board of Institute Alternative for weekly Monitor Institute Alternative has recently conducted a public opinion poll which has shown that problems within public administration are various. Nevertheless, it seems that the corruption and favouritism are burning issues. Would you say that it is only the follow-up of…

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Public Opinion Poll: Average Grade for Services at the Local Level

24. 03. 2017.

Citizens mostly use municipal services, but they think that the quality of local administration services is not particularly good. According to the public opinion poll conducted by IPSOS agency for Institute Alternative, within our project “Civil Society for Good Governance: to Act and Account!“, citizens provided a 5 for municipal services, on a scale from…

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