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.
Open data in the Law on FOI – Ministry of Culture to remedy deficiencies and ambiguities
16. 05. 2016.
Institute Alternative (IA) has prepared and submitted to the Ministry of Culture comments on Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Free Access to Information (FOI). Amendments to the Law on FOI introduced provisions that regulate reuse of public sector information and therefore are important for the whole Montenegrin community advocating openness of data…
Workshop: How to achieve good governance?
06. 04. 2016.
Guidelines for monitoring of future Strategy for Public Administration Reform are result of two day workshop, organized by Institute alternative in Podgorica, on 4th and 5th April, within the project ‘’Civil Society for Good Governance: to Act and Account!’’, with the support of the European Union (EU). Next to Institute alternative, active participants of the…
Press release: Amendments to the Law on Local Self Government to be thoroughly approached
31. 03. 2016.
Current proposal for amendments to the Law on Local Self-Government is not contributing to one of the main objectives – to bring legal certainty in employment and civil service administration at the local level. Proposed amendments, formulated on the Government’s session in mid-December last year, include more than 20 articles which regulate civil service system.…
The Council for Development of NGOs takes no notice of the requests of NGOs
18. 03. 2016.
Owing to the votes of the NGO representatives, last year’s Performance Report of the Council for Development of NGOs was not adopted while today’s session was once again marked by the negative attitude of the Ministry of Finance towards initiatives of NGOs. As their key remarks, NGO representatives stated that the Draft Performance Report of…
Press Release: Progress symbolic, corruption persistent
15. 03. 2016.
Particular significance of the European Parliament’s Resolution on the 2015 Report on Montenegro lies in acknowledging the importance of adopting a quality strategic framework for public administration reform in the next four years, which needs to provide a basis for adherence to the principles of merit, depoliticization, accountability and transparency in public administration. Bearing in…
Press Release: Administrative Court upheld the lawsuit of Institute Alternative
14. 03. 2016.
The Administrative Court found that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration failed to conduct harmfulness test of disclosure of information contained in the reports of experts of the European Commission and that the Ministry did not clearly explain the rationale behind the decision to classify these reports as confidential. Scraps of information available…
