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.
Postponement of implementation of the Law on Administrative Procedure: Administration still alienated from the citizens
20. 05. 2016.
New postponement of the start of implementation of the Law on Administrative Procedure is putting the citizens a step away from a service-oriented administration, while they are still exposed to tedious procedures, which impede exercise of their rights. Firstly, the Law on Administrative Procedure was supposed to start with implementation in January this year. However,…
Press release: Online services instead of waiting in lines
17. 05. 2016.
On the occasion of the World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, established by the United Nations and celebrated on May 17, we urge the Government to intensify its activities on the modernization of public administration and improvement of the quality of service delivery to citizens. Declaring this date under the resolution of the United Nations…
Enforce the Agreement
16. 05. 2016.
MPs have the right to convey their messages in various ways, opposition MPs in particular, even in unusual, unconventional ways. However, the rest of the parliamentary performance last Friday was torturesome, violent, unnecessary, rude and inappropriate for our parliamentary life. MPs from Democratic Front have contributed to this, two of them most significantly, but the…
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.…
