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.
Reaction: Senior Managers Are Not Ministers’ “Personal Entourage”
07. 05. 2015.
Recent re-appointments of Director Generals and Secretaries from one Ministry to another, which followed the latest government reconstruction, pose a great danger to the professionalization of the Montenegrin civil service system. Appointments of new government ministers and reappointment of the old ones were followed by turn-overs on the positions of Director Generals and Secretaries in…
Employment in municipalities still not rationalized
27. 04. 2015.
Local self-governments in Montenegro have continued the practice of non-rational employment in 2014, although they did not even adopted the analysis on maximum number of officers, nor the plan to reduce the number of employees, which had to be done until the end of last year. All municipalities, with the exception of Andrijevica, Danilovgrad, Mojkovac…
Recruitment and promotion in State administration: Merits hardly achievable
21. 04. 2015.
The effect of the Law on Civil servants and State employees to establishing the merit based system in the state administration are limited due to inconsistent application of new regulations and weak competition during the recruitment, as assessed today at the press conference organized by Institute Alternative (IA). The press conference was organized withing the…
“Moja uprava” (“My administration”) – for more transparent recruitment in the state organs
15. 04. 2015.
Institute Alternative (IA) will launch a new website by the end of the month, which will facilitate the process of reporting problems as well as sharing experiences acquired during application process for a job in state administration. Website mojauprava.me will be launched within the project ”State Administration in Montenegro – Equal for All”, financially supported…
Press Release: We Proposed Measures for the Open Government Action Plan
11. 04. 2015.
At the moment, there is ongoing work on the preparation of the second Action Plan of Montenegro within the global initiative Open Government Partnership. The working group in charge of preparation of this document is actively considering the large number of ideas submitted by members of the working group, consisted of the representatives of the…
Call for Papers: Improving Performance of Public Administration – Current Experiences and Future Perspectives
08. 04. 2015.
Interested researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for presentation at the conference Improving Performance of Public Administration: Current Experiences and Future Perspectives to be held in Belgrade, Serbia 9-10 September 2015. The Conference is organised by the Think for Europe Network (comprising the European Policy Centre, Belgrade, European Policy Institute, Skopje and Institute…
