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.
Press Release: Public Administration Reform is uncoordinated and non-transparent
08. 06. 2015.
Poor process coordination, delay in reporting and fulfillment of the measures outlined in the strategic documents, including the persistent disposal of rationalization of the number of employees, continue to be the most urgent issues in public administration reform in Montenegro. At the end of May, The Council for Improvement of Business Environment, Regulatory and Structural…
Despite the progress, citizens continue to be critical in assessment of the state administration
29. 05. 2015.
Although more than 60% of the citizens believe that the quality of work of the public administration is bad, they assess the work of the state authorities better than three years ago, according to the survey of public opinion, conducted by Ipsos Strategic Marketing for the purposes of Institute alternative (IA). One quarter of the…
First complaint on www.mojauprava.me: The rule of an exemption
15. 05. 2015.
The complaint which illustrates the unfounded decision of an elder not to elect the best evaluated candidate for the job in National Archives, submitted on our website mojauprava.me confirms the previous findings of the Institute alternative (IA). The interactive website mojauprava.me was launched by IA in late April, within the project ”State Administration in Montenegro…
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…
