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: Open Calls Instead of Political Decrees
10. 03. 2015.
The appointment of the Assistance Ministers must not be subjected to the coalition agreements. The recruitment should be made solely on the basis of open calls and capabilities of the candidates verified by the special commission, as said from the Institute Alternative (IA). The media announced today that one of the topic between the Heads…
Press release: Large number of complaints due to the deployment of staff in state administration
06. 03. 2015.
Permanent deployment of civil servants and state employees causes the dissatisfaction of staff in the state administration who often complaint about the demotion, according to the preliminary findings of the Institute Alternative (IA). During 2014, total of 126 complaints have been filed against the order of demotion of civil servants and state employees, 89 of…
SELDI Forum in Brussels
25. 02. 2015.
Key results, findings and recommendations formulated during the two-year project within the SELDI network (Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity) were presented at the Policy forum, held on 24th and 25th of February 2015. The Forum “Good Governance Agenda for Southeast Europe: the Role of Civil Society” was attended by the representatives of the…
Press Release: More employees in the municipalities
13. 02. 2015.
The number of employees in Montenegrin municipalities has increased by more than 1200 in comparison to the year 2012, despite the announcements that this number would be rationalized in accordance to quotas established beforehand as well as with regulations stipulated in the Public Sector Internal Reorganisation Plan. On September 30th 2014, Montenegrin local governments had…
Press Release: “High-Level Corruption” Term Not to be Used for Manipulations
12. 02. 2015.
Institute Alternative invites Montenegrin MPs to remove the definition of “high corruption” from the Draft Law on Special State Prosecutor’s Office. The current definition of the term enables conducting manipulative statistics as well as inaccurate reporting to the domestic and international public. This definition is partly related to the criminal offenses carried out by official,…
Opening Up the Data to Public or Closing it Even Further
26. 01. 2015.
We have submitted our comments on the Draft Law on Free Use of Public Data, which is currently put on the public hearing agenda. This Law should enable access to data produced in public administration in a machine readable format which allows further processing and data management. We are very unsatisfied with the Draft Law,…
