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.
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…
Talk Show: Rationalization of the Number of Employees in Municipalities
08. 04. 2015.
Jovana Marović, research coordinator at the Institute, was a guest on a talk show „Balkan Ekspres“ hosted by Duška Pejović at Atlas TV. The topic of the talk show was the rationalization of the number of employees in Montenegrin municipalities. Jovana has presented key findings from the analysis conducted by Institute Alternative „Employment in Montenegrin…
TV Debate: Government Reshuffle
27. 03. 2015.
Stevo Muk, the President of the Managing Board of the Institute Alternative, was the guest in the TV show “Friday at 8”, hosted by Tina Raičević on TV Vijesti. The topic of the discussion was the Government reshuffle. Other guests were Neđeljko Rudović, deputy Editor in Chief of the Daily newspaper Vijesti and Dragan Janjušević,…
Discretion without explanation: The appeal to establish guidelines for heads of authorities’ decisions
27. 03. 2015.
The number of the complaints filed by the candidates for employment in state organs who did not get the job has increased which imposes the need to stipulate in details the discretion of the elders when deciding. Twenty six candidates, of at least 130 who have filed complaints against the decisions on the selection of…
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…
