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.
Meeting with the Finnish Minister of Interior
22. 01. 2015.
Research coordinator, Jovana Marović, participated in the meeting with the Finnish Minister of Interior Paivi Rasanen. During the meeting, they discussed about the key challenges in the negotiation process, with a special focus on Chapters 23 and 24 – Judiciary and fundamental rights and Justice, freedom and security. Jovana presented to the Minister the problems…
Authorities Not Reacting to Recruitment Abuses
18. 12. 2014.
Administrative inspection has not adequately responded to our initiative and failed to examine the extent to which the job mediation is used to circumvent the mandatory rules of staffing in the public administration. Following the findings of the regular monitoring of recruitment and promotion in state authorities, which IA has been conducting two years in…
Enhance the Professionalization of Managers: More Competence and Less Politics
15. 12. 2014.
Round table “Professionalization of Managerial Staff: Between State and Politics” was organized by Institute Alternative with the support of Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). Stevo Muk, president of the Managing Board of the IA, and Dragana Ranitović, acting director general of the Directorate for state administration and local self-government have opened the event. They had reminded…
Analysis: “Human resources for EU membership: policies of the Western Balkans”
13. 12. 2014.
The members of Think for Europe (TEN) network, Institute Alternative, European Policy Centre from Belgrade and European Policy Institute from Skopje have prepared new background document “Human resources for EU membership: Policies of Western Balkans”. The document was made for the conference “Building Human Capacities for EU Accession in the SEE Countries”, held from 13-16…
Announcement: “Professionalization of managerial staff: Between state and politics”
12. 12. 2014.
On Monday, December 15, at a round table titled “Professionalization of managerial staff: Between state and politics”, we will discuss the status of the high managerial staff in the Montenegrin state administration, with the support of the Friedrich Ebert Foundation (FES). (The rest of this post is currently available only in Montenegrin — translation coming…
Modest Results of Implementing Ethical Standards in the Public Administration
08. 12. 2014.
“Montenegro still lacks the basic prerequisites for the successful application of ethical standards in public administration”, was stated at today’s press conference organized by the Institute Alternative. Next to representatives of Institute Alternative, Assistant Secretary General of Union of Municipality of Montenegro, Ljubinka Radulović has delivered her speech on key aspects of implementing ethical standards…
