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: Citizens of Podgorica can’t access the electoral lists
13. 05. 2014.
Less than two weeks before election day, the Electoral Commission of the Capital Podgorica has not yet made public the electoral lists containing names of nominees for councilors of the City Parliament. As stipulated by the Law on Election of Councilors and Members of the Parliament „municipal election commission shall have its website to immediately…
Press release: Is there political will for true participation in OGP?
09. 05. 2014.
Montenegro, a member of the Open Government Partnership (OGP), is late with implementing its OGP obligations and still has not delivered the first version of its second Action Plan to the OGP Secretariat. Although a member of the global Open Government Partnership initiative (OGP), Montenegro is late with meeting its obligations and still has not…
Press release: Electoral lists to be checked – Public servants or politicians?
02. 05. 2014.
The electoral lists for local elections in Podgorica contain names of persons occupying senior positions within public administration, which represents violation of the Law on Civil Servants and State Employees and points out to politicization of state administration that is still present. Civil servants and state employees are obliged to restrain from public demonstration of…
Commentary on the draft Law on wages in the public sector
22. 04. 2014.
Institute Alternative (IA) in its 2008 analysis on wages and rewards policies in Montenegro’s public administration recommended that one legal act should regulate wages in regulatory bodies and local and state administration authorities. We thus support the decision of Ministry of Finance to draft the Law on wages of public sector employees, which would be…
Press release: Performance appraisal of state administration employees lacks criteria
17. 04. 2014.
Grades of state employees for previous year do not reflect their actual performance, as demonstrated by the case of Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism, whose all employees, without exception, were assessed as excellent. Law on civil servants and state employees and the Decree regulating their performance appraisal envisage continuous monitoring…
Press release: Rewards of Public Servants Shouldn’t Be Misused
08. 04. 2014.
The draft Law on wages of public sector employees leaves big discretion to the Government and local administration authorities to define salary supplements and variables aimed at motivating and attracting the experts into the sector. This document makes increase and decrease of the wage dependent upon the budget revenues and expenditure. Wage supplements and variables…
