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.
IA’s representative at the ReSPA conference
22. 04. 2013.
Milena Milošević, our public policy researcher, took part at the seventh annual conference of the Regional School for Public Administration, ReSPA. How to improve more efficient making, implementation and evaluation of public policies was the main topic of this year’s conference, which was held on April 18 and 19. Around twenty experts from the region…
Press release: IA Will Monitor Recruitment And Promotion In State Administration Bodies
17. 04. 2013.
With an intention to contribute to the break with the existing practices of nepotism and politicisation in the state administration, Institute Alternative (IA) has started monitoring of the implementation of the new Law on Civil Servants and State Employees. New Law entered into force on January 1 and is expected to introduce expert and working…
Interview: Anticorruption legal framework must be consolidated
01. 04. 2013.
Interview with our research coordinator, Jovana Marović, for MINA news agency: What, in your opinion, are the main flaws of the Montenegrin legislation when it comes to the fight against corruption? In the European Commission’s opinion general framework for the fight against corruption in Montenegro has been established, but the legislation shows many shortcomings, while…
Comments on AP for the implementation of the Strategy for fight against corruption and organized crime
27. 02. 2013.
The process of developing the Action Plan for the fight against corruption and organized crime Strategy implementation for the period 2013 -2014. We are willing to contribute to this process, so we have prepared comments on the draft action plan, based on our research, the findings and recommendations of our publications. For work on the…
Press release: Public Administration Reform Needs To Be Intensified
10. 12. 2012.
Public Administration in Montenegro is still cumbersome, highly politicized and it lacks administrative capacities. Hence, public confidence in its work is steadily declining. Based on the data of public opinion conducted by the Institute alternative in collaboration with Ipsos Strategic Marketing for the purpose of analysis “Public administration reform in Montenegro – between the ambitious…
Answers for the Vijesti – Existing Laws Do Not Prevent Politization
07. 12. 2012.
Questions of the journalist of daily newspapers “Vijesti”: Is it possible that the Government distributes the executive posts in state-owned companies and advisers’ positions in the ministries by party quotas if the Law on Civil Service requires a fair competition? Can we consider discrimination the case when the candidate who meets all the criteria but…
