Announcement: ”Eight years of Law on Parliamentary Oversight of Security and Defense Sector – Did the Committee lose its significance?’’

23. 12. 2018.

”Eight years of Law on Parliamentary Oversight of Security and Defense Sector – Did the Committee lose its significance?’’ Venue: PR Centre (Grand hall), Josip Broz Boulevard, 23A, Podgorica Time: Monday, 24th December, 2018 at 12am The Institute Alternative (IA) is organizing a press conference on the occasion of the 8 years since adoption of…

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Procurement for Security Sector in the Legal Vacuum Until 2020

23. 11. 2018.

By the end of this year, the new Law on Public Procurement will be discussed in the Parliament, and the Decree which will regulate procurement in the security sector will only apply from 2020. “We have received the opinion of the European Commission on the Draft of the new Law on Public Procurement on November…

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Panel discussion: Towards better regulation of security and defence procurement

15. 11. 2018.

We are organising a panel discussion ”Towards better regulation of public and confidential procurement in the security and defence sector”, on Friday, 16 November, 2018, at the PR Centre, starting at 11am. The panel discussion will focus on public and confidential procurement in the Ministry of Interior and the Police Administration, which spent over 50…

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Citizens believe that the fight against the corruption in police is ineffective

07. 11. 2018.

PR Press service, Podgorica – Despite a stable trust in police, citizens believe that the state is insufficiently effective in fighting corruption, according to the Institute alternative’s research. Ipsos Strategic Marketing conducted a field research in September of this year, for the needs of Institute alternative, on a sample of 1,013 adult citizens of Montenegro.…

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Materials for Council’s sessions to be published in advance

29. 10. 2018.

Agency for Prevention of Corruption does not publish materials for the Council’s sessions in advance, thus further disabling interested public to participate in this body’s work. The Agency did not publish the Third Quarterly Performance Report for 2018 nor the Proposal of the Rulebook on internal organisation and systematisation, which are to be discussed at…

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Ministry of Public Administration to urgently announce the call for co-financing of EU projects

10. 10. 2018.

Coalition Cooperating Towards Goal, which consists of 100 NGOs, urges the Ministry of Public Administration (MPA) to announce a call for co-financing projects and programmes of NGOs funded from EU funds in swift procedure, thus fulfilling its legal obligation. The Government of Montenegro has adopted the Regulation on the procedure and manner of co-financing projects…

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