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Institute Alternative established its Advisory Board

Since 2007, Institute Alternative, working as a scientific-research center, contributes to the improvement of public policy in Montenegro, acting within its main fields (public administration, parliamentary program, accountable public finances, security and defense). Numerous studies, public policy proposals, participation in working groups are behind us. We are continuously working on improving our own research capacity, research agenda and network of external consultants and experts. In this regard, we have established Advisory Board that consists of prominent experts in the field of our activities. The primary objective of this body is to offer opinions and guidelines towards defining our annual work program and research agenda.

The members of Advisory Board are:

  • Prof. dr Florian Bieber, Professor at University of Graz
  • Dr Katarina Ott, Director of the Institute for Public Finances, Zagreb
  • Sonja Stojanović Gajić, Director of Belgrade Center for Security Studies
  • Natasha Wunsch, associate fellow at Oppenheim Center within German
  • Council for Foreign Affairs (DGAP), PhD candidate at London University
  • Munir Podumljak, President of the Partnership for Social Development, Zagreb
  • Dr Kristie Evenson, independent researcher and evaluator in the fields of democratization and civil society development
  • Prof. dr Ivan Koprić, Professor at the Faculty of Law at University of Zagreb and President of the Institute for Public Administration
  • Kristof Bender, Deputy President of the European Stability Initiative (ESI).

The Advisory Board will assist in establishing strategic partnerships and contribute to greater visibility of Institute Alternative.

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Institut alternativa formirao Savjetodavni odbor

Institut alternativa, kao nezavisni naučno-istraživački centar, od 2007. godine doprinosi unapređenju javnih politika u Crnoj Gori u okviru svojih programskih oblasti (javna uprava, parlamentarni program, odgovorne javne finansije, bezbjednost i odbrana). Iza nas su brojna istraživanja, predlozi praktičnih politika, učešća u radnim grupama. Kontinuirano radimo i na unapređenju sopstvenih istraživačkih kapaciteta, istraživačke agende i mreže spoljnih saradnika i eksperata. S tim u vezi, formirali smo Savjetodavni odbor koji čine istaknuti stručnjaci iz oblasti našeg djelovanja. Primarni cilj ovog tijela je davanje mišljenja i smjernica u pravcu definisanja našeg godišnjeg programa rada, odnosno istraživačke agende.

Članovi našeg Savjetodavnog odbora su:

  • Prof. dr Florian Bieber, profesor na Univerzitetu u Gracu
  • Dr Katarina Ott, direktorka Instituta za javne financije iz Zagreba
  • Sonja Stojanović Gajić, direktorka Centra za bezbjednosne studije iz Beograda
  • Natasha Wunsch, saradnica u Openhajm Centru u okviru Njemačkog savjeta za spoljne poslove (DGAP), doktorantkinja na Univerzitetu u Londonu
  • Munir Podumljak, predsjednik Partnerstva za društveni razvoj iz Zagreba
  • Dr Kristie Evenson, nezavisna istraživačica i evaluatorka u oblastima demokratizacije i razvoja civilnog sektora
  • Prof. dr Ivan Koprić, profesor na Pravnom fakultetu Sveučilišta u Zagrebu i predsjednik Instituta za javnu upravu
  • Kristof Bender, zamjenik predsjednika Evropske inicijative za stabilnost (ESI)

Savjetodavni odbor će pomagati i u utvrđivanju strateških partnerstava i doprinositi većoj vidljivosti rada Instituta alternativa.

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Training for our researchers – TRAIN and DCAF seminars

Institute alternative announces with pleasure that our organization has once again been chosen to participate in TRAIN programme (Think Tanks providing Research and Advice through Interaction and Networking), financed by the Federal Foreign Office (Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe) and implemented by DGAP (German Council on Foreign Relations). The aim of the TRAIN programme is to strengthen the dialogue among the research centers in Western Balkans, political actors and decision makers.

Three researchers from IA have participated in this programme by now. This year the participant representing IA will be Dina Bajramspahić, our researcher.

The topic of Dina’s research deals with how to improve the police integrity. The aim of the analysis is to contribute to the increased trust in the Police and to find out what is to what extent the police officers are being systemically motivated and encouraged to professional work. She will analyze the shortcomings of the existing framework for the promotion of integrity, as well as to initiate the open dialogue about launching new incentive measures.

In that regard, Dina has participated in first round of TRAIN programme held in Belgrade from April 19-22, which was dedicated to the design of the research, methodology and techniques of the policy paper writing, analysis of the research environment and plans for advocating the recommendations.

Aiming to find out more about international standards in the field of police integrity, she has also participated in the seminar “The role of independent bodies for complaints of citizens on police” The seminar was organized by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and the Centre for Security Studies in Sarajevo. During the seminar, the experiences of Belgium, Northern Ireland and Hungary were presented.

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Obuke za naše istraživače – TRAIN i DCAF seminari

Institut alternativa sa zadovoljstvom objavljuje da je naša organizacija ponovo izabrana za učešće u TRAIN programu (Think Tanks providing Research and Advice through Interaction and Networking) koji je finansiran od strane Federalnog Foren Ofisa (Pakt stabilnosti za Jugoistočnu Evropu) a sprovodi ga DGAP (Njemački Savjet za spoljne odnose). Cilj TRAIN programa je da osnaži dijalog između istraživačkih centara na Zapadnom Balkanu i političkih aktera i donosilaca odluka.

Do sada su u okviru ovog programa učestvovala tri istraživača IA, a tokom 2015. godine u programu će učestvovati i naša istraživačica, Dina Bajramspahić.

Tema Dininog istraživanja u okviru programa je kako unaprijediti integritet u policiji. Cilj ove analize je da doprinese povećanju povjerenja u policiju i odgovori na pitanje u kojoj mjeri se policijski službenicu sistemski motivišu i podstiču na profesionalan rad. Ona će analizirati nedostatke postojećeg okvira za unapređenje integriteta, kao i inicirati otvaranje dijaloga o pokretanju novih podsticajnih mjera.

S tim u vezi, Dina je učestvovala na prvom treningu u okviru TRAIN programa koji je održan u Beorgadu, od 19-22. aprila, koji je posvećen dizajnu istraživanja,metodologiji i tehnikama pisanja policy papera, analizi “okruženja” za istraživanja kao i planiranju zastupanja preporuka iz analiza.

Sa ciljem upoznavanja sa međunarodnim standardima u oblasti policijskog integrtieta, ona je takođe učestvovala na seminaru “Uloga nezavisnih tijela za žalbe na rad policijskih službenika u jačanju policijskog integriteta”. Seminar su organizovali Ženevski centar za demokratsku kontrolu oružanih snaga (DCAF) i Centar za sigurnosne studije iz Sarajeva, a tokom seminara su predstavljena iskustva Belgije, Sjeverne Irske i Mađarske.

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Employment in municipalities still not rationalized

Local self-governments in Montenegro have continued the practice of non-rational employment in 2014, although they did not even adopted the analysis on maximum number of officers, nor the plan to reduce the number of employees, which had to be done until the end of last year.

All municipalities, with the exception of Andrijevica, Danilovgrad, Mojkovac and Šavnik, have conducted the recruitment procedures during 2014, even though did not meet the formal prerequisites for this. None of the municipalities implemented the obligations stipulated by Public Sector Internal Reorganisation Plan. In order to reduce the number of employees, municipalities were required to prepare and produce an analysis of the optimal number of employees that would further lead to the adoption of new regulations, as well as to the preparation of the plan of rationalization. Although the deadline expired for all three obligations, municipalities have responded to our request that they are not in possession of the aforementioned documents, or that they are currently working on their preparation. According to official data, there are currently at least 2300 supernumerary employees in the municipalities, although the number could be higher, since the projections are made without previous analysis which have not yet been conducted.

When asked about the total number of employees, local governments do not submit data for employees in state companies and institutions, but only for the central administration. Municipality of Žabljak has refused to answer to our request on this basis. According to information submitted by the municipalities to the Institute, on 31 December 2014, there were 3772 officers and employees in total working in local administrations (not including data for Bijelo Polje, Žabljak and Gusinje). Previously published data from the Ministry of Finance show that in September 2014 the total number of employees, including state institutions and companies founded by the municipality, was 11,778, which is 1,270 more than in 2012.

The municipalities that admitted the highest number of employees in the last year were Podgorica, Pljevlja, Herceg Novi and Nikšić. Municipality of Cetinje has not provided us with information on the number of officers who have been employed throughout the last year, with the explanation that we can access the data only in their premises. Municipality of Bijelo Polje has not responded to our request, continuing, thus, to violate the legal obligation to submit information on the basis of free access to information.

Jovana MAROVIĆ
Research coordinator

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Saopštenje: Opštine i dalje neracionalno zapošljavaju

Crnogorske lokalne samouprave su tokom 2014. nastavile sa praksom neracionalnog zapošljavanja, iako nisu usvojile analizu o optimalnom broju izvršilaca, niti plan smanjenja zaposlenih, što su morale uraditi do kraja prošle godine.

Opštine su, uz izuzetak Andrijevice, Danilovgrada, Mojkovca i Šavnika, sprovodile procedure zapošljavanja tokom 2014. godine, bez obzira što nisu ispunile formalne preduslove za to. Nijedna opština nije realizovala obaveze iz Plana unutrašnje reorganizacije javnog sektora. Naime, kako bi smanjile broj zaposlenih, opštine su bile u obavezi da pripreme analizu o optimalnom broju izvršilaca što bi, dalje, vodilo usvajanju novih pravilnika, te pripremi plana racionalizacije. Iako je rok istekao za sve tri obaveze, opštine su na naš zahtjev odgovorile da nisu u posjedu pomenutih dokumenata, ili da je rad na njima u toku. Po zvaničnim podacima, trenutno je najmanje 2300 prekobrojnih u opštinama, iako bi taj broj mogao biti i veći, budući da su projekcije date bez prethodnih analiza i da iste nisu još uvijek sprovedene.

Na upit o ukupnom broju zaposlenih, lokalne samouprave ne dostavljaju podatke o zaposlenima u javnim preduzećima i ustanovama, već samo za centralnu administraciju. Opština Žabljak je odbila zahtjev i po ovom osnovu. Po informacijama koje su Institutu alternativa dostavile opštine, u lokalnim administracijama zaključno sa 31. decembrom 2014. godine radilo je 3772 službenika i namještenika (nisu uključeni podaci za Bijelo Polje, Žabljak i Gusinje). Ranije objavljeni podaci Ministarstva finansija pokazuju da je u septembru 2014. ukupan broj zaposlenih, uključujući i javne ustanove i preduzeća čiji su osnivači opštine, na lokalnom nivou iznosio 11778, što je za 1270 više nego 2012. godine.

U zapošljavanju tokom prošle godine prednjačile su opštine Podgorica, Pljevlja, Herceg Novi i Nikšić. Opština Cetinje nam nije dostavila informacije o broju izvršilaca koji su primljeni u radni odnos tokom prošle godine, uz obrazloženje da uvid možemo ostvariti u njihovim prostorijama. Opština Bijelo Polje nije odgovorila na naš zahtjev, nastavljajući, na taj način, da se kontinuirano oglušava o zakonsku obavezu dostavljanja informacija na osnovu zahtjeva o slobodnom pristupu.

Jovana MAROVIĆ
Koordinatorka istraživanja

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