SELDI forum u Briselu

Ključni rezultati, nalazi i preporuke formulisani tokom dvogodišnjeg projekta u okviru SELDI mreže (Southeast Europe Leadership for Development and Integrity) predstavljeni su na policy forumu održanom u Briselu 24. i 25. februara 2015. godine. Forumu “Dobro upravljanje u Jugoistočnoj Evropi: uloga civilnog društva” prisustvovali su predstavnici Evropske komisije, Evropskog parlamenta, civilnog društva, kao i članice koalicije. U ime Instituta alternativa, u Briselu su bile Dina Bajramspahić i Jovana Marović.

Projekat SELDI mreže biće nastavljen i u narednom dvogodišnjem periodu u okviru kojeg će 17 članica koalicije nastaviti da razvija antikorupcijske mehanizme u specifičnim oblastima posebno rizičnim za korupciju.

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Conference announcement: “How to improve the oversight function of the Parliament?”

Institute alternative, with the support of Think Tank Fund, is organizing the conference: “How to improve the oversight function of the Parliament?” in hotel Ramada, on Friday, 27 of February 2015. at 11 AM. At the conference will be discussed the question of usage of the control mechanisms available to MPs as well as obstacles for more active political control of the Governance’s work and the contribution of the Parliament to the negotiations with the EU.

The keynote speakers at the Conference will be Stevo Muk, President of the Managing Board of Institute alternative and Ranko Krivokapić, the President of the Parliament of Montenegro.

The speakers for the first panel “Towards a more effective use of the oversight mechanism of the Parliament” will be:

  • Aleksandar Damjanović, the Chairman of the Committee on Economy, Finance and the Budget
  • Marta Šćepanović, the MP from the Democratic Party of Socialists
  • Rifat Rastoder, the Chairman of the Committee on Political System, Judiciary and Administration

The speakers for the second panel “The Parliament and fight against corruption/the negotiation process within the Chapter 23” will be:

  • Predrag Bulatović, the Chairman of the Anti-corruption Committee
  • Slaven Radunović, the Chairman of the Committee on the European integration
  • Svetlana Rajković, from the Ministry of Justice and the negotiator for the Chapters 23 and 24
  • Jovana Marović, the Research Coordinator in the Institute alternative

For all further information, you can contact Jovana Marović at phone number 067/231-327 or at e-mail address: jovana@institut-alternativa.org.

Najava konferencije: Kako do unaprijeđene kontrolne funkcije Skupštine?

Institut alternativa, u saradnji sa Fondacijom Institut za otvoreno društvo – Think Tank Fondom, organizuje konferenciju: “Kako do unaprijeđene kontrolne funkcije Skupštine?” u hotelu “Ramada” u petak, 27. februara 2015. godine sa početkom u 11h. Na konferenciji će biti riječi o korišćenju kontrolnih mehanizama koji stoje na raspolaganju poslanicima, kao i preprekama za aktivniju političku kontrolu rada Vlade i procesa pregovora od strane Skupštine.

Uvodničari na konferenciji će biti Stevo Muk, predsjednik Upravnog odbora Instituta alternativa i Ranko Krivokapić, predsjednik Skupštine Crne Gore.

Na prvom panelu “Ka efikasnijem korišćenju kontrolnih mehanizama Skupštine” govoriće:

  • Aleksandar Damjanović, predsjednik Odbora za ekonomiju, finansije i budžet,
  • Marta Šćepanović, poslanica i
  • Rifat Rastoder, predsjednik Odbora za politički sistem, pravosuđe i upravu.

Govornici u okviru drugog panela “Skupština i borba protiv korupcije/proces pregovora u okviru poglavlja 23” će biti:

  • Predrag Bulatović, predsjednik Odbora za antikorupciju,
  • Slaven Radunović, predsjednik Odbora za evropske integracije,
  • Svetlana Rajković, pregovaračica za poglavlja 23 i 24,
  • Jovana Marović, koordinatorka istraživanja u Institutu alternativa.

Za sve dodatne informacije možete se obratiti Jovani Marović na broj telefona: 067/231-327, ili na e-mail: jovana@institut-alternativa.org.

Announcement of the Press Conference: Police Integrity in the Western Balkans

Regional network of civil society organizations POINTPULSE is organizing a panel “Police Integrity in the Western Balkans” that will be held on Friday, February 27th, at 10h in the Media Centre in Belgrade (Terazije 3).

These questions will be addressed at the event:

  • How can civil society encourage accountability and integrity in policing?
  • What are main problems in developing accountable police in the region?
  • What are the main risks of corruption in the police?
  • In which parts of the police there is most danger of corruption?
  • What should be the priorities of the police reform process in the region?

Panelists will be as follow:

  • Sasa Djordjevic, Researcher, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP),
  • Denis Hadzovic, Acting Director, Centre for Security Studies (CSS) from Sarajevo,
  • Dina Bajramspahić, Public Policy Researcher, Institute Alternative (IA) from Podgorica,
  • Plator Avdiu, Researcher, Kosovo Centre for Security Studies (KCSS) from Pristina.

Moderator will be Slobodan Georgiev, Programme Coordinator at the Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) Serbia.

The discussion will be held in Serbian, Montenegrin, Bosnian and English language. Simultaneous translation will be provided.

This event is a part of the “Western Balkans Pulse for Police Integrity and Trust – POINTPULSE” project supported by the European Union through Civil Society Facility programme (EuropeAid/136-034/C/ACT/Multi).

Najava: Odgovornost u radu policija na Zapadnom Balkanu

Regionalna mreža organizacija civilnog društva POINTPULSE organizuje tribinu „Odgovornost u radu policija na Zapadnom Balkanu” koja će biti održana 27. februara, sa početkom u 10 časova u Medija centru u Beogradu (Terazije 3).

Na tribini će se govoriti o sledećim pitanjima:

  • Kako civilno društvo može da podstakne odgovornost u radu policije?
  • Gdje škripi najviše u razvoju odgovornog rada policija u regionu?
  • Šta su glavni rizici od korupcije u policiji?
  • U kojim djelovima policije postoji najviše opasnosti za korupciju?
  • Šta bi trebalo da budu prioriteti u procesu reformi policija u regionu?

Panelisti će biti:

  • Saša Đorđević, istraživač Beogradskog centra za bezbednosnu politiku (BCBP),
  • Denis Hadžović, generalni sekretar Centra za sigurnosne studije (CSS) iz Sarajeva,
  • Dina Bajramspahić, istraživačica javnih politika Instituta Alternativa (IA) iz Podgorice,
  • Plator Avdiu, istraživač Kosovskog centra za bezbednosne studije (KCSS) iz Prištine.

Moderator će biti Slobodan Georgiev, programski koordinator Balkanske istraživačke mreže (BIRN) za Srbiju.

Radni jezici tokom tribine biće srpski, crnogorski, bosanski i engleski. Obezbjeđen je simultani prevod.

Tribina se organizuje u okviru projekta „Balkanski puls za policijski integritet i povjerenje POINTPULSE” (eng. Western Balkans Pulse for Police Integrity and Trust – POINTPULSE) koji podržava Evropska unija kroz program Podrške civilnom društvu (EuropeAid/136-034/C/ACT/Multi).

Meeting with the contracting authorities

Today we organized the meeting with public procurement officers. This meeting was the follow up of the research on the attitudes of the contracting authorities and bidders about the risk for corruption in the public procurement procedure. In the first phase of the research, the public procurement officers have been submitting their remarks and suggestion, responding to the questionnaire made by the Research team of the Institute Alternative, which was sent to them via email. The first results of the research were presented on today’s meeting.

According to the answers, public procurement officers think that these are the key problems faced during the implementing the Law:

  • The legal possibility of filing the complaint during all phases of the procurement procedure, as well as the annulment of the procedure by the State Commission due to inadequately prepared tender documentation,
  • Incompetency of the Commission for Bid Opening and Evaluation which only formally performs the opening and closing the bid, while all the work is done by the public procurement official,
  • The public procurement official is forced to remind the leadership of the institution to the Law, sometimes even in written form,
  • Non-compliance of the bylaws with the Law on public procurement,
  • Contradictory opinions of Public Procurement Directorate and the Commission for the control of public procurement procedures on the topic of interpretation of specific legal norms in the Law
  • Lack of information about all direct agreements contracted within one organ.

The research is conducted within the project “Civil Society and Citizens against Corruption in Public Procurement”, which is implemented by the Institute Alternative with the support of the Embassy of the Kingdom of Netherlands. The activities aim at strengthening the cooperation between state and non-state actors in the joint efforts in identifying irregularities in public procurement and formulating the recommendations for improvement.

Jovana Marović
Research coordinator

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