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PROGRAM AREAELECTIONS
Over 350 observers were engaged in monitoring implementation of the election procedure in Montenegro.
Our concrete proposals have also been presented through membership in the Parliamentary Committee on Further Reform of Electoral and Other Legislation.
The SEC has made decisions whose ethics and legitimacy are at the very least problematic.
We have offered a “roadmap” for changing the state of affairs through the policy proposal titled “State Election Commission – a failed experiment".
The quality of its work is still one of the most critical points of the electoral process.
Our recommendations for improving the APC’s work are in the document titled “How to Achieve Electoral Legitimacy”.
We have concluded that rating of the current situation in this area, on a scale from 1 to 5, is 2.64.
With the policy proposal titled “Legitimacy and integrity of elections - a necessary step towards European value” we have proposed the right direction for completion of the electoral reform.
PROGRAM AREA - ELECTIONSPROJECTS
Project was realized in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Projects were realized in cooperation with the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and the US Embassy in Podgorica.
DOBRO UPRAVLJANJE
PROGRAM AREAGOOD GOVERNANCE
Through the Regional Index of Openness, we have been establishing the level of openness of the executive, legislative, judicial authorities, as well as local governments, and together with partners from the ACTION SEE regional network we have compared these phenomena in six countries of the Western Balkans.
They have achieved the best results in our region according to our measurements, which demonstrates the low level of openness of the courts and prosecutor's offices in the region.
Recommendations for improvement are presented in the following policy proposal >>>
We have found that rating of the current situation in the judiciary in Montenegro, on a scale from 1 to 5, is 2.91.
Detailed findings with ratings and recommendations were presented in the “Judiciary” analysis.
In cooperation with our partners from Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, we have conducted an assessment of trainings and education of judges and prosecutors in the countries of the region as well as evaluation of the role of education within the basic criteria for appointment and promotion of judges and prosecutors.
We have presented openness of local self-governments in more detail in the following policy proposal:
In 2018, we have also dealt with coordination of policies in local self-governments.
We have made the following policy proposal on Planning, measuring, and reporting leveraging success of government policies
Moreover, we have assessed Montenegro's progress in this important area for EU accession through a series of indicators and established that the average rating on a scale of 1 to 5 in this area is 2.55.
GOOD GOVERNANCEPROJECTS
GOOD GOVERNANCEPROJECTS
INTEGRACIJE
PROGRAM AREAINTEGRATIONS
Our work in the field of EU integration, which focuses on measuring the fulfilment of the political criteria for accession of Montenegro to the EU, has been extended to three other countries in the region.
We have explored the Russian economic influence in the Western Balkans region, and our research findings were presented to decision makers in Brussels and Washington.
Through membership in the interagency Operational Team for Implementation of the Action Plan for Implementation of the Strategy for Countering Violent Extremism we have contributed to preparation of the new National Strategy on Countering Violent Extremism with the accompanying Action Plan.
Under the slogan “Together Against Violent Extremism”, at the presentation, we have gathered representatives of competent institutions, local self-governments, media, political parties, non-governmental organizations, religious communities, academia as well as other social actors that can contribute to counteracting these phenomena.
PROGRAM AREA- INTEGRATIONSPROJECTS
The project was supported by the Royal Norwegian Embassy and the Balkans Fund for Democracy.
We have conducted this research in cooperation with the Center for the Study of Democracy (CSD) from Sofia and with the support of the Center for International Private Enterprise (CIPE) from Washington.
CIVILNO DRUŠTVO
PROGRAM AREACIVIL SOCIETY
Through the documentary film “The Fight of Mara Bogdanova”, and inspired by the Nebojša Bata Tomašević's book “Orlov krš”, we have depicted the private history of Partisan Illegal Mara Laković, which is also the history of Yugoslav people.
In the first phase of our work, we have focused on monitoring the media content in the area of foreign policy, defense and security.
Conclusions of the analysis, which showed that the traditional media in Montenegro were largely pro-western oriented when it comes to reporting on foreign policy issues, were presented to decision-makers and to the public concerned in Washington and in Brussels.