Publications
Behind the statistics 3
Successful fight against corruption and organised crime is a priority for Montenegro in the process of European integration. However, there is not a single analysis of the actions of the judiciary in cases relating to criminal offences with elements of organised crime, only difficult-to-understand statistical data on indictments and court verdicts. more >>>
Local elections 2014 - Implementation of the electoral laws
The official data and information provided by private individuals and election observers show that all three election-related laws were vastly violated during the elections held in 2014, and that competent institutions failed to properly address the reports of such irregularities. In order to increase the public trust in the election process, the legal framework and its actual implementation should be further improved, and the independence, professionalism and transparency of the election administration bodies further reinforced.more >>>
Winners and losers
The case studies in this report are drawn from publicly available material, and several have been investigated or litigated. They do not represent the full scale or scope of energy sector corruption in each country, in part because it is only once a state begins to reform in earnest that the size of the problem becomes visible. more >>>
Activity Report of the Anticorruption Comettee of the Montenegrin Parliament
Following several years of public campaigning by MANS, and the requests coming from the international community and the opposition parties, on 08 May 2012 the Parliament of Montenegro amended its Rules of Procedures and set up for the first time the Anticorruption Committee as one of the standing parliamentary committees. Consequently, the Parliament was able for the first time to be formally involved in the anticorruption efforts, as the key priority for the country on its EU accession path. more >>>
Building trust in the election process in Montenegro
Trust in the fairness of the election process in Montenegro has been severely threatened. It has decreased after the latest accusations of the opposition and CSOs that the leading governing party has systemically misused public funds and office to affect election results.
Laws governing this area need to be changed and practices improved in order to increase public trust in the most important instrument of democracy. more >>>
Building trust in the election process in Montenegro
Political corruption is a matter of a serious concern in Montenegro, affecting public trust in fairness of the election process and public institutions. more >>>
Secret deals for public procurements
In 2012 and the first half of 2013 MANS monitored public procurement procedures in Montenegro by monitoring the 15 state authorities with largest budgets appropriated for public procurement. more
Urban planning captured by corruption
This publication is a result of the 18-month monitoring of implementation of laws and regulations and investigation into the specific cases of corruption and organised crime in the field of physical planning, construction and trading with buildable land. more >>>
Public works and secret deals
This publication has come as a result of the project monitoring the procurement for public works, with the value of individual tenders exceeding 100,000 euro. In 2011 and 2012 this project was implemented by the Network for Affirmation of the Nongovernmental Sector (MANS), financially supported by the European Union Delegation to Montenegro. more >>>
Report on the misuse of state resources and public authorities in the 2012 parliamentary election campaign
The Report aims at indicating the inconsistencies and discrepancies in the electoral register used for the parliamentary elections; noting the lack of clarity as regards sanctions for non-compliance with the Law on Political Party Financing (LPPF); and presenting specific issues related to misusing state resources for political campaigning. more >>>
Behind the statistics
This review was developed in an effort to assess the impact of anticorruption reforms, in particular the work of the judiciary in fight against corruption. It is an attempt to determine what stands behind the official, hard-to-grasp statistics and gauge the actual outcome of court proceedings for corruption offences. more >>>
Behind the statistics 2
This review aims at giving an objective view of judicial anticorruption performance and looking behind the official, quite impenetrable statistics. more >>>
What is the price of the freedom of speech
Free access to information is one of the cornerstones in the development of an accountable government and an efficient democracy on its path to the European Union and obliged to comply with the requirements stemming from the United Nations conventions. more >>>
Citizen participation in the work of parliaments in the region
This document contains the data on interaction of parliaments in the region with their respective citizens and shows that all the countries, with the exception of Montenegro, have a well-defined legal and institutional framework for such interaction. more >>>
Parliamentary oversight in the area of security and defence
This analysis contains the data on institutional regulation of parliamentary oversight over the security and defence sectors in seven countries of the region: Montenegro, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Macedonia and Kosovo. more >>>
Behind the Closed Doors
Free access to information is one of the cornerstones in the development of an accountable government and an efficient democracy on its path to the European Union and obliged to comply with the requirements stemming from the United Nations conventions. more >>>
Captured by Private Interests
Montenegro was the last country in the region that adopted a Law on the Conflict of Interests. The first section of this publication deals with the attempts to pass a law which was “lost” for two years, when neither the Government nor the Parliament was able to determin where the law was. more >>>
Do I Have the Right to Know
Following strong pressure of the international institutions and civil society organizations, after more than two years and several drafts of the law, on November 8 2005 the Parliament adopted the Law on Free Access to Information. more >>>
Do You Know That You Have the Right to Know
Since the adoption of the Law on Free Access to Information in the Parliament of Montenegro on November 08 2005, as one of the most important mechanisms in the procedure aimed at building responsible and efficient authorities, MANS submitted over 8000 requests for free access to information. more >>>
Eyes Wide Shut
In the last several years the construction industry has seen a considerable growth compared to other industries in Montenegro. more >>>
Right to Know
The Law on Free Access to Information is the one which enables the change in the pattern of relations between the state and its citizens. Enforcement of this law is one of key preconditions in fight against corruption recognised as the single most significant impediment to European integrations. more >>>
Free Access to Information & Secrecy of Data in Montenegro
The purpose of this analysis and recommendations is to propose ways in which Montenegro’s Law on Free Access to Information (LFATI) could be amended to ensure fuller respect for the right of access to information. more >>>
Tackling Corruption for EU Integrations
Aim of this publication is to question the political will for the fight against corruption and organized crime, through pointing out problems in the structure and functioning of the National Commission, shortcomings of the existing monitoring system and obstacles in free access to information. more >>>
The Green Maze
In the period from November 01 2007 until the end of May 2008 MANS realized the project ,,Free Access to Information on the State of the Environment in Montenegro” with the aim to improve access to information on the environment... more >>>
Tackling Corruption for EU Integration 2
In August 2006, the Government of Montenegro adopted Action Plan for Fight Against Corruption and Organized Crime, defining activities, responsible institutions and deadlines for reform implementation, while at mid February 2007, The Government established the National Commission for monitoring implementation of that document. more >>>
Serving Private Interests
Purpose of this publication is to highlight lack of political will for quality regulation and application of regulations in the area of conflict of interests among which the key role has the law on combat against corruption at highest levels. more >>>
Grounded in corruption – How the investitors captured the state
This publication shows how the investors together with the decision makers trapped state institutions which eventually led to the destruction of the most precious locations on Montenegrin coast. more >>>
Corruption in Spatial Planning and Development
Looking globally, the overall turnover in the construction industry is 3,200 billion dollars a year, which makes it very attractive for the organized crime structures. more >>>
Tackling corruption for EU integration III
Purpose of this publication is to present the results of implementation of anti-corruption reforms and the role of the Parliament of Montenegro in that process and to present the best practices of anti-corruption bodies in the region. more >>>
