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For Transparency = Against Corruption

Everyone in the European Union has the right to access public information. This enables citizens, civil society and the media to hold all three branches of government accountable, which makes access to information one of the foundations of good governance.

This project aimed at enhancing the rule of law and good governance in Montenegro by increasing the transparency of public institutions and reducing corruption. Spanning over more than two years, the project included the following activities:

  • Providing a comprehensive, accurate and objective overview of problems in accessing information held by public institutions through a variety of analyses grounded in international standards and methodology (better awareness about problems in access to information held by public institutions was described in the published analysis);
  • Improving the legal framework governing citizens’ right to access public information by developing recommendations based on EU standards and best practices, and advocating for their adoption in collaboration with stakeholders (amendments were introduced to the Law on Freedom of Information);
  • Improving access to information in areas prone to corruption by providing free legal assistance to citizens and NGOs, by using a variety of legal mechanisms to obtain concrete information and advocating for improvements based on best practices from other countries (more information on the work of institutions in areas prone to corruption is now publicly available; most of the requested information was obtained for citizens, non-governmental organisations and the media who make use of the Law on Freedom of Information; the obtained information will help detect corruption cases).

Project name:

For Transparency = Against Corruption

Sector:

  • Human Rights

Start time:

01/02/2018

End time:

31/05/2020

Location:

Montenegro

Budget:

158389.80€

Beneficiary:

Access Info Europe
Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector – MANS

More info:

https://www.access-info.org/
http://www.mans.co.me/en/
https://www.facebook.com/nvo.mans
https://twitter.com/NVOMANS

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Grants

Common money – common responsibility

  • Implemented by the NGO Natura, with an aim to increase the level of knowledge and information of NGO sector and citizens in Kolašin on public spending at local level. During its implementation period, a local campaign on participatory budgeting was conducted and a budget for citizens of Kolašin Municipality was prepared, published and printed. Moreover, two trainings on citizens’ participation in decision making on budget planning and spending, were organised for 30 participants from the local municipality, media and NGO representatives.
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How is our budget spent? (Non)Public spending in Montenegro

  • It was implemented by the Centre for Investigative Journalism, with an aim to improve oversight and transparency of public spending at the national level. This was achieved by expert analysis, investigative articles and regular public dissemination of information on public expenditure, public debt structure and projects financed from the capital budget. The publication “Analysis of Montenegro’s Public Debt for the period 2006-2018” was prepared, published and printed in 200 copies, with 5 recommendations prepared for stakeholders. Three investigative journalism articles on public debt and infrastructure projects were prepared and published in printed and online media. Also, within this subgrant was organised a panel discussion and presentation of research findings and recommendations.
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For Transparency = Against Corruption

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Implemented by the NGO Monitor Center for Media and Democracy, with an aim to help reducing the level of peer violence against Roma youth. In order to raise awareness of peer violence against members of the Roma community, this sub-grant included production of several research articles. In the research process were also involved journalists from the Roma portal “Romalitika”.