Strengthening COVID-19 surveillance capacities in Montenegro

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February 16, 2022

The COVID-19 pandemic has exerted a great stress on the health systems worldwide. The best results in the fight against coronavirus have been achieved by those systems that scaled up surveillance, testing and contact tracing.

This project aims to increase the capacities of Montenegrin health system to prevent, detect and trace COVID-19 cases. This nine-month long project is worth €300,000 and is implemented by the World Health Organisation Office (WHO) in Montenegro.

WHO experts will help to strengthen national surveillance capacities for COVID-19 case investigations, contact-tracing and contact-monitoring. This is expected to improve data collection and analysis, as well as enable the Ministry of Health to take timely decisions on effective public health measures, reduce transmission rates, infections and hospitalisations. Additionally, this project will contribute to the goal of the Economic and Investment Plan for the Western Balkans to support the countries of the region in strengthening the resilience of their health systems.

Project name:

Strengthening COVID-19 surveillance capacities in Montenegro

Sector:

Covid-19 Support

Start time:

16/02/2022

End time:

Location:

Montenegro

Budget:

1174838.71€

Beneficiary:

Ministry of Health, Institute of Public Health

More info:

http://www.evropskakuca.me/eu-support-for-strengthening-covid-19-surveillance-capacities-in-montenegro/
https://www.rtnk.me/me/crna-gora/podr%C5%A0ka-eu-u-borbi-protiv-covid—19/

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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.

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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