Second session of the Committee for Urban Planning and Communal Services of the Union of Municipalities was held in Nikšić on 17 May 2012.

The Committee was summoned to discuss opinions of the Capital City, the Historical Capital and all municipalities on the Draft Law on Legalization of Informal Constructions.

The Committee prepared Draft Opinion on the Law, which has been delivered to the Executive Board to be discussed on its meeting which will be organized on 25 May.

Opinion of the Committee on the Draft Law on Legalization of Informal Constructions (.pdf available in Montenegrin)

Following a strategy based management style and with the ambition to successfully launch the Knowledge Center, the UOM management resolved to write a Business Plan for the Knowledge Center.  VNG International supported the Association to elaborate this Plan. This Business Plan documents the analysis of the current situation of the market and the strategies the Association adopts to successfully launch the Knowledge Center.

Business Plan for the Knowledge Center_draft (.pdf)

The Union of Municipalities of Montenegro and Ministry of Finance organized a meeting on 5 October 2011 to discuss impacts of the implementation of new solutions from the Law on Local Self-Government Financing and Law on Property Transfer.

The meeting was attended by: Mr. Milorad Katnić, PhD, Minister of Finance, Mrs. Biljana Šćekić, Deputy Minister, Mr. Mićo Orlandić, Director of the Real Estate Administration, Mr. Radoš Šućur, Director of the Forest Administration, Mr. Rade Simonović, representative of the Department of Public Revenues, Mayors, heads of municipal secretariats for finance. The meeting was chaired by Mr. Rajko Golubović, Secretary General of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro.

The “Guidelines on Local Government Borrowing and Recent Developments in NALAS Countries” are published. The Guidelines were designed within the NALAS Task Force for Fiscal Decentralization and supported by the Open Regional Fund for South East Europe of the German Agency for Technical Support (GIZ).

This document intends to share best experiences available in the region of South East Europe in debt financing and managing complex capital investment projects, and thus support capacity development of both advanced and less advanced local governments.

Local Government Borrowing Questionnaire (.doc)

This publication is the product of an intensive cooperation between the UoM and VNG International within the project “Increasing accountability and transparency at the municipal level in Montenegro”. The Toolkit provides its readers with practical examples and useful tools and tips on how to include participatory mechanisms in the daily work of local governments and civil society organizations.

Toolkit on Accountable and Transparent Service Delivery at Local Level (.pdf)

Union of Municipalities of Montenegro prepared Models of Municipal Documents in order to provide support to its members.

Model Decision on Method and Procedures for Participation of Local Population in Decision-Making (.pdf available in Montenegrin)
Model Decision on Criteria, Method and Procedures for Allocation of Funds to NGOs (.pdf available in Montenegrin)
Model Decision on the Council for Cooperation of a Local Self-Government with NGOs (.pdf available in Montenegrin)
Model Memorandum of Understanding between Municipal Assembly and NGOs (.pdf available in Montenegrin)

Model Ordinance on the Establishment of a Public Broadcaster is prepared by the Committee for Local Self-Government Development.

Requirements of the Association of local public broadcasters (ULES) have been taken into consideration by the Committee during the preparation of the Model Ordinance. The requirements which are considered as acceptable are incorporated in the Model Ordinance.

Meeting of the Committee for Urban Planning and Communal Services of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro is held today. A text of the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Spatial Planning and Construction was discussed at the meeting, and opinion on it was prepared.

Opinion on text of the Bill on Amendments to the Law on Spatial Planning and Construction (PDF Document available in Montenegrin)

The Committee for Spatial Planning and Communal Services of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro has a meeting today, in order to discuss a Draft Law on Communal Economy and give Opinion on it.

Opinion on a Draft Law on Communal Economy (PDF Document available in Montenegrin)

In order to provide help to its members – local self-governments units, the Union of Municipalities prepared the Model Anti-Corruption Action Plan in the Sectors of Spatial Planning and Construction of Buildings. This document is prepared based on the recommendation that the Government of Montenegro delivered to all Montenegrin local self-governments units, after the adoption of the Anti-Corruption Action Plan in the Sectors of Spatial Planning and Construction of Buildings.

The Model Action Plan contains: identified problems, proposed solutions, responsible authorities, measurable indicators, deadlines and needed funds for 2011. Based on the identified problems, concrete activities are proposed which can lead to the eliminating adequate problems.