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As a candidate country for the accession to the European Union and leader in negotiation process, Montenegro is devoted to establishing a system of public policy planning in accordance with European standards. With that regard, Montenegro has taken a number of steps, with adoption and implementation of the Decree on modalities and procedures for strategic planning and the accompanying Methodology. Additionally, the first Mid-term Government Working Programme 2018-2020 was prepared and mid-term programmes for three ministries (Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism, Ministry of Economy and Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) were piloted in 2019. The activities were undertaken as a response to one of the priorities in public administration reform process, that envisages the improvement of planning, introduction and full implementation of the medium-term planning system. These developments have also been in line with the recommendations received from OECD-SIGMA and European Commission in their monitoring reports for Montenegro.
The adoption of the first medium-term work program of the Government has created a good basis and incentive for the systematic improvement of the quality of planning, focusing on key Government priorities, goals and performance indicators for measuring success in the implementation. In 2021, due to the systemic changes, the Annual Government Working Programme was adopted, containing six priorities, goals, indicators and obligations in strategic and legal framework. The Rules of Procedure of the Government stipulate drafting of both mid-term and annual working programmes and therefore the Secretariat – General of the Government has initiated the process of developing Mid-term Government Working Programme 2022-2024, as well as Annual Government Working Programme for 2022.
Mid-term Government Working Programme is based on the program of the Prime Minister adopted by the Assembly (Prime Minister’s Expose), medium – term economic policy measures and obligations stemming from the existing legal and strategic framework and the process of accession of Montenegro to the European Union. The medium-term work program of the Government sets the priorities and goals of the Government and identifies relevant outcome-level indicators to monitor the achievement of these goals. The Annual Government Working Programme elaborates on these priorities and goals with a set of activities in legal and strategic framework that contribute to their successful achievement.
In order for the ministries to prepare their proposals for Mid-term and Annual Government Working Programmes in accordance with the existing methodological framework, a consultant will be engaged with the purpose of helping develop these proposals in accordance with the priorities, goals and indicators from overarching and sectoral strategies. Additionally, his/her task will be to coordinate the process of collecting the proposals and check their alignment with strategic framework, budgetary planning and obligations in the EU negotiation process.
The project “Strengthening capacities for the acceleration of EU accession of Montenegro II” is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and implemented by UNDP in partnership with the Office for European Integration and the Secretariat General of the Government. The general objective of the project is to assist, advise and support EU accession negotiations through strengthening the capacities of the Government of Montenegro in responding to the demands of the new phases of accession process, including the areas of policy planning and coordination.