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parliament of montenegro PERFORMANCE REPORT OF THE 24TH CONVOCATION OF THE PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO (23rdApril, 2009 – 6th November, 2012) Performance Report of ohe 24th Convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro PUBLICATION Performance Report of the 24th Convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro PUBLISHER The Parliament of Montenegro PRINT AND DESIGN PREPARATION Grafo Crna Gora - Podgorica TRANSLATION Service of the Parliament of Montenegro PRINT RUN 300 Podgorica, December 2012 Performance Report of ohe 24th Convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro CONTENTS FOREWORD BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO .........................................5 I INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................................................6 II GENERAL INFORMATION ...................................................................................................................................11 2.1. PARLAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN 2009..........................................................................................................11 2.2.MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT ............................................................................................................................13 2.3. MPS GRUPS ...........................................................................................................................................................16 2.4. WORKING BODIES .............................................................................................................................................16 2.5. PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENTS, SECRETARY GENERAL AND DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE PARLIAMENT .....................................................................17 III LEGISLATIVE AND OVERSIGHT ACTIVITY .................................................................................................24 3.1. SITTINGS OF THE PARLIAMENT ...................................................................................................................24 3.1.1 PROPOSED ACTS ...................................................................................................................................25 3.1.2 ADOPTED ACTS .....................................................................................................................................25 3.1.3 NUMBER OF CONSIDERED AND ACCEPTED AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSALS FOR LAWS ..............................................................26 3.1.4 NO CONFIDENCE OR CONFIDENCE VOTES TO THE GOVERNMENT ................................26 3.1.5 INTERPELLATION .................................................................................................................................26 3.1.6 PARLIAMENTARY INVESTIGATION ................................................................................................27 3.1.7 PRIME MINISTER’S HOUR AND PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS ..........................................27 3.1.8 CALLENDAR OF ACTIVITIES OF THE PARLIAMENT ................................................................30 3.1.9 PARLIAMENTARISM DAY ..................................................................................................................30 3.2. WORK OF THE WORKING BODIES ...............................................................................................................31 IV PARLIAMENTARY COOPERATION .................................................................................................................38 4.1. EUROPEAN INTEGRATION .............................................................................................................................38 4.2. VISITS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER STATES AND PARLIAMENTS ..........................................40 4.3. VISITS TO OTHER STATES AND PARLIAMENTS .......................................................................................43 4.4. FRIENDSHIP GROUPS ........................................................................................................................................44 4.5. PERMANENT DELEGATIONS ..........................................................................................................................44 4.6. REGIONAL INITIATIVES ...................................................................................................................................51 4.7. COOPERATION WITH FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANISATIONS .................................53 V PUBLICITY OF THE PARLIAMENT’S WORK ..................................................................................................55 5.1. PARLIAMENT AND MEDIA ..............................................................................................................................55 5.2. FREE ACCESS TO INFORMATION ..................................................................................................................56 5.3. OPEN PARLIAMENT ...........................................................................................................................................57 VI PROFESSIONAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND TECHNICAL SUPPORT........................................................61 6.1. HUMAN RESOURCES .........................................................................................................................................61 6.1.1 ORGANISATIONAL UNITS .................................................................................................................62 6.1. 2 NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES ..................................................................................................................62 6.1.3 TRAININGS .............................................................................................................................................63 6.1.4 AWARDS TO THE EMPLOYEES OF THE PARLIAMENT ..............................................................63 6.2. LIBRARY AND RESEARCH ................................................................................................................................65 6.3. DOCUMENTATION MANAGEMENT ............................................................................................................66 6.4. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY .....................................................................................................................66 VII FINANCES ..............................................................................................................................................................68 VIII APPENDICES .......................................................................................................................................................73 APPENDIX I: LIST OF ADOPTED LAWS ...............................................................................................................73 APPENDIX II: LIST OF CONTROL AND CONSULTATIVE HEARINGS ........................................................90 APENDIX III: PARLIAMENTARY SERVICE ORGANIZATIONAL SCHEME .................................................93 Performance Report of ohe 24th Convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro FOREWORD BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE PARLIAMENT OF MONTENEGRO Dear citizens of Montenegro, Maturity of every state is measured by the Parliament’s position as a fundamental institution in the constitutional setup of allocation of powers. The Parliament, as an expression of the direct will of the citizens, represents a temple of democracy that preserves the essential values of the society. The Parliament is also the place of basic political dialog and resolving of disputes, which converges all real political differences and contradictions inherent to every democratic society. Parliamentary dialog is a source of decisions on policies that represent key state interest. The Parliament of Montenegro has continuously improved its position in all domains of parliamentary work. Owing to joint efforts of all parliamentarians, we earned high marks in annual reports of the European Commission, which noted continuous and dynamic development of the Montenegrin parliamentarism. It may be honestly said that the Parliament of Montenegro has become a strong generator of European integration of Montenegro. Before you is the Performance Report of the 24th Convocation of the Parliament of Montenegro. Since the transparency of the work is just one of the elements of general availability of our performance results, the publication before you provides information on the key achievements of the Parliament of Montenegro in the previous mandate. During the 24th Convocation of the Parliament, extending from 23 April 2009 to 6 November 2012, 63 ordinary and 14 extraordinary sittings were held, where a total of 461 laws, 5 constitutional laws and 235 other acts were adopted. The Parliament of Montenegro started the work of amending the Constitution of Montenegro by adopting the proposal on amendments to the Constitution and draft amendments to the Constitution, submitted to the Venice Commission for review, as one of the most relevant international professional addresses in the field of democracy and human rights. As one of the key requirements of the European Commission, the new Law on amendments to the Law on Election of Councillors and Members of the Parliament was adopted in accordance with the recommendations of the Venice Commission, improving the current normative solutions, which are a step forward in respecting international standards in this field. Amendments to the Rules