Dragoljub Nikolić was appointed Secretary General of the Government of Montenegro.
The Public Relations Service of the Government announced that the newly elected 44th Government of Montenegro held a constitutive session today, chaired by President Milojko Spajić.
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The press release added that permanent working bodies were formed at the session, a working method was agreed upon and steps were specified to fulfill the normative and administrative-technical conditions so that the Government could function at full capacity from the next session, and the necessary appointments in the General Secretariat were also made. of the Government and the Cabinet of the Prime Minister.
"Dragoljub Nikolić was appointed as Secretary General of the Government, Branko Krvavac as Chief of Cabinet of the Prime Minister, and Tanja Musterović as Deputy Chief of Cabinet. Milena Milović, Advisor to the Prime Minister for Economic Policy, was appointed as Advisor to the Deputy Prime Minister for Security, Internal Policy, European and foreign affairs, Sandra Radević was appointed," the announcement reads.
Several commissions were also formed:
- The Commission for the Political System, Internal and Foreign Policy, which will be headed by Momo Koprivica, Deputy Prime Minister for the Political System, Justice and Anti-Corruption, while his deputy will be Andrej Milović, Minister of Justice,
- The Commission for Economic Policy and the Financial System, which will be headed by Nik Đeljošaj, the Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Minister of Economic Development, while his deputy will be Novica Vuković, Minister of Finance,
- The Committee for Personnel and Administrative Issues, headed by Srđan Pavićević, Deputy Prime Minister for Labor and Education and Deputy Maraš Dukaj, Minister of Public Administration,
- Commission for the distribution of part of the funds of the budget reserve, headed by Novic Vuković, Minister of Finance and Deputy Naida Nišić, Minister of Labor and Social Welfare
The announcement states that Spajić tasked the Vice-President for Security, Internal Policy, European and Foreign Affairs Aleksa Bečić to coordinate the implementation of policy in the area of security, and Vice-President Srđan Pavićević to coordinate activities to improve cooperation with Italy, which relates to the field of work. education, health and social services.
"At the session, Vladimir Joković, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, was appointed as the president of the Commission for the Assessment of Damages from Natural Disasters. Also, a decision was made on the appointment of Milojko Spajić as the president of the National Security Council, which will have eight more members," it says in announcement.
At today's session, the Government noted the termination of the mandate of the General Secretary of the 43rd Government and his deputy, as well as the head of the Cabinet of the Prime Minister, his deputy and advisors, and the advisors of the Vice President of the 43rd Government.
Also, the term of office of the assistant secretary of the Secretariat for Legislation, Dragoljub Nikolić, was terminated, at his personal request.
"The Decree on the organization and way of working of the state administration was adopted. After the establishment of the 44th Government, the need for a new organization of the state administration was created. Thus, this decree establishes an organization with 19 ministries and 25 administrative bodies," the announcement reads.
The Government passed the Decision on determining the ministries that can have state secretaries.
"In accordance with the Law on State Administration, which stipulates that ministries can have a maximum of three state secretaries, this Decision opens up the possibility that five ministries can have one state secretary each, eight ministries can have two state secretaries each, and six ministries can have three state secretaries each. state secretaries appointed by the Government, at the proposal of the minister", it is stated.
The Decree on the Cabinet of the President of the Government of Montenegro was adopted.
"The decree defines that the Cabinet of the Prime Minister performs advisory, analytical, professional and other tasks for the needs of the Prime Minister. The tasks within the competence of the Cabinet are carried out within the framework of internal organizational units - offices, services and other units. In order to perform tasks related to communication with citizens , acting on their petitions and complaints, as well as acting on citizens' requests and pleas for help, the Office for Communication with Citizens is being established in the Office of the Prime Minister," the announcement reads.
The government adopted the Decree on the amendment of the Decree on determining the period of the census of population, households and apartments and the reference moment of the census.
"The amendment to the Regulation stipulates that the census will be conducted from November 30 to December 15, 2023. The reason for the adoption of this Regulation is to postpone the implementation of the population, household and apartment census in order to create the conditions for this important social activity to gain absolute legitimacy through additional improvement of transparency and inclusivity, especially in the part of establishing special software that would allow every citizen to control their data, which would prevent possible abuses and the alleged bias of enumerators when conducting the census. The ultimate goal of this change is to obtain timely and complete statistical data." , said the Government Information Service.
The proposal of the platform for the participation of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Filip Ivanović at the Ministerial Conference in Berlin, Germany, on November 2, 2023, was also adopted.
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