Preokret has submitted amendments to the Capital City budget, and they are asking for more money for bike paths and professional development.
They requested that an additional 100.000 euros be allocated for the construction of bicycle corridors. Possible corridors were proposed: the construction of a bicycle corridor from Block V to the City Quarter through the university campus or one of the corridors that would connect individual neighborhoods with the city center with bicycle infrastructure (Masline, Stari aerodrom, Zagorič, Donja and Gornja Gorica).
They said that the construction of bicycle corridors is one of the necessary steps in building a different traffic culture.
"Namely, Podgorica has a problem of severe traffic congestion and in order to change this in the long term, it is necessary to create the conditions to stimulate forms of transport that do not only include motorized means of transport. In this regard, the construction of the new bicycle corridors in question represents, in the first step, a symbolic measure for the long-term improvement of traffic, but also the creation of conditions for a better and healthier life for the citizens of Podgorica. For this reason, I propose the change mentioned in this amendment," the statement reads.
For professional development of employees, Preokret is requesting that the amount of 61.800 euros be allocated instead of 123.600.
"Chronic neglect of human resource development has often resulted in a lack of competence and a lack of knowledge upgrading in a certain number of cases, which is why in activities for which the administration of the Capital City is responsible, especially those that have an administrative component and a component of knowledge of procedures, we often have delays or failure to implement certain planned activities," they said.
"Just as we invest in material infrastructure, we should also invest in the knowledge, ability and competence of employees so that the services they provide are at a higher level, which would eliminate ignorance of the subject matter or lack of knowledge of the procedure where it is observed, with the implied upgrading of already acquired knowledge and skills, which can prevent delays and disabling not only regular activities but also activities in the field of capital investments that are based on human resources (from strictly procedural items to tender activities)," added Preokret.
They say that the adoption of this amendment would begin the practice of more adequate investment in the development of human resources in city services, public institutions, and the overall system of local self-government in the territory of the capital.
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