Montenegro ranks first in regional parliamentary transparency index
The Parliamentary Assembly of Bosnia and Herzegovina ranks last in the region in terms of transparency, while Montenegro’s Parliament has taken first place in the regional Open Parliament Index for 2025/2026.
The study, which assesses the transparency, accessibility, integrity and effectiveness of legislative institutions, found that Montenegro’s Parliament met 82.26% of the 109 indicators assessed, CE Report quotes FENA.
The Assembly of North Macedonia ranked second with 76.04%, while Serbia’s National Assembly scored 59.42%. Bosnia and Herzegovina’s state parliament ranked last, meeting just 58.49% of the indicators, Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) reports.
Secretary General of Montenegro’s Parliament, Boban Stanišić, expressed satisfaction with the results achieved by the Montenegrin parliament over ten rounds of monitoring the openness and transparency of legislative institutions across the region.
In a statement, the Parliament said Stanišić had particularly highlighted the significance of the achievement amid an intensive period of legislative activity and the alignment of domestic legislation with the European Union acquis.
“Despite the increasingly demanding pace of work during the final phase of accession negotiations, with a particular focus on closing the remaining negotiating chapters, the Parliament of Montenegro continues to retain its status as the most open parliament in the region,” the statement said.
The regional Open Parliament Index is based on quantitative and qualitative indicators, including the availability of information on institutional websites, an analysis of the legal framework, data from other public sources, and institutions’ responses to freedom-of-information requests.
The research is conducted by the Centre for Democratic Transition (CDT) as part of the regional network of non-governmental organisations ACTION SEE, with support from the National Endowment for Democracy (NED). The index monitors the extent to which legislative and executive institutions in Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia and Bosnia and Herzegovina provide the public with access to information about their work.
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