This report is drafted as a continuation of the first monitoring report on recruitment and promotion in state authorities, which the Institute Alternative originally drafted with the view to contributing to a more efficient and transparent implementation of new recruitment and promotion rules. The fact that the process of adopting all the bylaws needed for the implementation of the Law took until late 2013 further asserted the need to continue monitoring the law’s enforcement into its second year. This was also noted by the European Commission in its 2014 Progress Report on Montenegro. The Report focuses in particular on recruitment for the lower-grade positions, a procedure that entails a detailed skills assessment. These positions are in the categories of operational staff, expert and expert-management staff, and state employees.5 The data were gathered from free access to information requests sent to select state authorities, the Supreme State Prosecutor, the State Audit Institution, the Commission for monitoring the public procurement procedures, and the Parliament of Montenegro (see Annex 1). Namely, the LCSSE is applicable to 56 state authorities , as well as other institutions that are specifically mentioned in the Law.