November 2020

On the occasion of 17 November – International Student Day, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) indicates the long-lasting problem of inadequate addressing of students’ needs by educational institutions. The CCE calls on policy and decision-makers to strategically reform the education system to improve the quality of education and employability of graduate students. In the… »

Centre for Civic Education (CCE) expresses serious concern over the statements of the representatives of the Socialist People’s Party (SNP) that they negotiate with Prime Minister-designate Zdravko Krivokapic to get their “proper part” of the seat within the Government “in-depth”. Such an approach is not a reform in the part of the necessary depoliticization of… »

Nine non-governmental organizations, which have a culture in their focus through various programmes, today sent an open letter to Aleksandar Bogdanović, Minister of Culture, on the occasion of the Decision on the allocation of funds to non-governmental organizations based on the public call “Let’s develop cultural habits!” assessing that these funds were not distributed legally… »

On the occasion of 16 November – International Day for Tolerance, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) emphasizes the importance of promoting and strengthening all protection mechanisms that will preserve the values ​​of tolerance and coexistence as one of the most important legacies of Montenegrin society. Decision-makers on the Montenegrin political scene must also understand… »

Centre for Civic Education (CCE), assessing the election manifestos, determined that despite the fact that the Parliamentary elections were held during the pandemic, health care was not in the focus of the election actors. Out of 11 electoral lists, 10 addressed health in some manner. The general impression is that in-depth analyzes were lacking, and… »

Today, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) submitted a complaint to the Chamber of bailiffs against the work of the bailiff Dejan Čogurić , requesting the President of that Chamber to act under the Law on Bailiffs and to urgently submit a proposal for initiating disciplinary proceedings against this bailiff for the unlawful performance of… »

Seven non-governmental organizations, whose focus is also on gender equality, today sent an open letter to the Prime Minister- designate  Zdravko Krivokapić, asking him to withdraw Vesna Bratić’s candidacy for Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sports, and to nominate for the same position a woman who is sensible for gender equality and fully aware… »

On the occasion of 9 Novembar, the International Day against Fascism, Anti-Semitism, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) calls upon all social and political actors, as well as institutions, to understand the seriousness of the underlined phenomenon of extremist and radical discourse in Montenegro.

Centre for Civic Education (CCE) notes, upon the analysis of election manifestos of coalitions and parties that participated in the recent parliamentary elections, that issues of education and science, which are highly positioned in democratic societies, were not in the focus of our parties and coalitions. Education has marginal space in election manifestos of all… »