Centre for Civic Education (CCE), on the occassion of 23 January – the Day of Journalists of Montenegro, uses the opportunity to recall the chronically bad status of journalists in Montenegro. An unenviable financial position, insecure labour relations, endangered security, censorship and self-censorship remain worrying indicators of the media scene. From 2004 until today, no… »
January 2022
UoM Governing Board to open sessions for the public
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) submitted today to the Governing Board of the University of Montenegro (UoM) an initiative to open all sessions of that body for the interested public and the media. CCE considers that in the interest of strengthening the transparency of the work of UoM, it is necessary to enable the interested… »
The coalition Together for LGBTIQ Rights called on the President of the Parliament to initiate proceedings against Jovan Vučurović
Coalition Together for LGBTIQ Rights, which gathers NGOs and institutions committed to full legal and social equality of LGBTIQ+ persons, and which Centre for Civic Education (CCE) is a member, urged the President of the Parliament, Aleksa Bečić, to initiate the determination of responsibility of the President of the Committee on Human Rights and Freedoms, Jovan Vučurović, for hate… »
Ministry of Interior to revise the decision on admission to ‘honorary’ citizenship
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) recently sent an Initiative to the Ministry of Interior requesting a revision of the decision on admission to Montenegrin citizenship under the simplified procedure, adopted in the period from 2008 to 2020, due to the fact that there is doubt that the mandatory legal procedure was violated during the adoption… »
European Union (EU) Citizenship – a nexus of rights, a mirror of diversity
In the olden days, when international travel was a bit more than wishful thinking, I would always dread going down the airport corridor that would take me to the border control booth. My anxiety was caused by the knowledge that somewhere along that corridor, I would see a sign telling me to go to the… »
The Draft Law on Higher Education is not an expression of the consensus of the WG nor provides the necessary basis for quality improvement
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) does not support the Draft Law on Higher Education, which was in public discussion until 23 December 2021, although the CCE had its representative in the Working Group for drafting this text. For the sake of the public, it is necessary to point out the controversial aspects of drafting the… »