Rules to Safeguard the Integrity of Public Office

Centre for Civic Education (CCE), in collaboration with the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (APC), has published a practical handbook titled Public Officials and Corruption Prevention, which explains the legal obligations of public officials aimed at combating corruption. The handbook is divided into three thematic sections – income and assets, conflict of interest, and lobbying… »

Ruling Majority Opposes Media Freedom

Centre for Civic Education (CCE) strongly condemns yesterday’s happening in the Parliament of Montenegro, where MP Dejan Đurović and certain individuals employed in the Parliament, attempted to forcibly remove media representatives from the plenary hall to prevent them from reporting on scandalous scenes. CCE asserts that this act, reflecting a lack of awareness about the… »

Fighting Corruption in Local Enterprises

As part of the project Partnership Against Corrupt Tendencies – PACT, financially supported by the U.S. Embassy and the State Department’s Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL), the Centre for Civic Education (CGO) signed an agreement today with the Centre for Economic and European Studies (CEES) to support the project Improved Criteria for the… »

Together for LGBTIQ+ Equality

Through concrete actions, legislative reforms, and awareness-raising efforts, progress can be made in the collective fight to advance the rights, inclusion, and equality of LGBTIQ+ individuals, was one of the key messages from the initial meeting of the project “Together for LGBTIQ+ Equality,” implemented by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) in partnership with ERA… »

Armenko violated the Constitution

Centre for Civic Education (CCE) assesses that the President of the Constitutional Court, Snežana Armenko, allowed herself to be instrumentalized for the political interests of the ruling majority, thereby violating a number of imperative provisions, including the Constitution itself. In a democratic society, even if she was not consciously involved, she should now either voluntarily… »

FAST FORWARD 2024 Concludes with a Tale of Love, Resistance and Growth

The 15th Montenegrin Human Rights Film Festival FAST FORWARD, organized by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), concludes today in Podgorica. The audience at the Montenegrin Cinematheque will have the opportunity to watch two exceptional films – Living Large and From Hilde with Love. The screening of Living Large begins at 18h00. Through this work, Czech filmmaker Kristina Dufková introduces… »

FAST FORWARD Festival 2024 hosts Željko Stanetić in Podgorica, and premieres “Stanić, a century” by Andro Martinović in Kotor

The fourth day of the UBRZAJ Festival, organized by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), highlights the visit of director Željko Stanetić with his film Milena in Podgorica, and the screening of Stanić, A Century by Andro Martinović in Kotor, alongside other remarkable films. The programme at the Montenegrin Cinematheque starts at 17h00 with the Czech-Slovak-Ukrainian film Photophobia. Directed by… »

Combatting Sexist and Sensationalist Media Language is Key to Supporting Women in Public Spaces

It is crucial to identify and combat sexist and sensationalist language in the media, as this supports women in public spaces who are increasingly targeted by such attacks, further limiting their influence in decision-making processes, as underlined during a night panel discussion following the screening of the film “Black Box Diaries” at the Montenegrin Human Rights Film… »