Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points out that certain conclusions of the Audit Report on Annual Financial Statement of the State Election Commission (SEC), conducted by the State Audit Institution (SAI), confirm numerous irregularities in the operations of the SEC. Audit of Financial operations of the SEC for 2020 was one of the CCE’s proposals… »
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The new president of the SEC should be qualified by expert references, not by the support of only one political structure
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) draws the attention of the interested public to the ongoing public call for the president of the State Election Commission of Montenegro (SEC), which is the opportunity for this institution to finally move along the path to necessary institutional healing. CCE reminds that this Call occurred after the dismissal of… »
Instead of enacting the needed reform, educational institutions remain prey to the authorities
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) considers that the recent examples of chaotic situations in educational institutions prove the recklessness and inapplicability of the General Law on Education by which after its entry into force, the election of the director in all public institutions must be conducted within 30 days, on the basis of which the… »
Poor state at the UoM is also noticed by faculty units
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points to the concerning findings of the UoM’s self-evaluation process conducted by commissions on organizational units’ level, whose reports were used as a basis by the UoM’s Board for the Quality System Management for the adoption of accompanying opinions and recommendations. As stated in the letter of the Board submitted… »
Regional approach as the best method of addressing complex history issues
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) with its regional partners – Forum ZfD (Belgrade), the Youth Initiative for Human Rights (Zagreb) and Association for Modern History (Sarajevo) – created a set of supporting teaching curriculum on anti-war and peaceful initiatives during 1990s wars in former Yugoslavia.
Legal support to the media and journalists
Centre for Civic Education (CGO) provides one year’s free legal support to the media and journalists within the framework of the project “Media for me!”. Media workers will have at their disposal the advice of the legal team linked to the daily work of journalists, challenges that they face during the production of investigative pieces… »
Protest against state support of violence against women and children
NGOs dealing with human rights and protection from domestic violence and violence against women strongly protest against the decision of the President of Montenegro, Milo Đukanović, adopted on the basis of the Opinion signed by the Head of the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights and the Minister of Interior, Sergej Sekulović, to pardon the… »
Sensitive topics as a challenge for professional development
A two-day online seminar “The study and teaching of sensitive historical topics” organised by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) as part of the project “Teaching history during the COVID 19 pandemic – equal access for all”, brought together 80 professors of history and social sciences, history educators and researchers. Through four two-hour modules, participants… »
Political structures must provide consensus for faster EU accession and inclusion of all state capacities
Political structures must provide consensus to accelerate Montenegro’s accession to the European Union (EU), but that dialogue should not be held between the government and the opposition, because it would be a race for power, but within a different social platform. This was stated at the panel “The first nine years – where is Montenegro… »
The new moment calls for inclusive dialogue and greater accountability of all stakeholders in the process of European integration
‘’It is time to raise questions about how to go better, faster, more efficient in operational and technical terms, as well as how to build the inclusive dialogue we need in parallel, but we also need instruments on how to build cooperation”, stated Chief negotiator, Zorka Kordić, at the conference “Nine years of Montenegrin negotiations… »