In a month, it will be a year since the parliamentary elections were held in Montenegro, which is also an opportunity for the public to be reminded of the promises based on which citizens made their choices, and these are consolidated by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) in the publication “Parliamentary Elections 2023 –… »
Press release 2024
Encouragement for a step in the right direction
We welcome Prime Minister Milojko Spajić’s stance that Montenegro should vote for the proposed UN resolution on the genocide in Srebrenica regardless of the outcome of the amendments the Government intends to propose. This is the only correct decision that principally directs Montenegro towards a secure future. We understand that the Government does not want… »
Coalition of NGOs: Spajić to clarify if the Government of Montenegro is proposing amendments to the Srebrenica Resolution?
In a letter addressed today to Prime Minister Milojko Spajić, the Coalition of NGOs demanded that he clarify whether the Government of Montenegro is proposing amendments to the Srebrenica Resolution, and if so, to publicly announce and provide reasoned explanations for the text of those amendments. It is unacceptable in a serious democratic state that,… »
World Press Freedom Day in Montenegro is celebrated without progress in media
On the occasion of 3 May – World Press Freedom Day, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) congratulates to all media and media employees, regretting that instead of a comprehensive improvement in the field of media freedom, we note a bad situation at all levels in this area. The CCE indicates that the media in… »
Controversial proposal to name a street after Pavle Bulatović forwarded to the Ministry
The Council for Proposing Names of Settlements, Streets, and Squares of the Capital City Podgorica decided, on the eve of the holiday, 30 April, to refer the proposal by the Democrats councilors to name one of the streets in the capital after Pavle Bulatović, a wartime Minister of Internal Affairs and Defense, to the Ministry… »
Strengthening the capacity of the teaching staff promotes understanding of multiculturalism values
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) organized a training session on 29 and 30 April in Kolašin, for 21 secondary and elementary school teachers of social science group of subjects of various schools across Montenegro on the use of modern teaching methods in multiculturalism education. The training was led by Danijela Vuković-Ćalasan, PhD and Mehmed Đečević,… »
Coalition of NGOs: No Compromise with the Politics of Crime
Prime Minister Spajic’s stance that Montenegro will vote for the UN resolution on memorializing the genocide in Srebrenica but will not promote it through co-sponsorship is a step backward in Montenegro’s democratic development. The only correct and humane approach is to seize every opportunity to condemn this crime and not hide the facts about it.… »
Finances of political parties through State Audit Institution reports
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) analyzed the reports of the State Audit Institution (SAI) on the audit of annual consolidated financial statements of political parties and groups of citizens for 2020, 2021, and 2022, regarding assessmen of financial audit and compliance audit of political entities. The analysis covered 33 reports for 30 political parties and… »
Protest against revisionist renaming of street in Pljevlja
Non-governmental organizations Human Rights Action (HRA), Centre for Civic Education (CCE), and ANIMA Centre for Women’s and Peace Education express strong protest against the renaming of Tivatska Street in Pljevlja to Branko Krvavac Street, a soldier of the Yugoslav People’s Army (JNA) who died in the aggression on the Dubrovnik-Herzegovina area in Croatia in October… »
92 NGOs and over 250 prominent citizens of Montenegro have supported the Initiative for Montenegro to sponsor a UN Resolution on memorializing the victims of Srebrenica
The initiative for Montenegro to sponsor a UN Resolution on memorializing genocide in Srebrenica was supported by 92 NGOs and over 250 prominent citizens. The initiative has also been supported by the Bosniak Council, as well as the Bosniak Party, Liberal Party, Democratic Party of Socialists, Social Democratic Party of Montenegro, Social Democrats of Montenegro,… »