Centre for Civic Education (CCE), on the occasion of Student Day, emphasizes the importance of developing critical thinking and activism among young people, particularly in the context of the potential carried by the student population, which unfortunately remains chronically marginalized in the Montenegrin context due to the lack of proactivity from students and the undervaluing… »
The Government of Montenegro, through three ministries – the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Culture, and the Ministry of Justice – over the past three years (from 2021 to 2023), has allocated at least 3,747,598.99 EUR to religious communities in Montenegro, based on various grounds and often without informing the public, as indicated by… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) hereby responds to the statement made by the president of the parliamentary club of the Movement Europe Now (PES), Vasilije Čarapić, on the Central News of NOVA M television, on 23 March 2024 in which he commented on the CCE’s publication “MPs and Interns Must Perform Much Better – first… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), with FAST FORWARD Traveling Film Factory, visited ten municipalities in Montenegro during March, organizing film screenings accompanied by discussions in ten different schools as part of the “Youth for Youth!” project, implemented by the CCE with the support of the U.S. Embassy in Podgorica through the Democracy Commission Small Grants… »
In the first half year of the Parliament’s work, a significant disparity in the engagement of MPs and the amount of their earnings is recorded, especially among those who have not spoken in the plenary, as well as the increase in official travel expenses; the President of the Parliament, for now, has shown a more… »
The coalition of non-governmental organizations “Equality” expresses concern over the uncritical and unbalanced reporting by the public broadcaster RTCG on the Law on Legal gender recognition based on self-determination, whereby the RTCG violates Article 9 of the Law on Public Broadcasting services of Montenegro, which guarantees respect for professional standards. Inter alia, these standards include:… »
On Friday, 15 March 2024, 23 non-governmental organizations sent an appeal to the president of Democratic Montenegro (Democrats), Aleksa Bečić, to influence the councillors of that party in the Assembly of the Capital City to withdraw the proposal to name a street in Podgorica after Pavle Bulatović, the minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic… »
Centre for Civic Education (CGE) gathered representatives of institutions and young people today who had the opportunity to present their initiatives developed during the recently held Youth Activism Schools in the central, southern and northern regions of Montenegro, within the “Youth for the Youth!” project, implemented by CCE with the support of the U.S. Embassy… »
Transitional justice and dealing with the past are among the key segments of the process of democratization and Europeanization of Montenegrin society, is one of the conclusions of the first module of the Transitional Justice School, held in Petrovac from 7 to 10 March 2024, organized by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE). The school… »
We protest because the recently published Draft Law on Amendments to the Criminal Code of Montenegro again does not contain changes important for the protection of human rights. This is the second time in three months that the Ministry of Justice ignores recommendations of the Committee against Torture (CAT), the Committee on the Rights of… »
