Empowering Youth Organizations for Effective Project Management

An intensive three-day training significantly contributed to strengthening the capacities of youth organizations and those working with young people to effectively manage projects and thereby have a more tangible impact on improving the position of youth in Montenegro. This was the key message from the training held as part of the project SYNERGY Montenegro –… »

Institutions remain silent, protests in the region speak

The silence of institutions or their behaviour as if they were a party service induced and demonstrated the justification of protests following the tragedies in Montenegro, Serbia, and North Macedonia, but also further weakened citizens’ trust in institutions, it was assessed in PROUDCAST, it was assessed in PROUDCAST, jointly produced by the MINA agency, the… »

Civic Education Inspires Youth to Actively Participate in Society

Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Human Rights Action (HRA), and the Centre for Women’s and Peace Education – ANIMA successfully conducted six workshops on civic education and human rights over the past month for elementary and high school students in Bijelo Polje, Cetinje, Ulcinj, Podgorica, Bar and Pljevlja. During these inspiring workshops, young participants had… »

Party, Protocol and PR Ahead of Genuine Reforms

Centre for Civic Education (CCE) has been continuously highlighting, for nearly a decade, the inefficiency of the organization of the executive branch in Montenegro. The current structure, with a record 32 members and overlapping responsibilities, represents an absurd and unnecessary burden on public resources, as an outcome of balancing party interests. Through a series of… »

Joint steps towards strengthening the role of youth in montenegro

“Investing in youth is not an expense, but a crucial investment in democracy and in a more sustainable and just future for Montenegro”, was emphasized during the signing of contracts with five civil society organizations (CSOs) whose projects have been supported within the framework of the call for CSO project proposals in Montenegro. This initiative… »

Citizens Have the Right to Demand Accountability

The authorities are increasingly treating legitimate critics as criminals and trying to label public criticism as unlawful, this was one of the key messages from the second session of the conference Civic Mobilization as a Response to Institutional Deficit, organized by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES).  During the panel “The Voice… »

Civic Mobilization as a Response to the Loss of Trust

In Montenegro, protest culture is still in the making, and it is developing painfully slowly, especially when it comes to protests with a civic and progressive character, said Daliborka Uljarević, Executive Director of the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), during the conference Civic Mobilization as a Response to Institutional Deficit, organized today by CCE and… »