The non-governmental organisations Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and Anti-fascists of Cetinje have submitted an initiative to the Municipality of Nikšić, the Municipal Assembly of Nikšić, and the Council for Naming Settlements, Streets, Squares, and Institutions, calling for the restoration of the bust dedicated to Đoko Pavićević, a veteran of the Balkan Wars and the… »
Press release 2026
Cultural Heritage as a Reflection of Institutional Responsibility
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), marking 18 April – the International Day for Monuments and Sites, informally known as World Heritage Day, highlights that monuments and historical sites are often collateral damage in times of conflict and revisionism, and, unfortunately, such a time persists today. This day is traditionally marked through various activities, including visits… »
The voice of youth must be heard more strongly
Young people must have more space to actively participate in decision-making processes that directly concern them, rather than being only formally included, was the message from today’s Youth Café in Podgorica, organised by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE). As part of this event, held within the Action Day of the Union of Secondary School… »
They Claim to Care About Peer Violence, Yet Attack the Guide Designed to Address It
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) strongly condemns the content aired in the TV Adria morning programme “Jutro” on 15 April 2026, in which Dragan Koprivica and Mitar Šušić made a series of false, discriminatory, homophobic, and manipulative claims about CCE’s publication “A Guide to LGBTIQ+ Topics for Primary and Secondary School Teachers.” In doing so,… »
Clarifications of the 2nd Call for Proposals for the support to projects of civil society organisations (CSO) in Western Balkans
Centre for Civic Education (CCE/CGO) within the project Together For LGBTQI+ Equality publishes CLARIFICATIONS of the 2nd Call for Proposals for the support to projects of civil society organisations (CSO) in Western Balkans For detailed information, please see the document. The project Together For LGBTQI+ Equality is implemented by the CCE/CGO, in partnership with ERA – LGBTI Equal Rights Association for… »
Adoption of the initiative for a monument to Joka Baletić marks the first step towards rectifying an injustice
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) and the Antifascists of Cetinje welcome the decision of the Council for Proposing Names of Settlements, Streets and Squares of the Municipality of Nikšić to erect a memorial to the seventeen-year-old partisan Joka Baletić in that town. The initiative, which came from the European Alliance in Nikšić, will be forwarded… »
Instead of marking the anniversary of the restoration of independence, CANU is developing projects with the Russian Academy of Sciences
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) once again points to the concerning continuity of cooperation between the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU) and academic circles and international associations close to the regime of Vladimir Putin, despite Montenegro’s clearly declared foreign policy orientation and its support for Ukraine. CCE recalls that even after Russia’s invasion… »
Declarative support of CANU for Ukraine, alongside parallel cooperation with pro-Russian structures
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) points out that the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts (CANU), despite the publicly expressed support of Montenegro for Ukraine following the Russian aggression, continued cooperation with structures close to regimes participating in that aggression, and that the President of CANU officially visited Moscow in 2024. The Russian aggression against… »
The task of institutions is to prevent the relativisation and denial of war crimes
State institutions are responsible for preventing the relativisation and denial of war crimes, and they are not doing so effectively in the region. Confronting the past has never been on the agenda of political parties, and formal education fails to fill that space because it is sparse and often biased. These are the key assessments… »
Education Must Be Based on Knowledge, Not Faith
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), in response to the statement by the Deputy Prime Minister for Education, Science and Relations with Religious Communities, Budimir Aleksić, that the Church has no influence over the Government, as well as his claim that religious education would have long since been introduced in schools “if the Church had any… »










