Centre for Civic Education (CCE) is expressing concern about the fact that the number of growing “Luča” diplomas is inconsistent with the results that Montenegrin pupils have on PISA tests, which also question their credibility. As a reminder, during the PISA testing, Montenegro was on 59th place out of 70 in science, 53rd out of 70… »
Press releases 2019
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Ministry of Defense to withdraw proposed amendments to the Law on Classified Information
We invite the Ministry of Defense to delete provisions, from the proposed amendments to the Law on Classified Information, which envisage unconstitutional hiding of information of public importance. The Government withdrew the same amendments to the Law from the parliamentary procedure after the public criticism from international and Montenegrin NGOs, but the Ministry of Defence… »
The political part is blocking the economic part of the negotiations?
In the EU accession negotiation process the key problem represents non-compliance of technical and political aspect. This was indicated in the second part of the conference “Seven Years of Montenegrin Negotiations with the EU” organized by the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), supported by the Ministry of Public Administration and the German Friedrich Ebert Stiftung,… »
Uljarevic: Serious shift in European integration process is needed
After first seven years of Montenegrin negotiations, a serious shift in accession negotiations is needed due to the fact that Montenegro is far from frontrunner, assessed the Executive Director of the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Daliborka Uljarevic, at the conference ‘Seven years of Montenegrin negotiations with the EU’, organized by the CCE with the… »
Ministry of Finance to organise a Public Discussion on the Public Procurement Law
Instead of public discussion, on 10 June 2019 the Ministry of Finance announced public consultations on the Proposal of the Law on Public Procurement, stating in the Call that “it was innovated compared to the version publicly discussed in the period February – March 2018’’. More than a year has passed since the previous public discussion. Also,… »
Affirmation of alternative sanctions is necesarry
The system of alternative sanctions and probation measures is still a novelty for most of our citizens, which is also reflected in their knowledge, hence almost two-thirds of citizens state that they do not know what alternative sanctions and probation measures are, as indicated by data from the public opinion survey on alternative sanctions and… »
Uljarevic: Human rights in Montenegro are not a priority for decision – makers
Human rights in Montenegro are not a priority for the decision – makers, human rights culture has not come to life, which has a reflection on effective respect of these rights, assessed Executive Director of the Centre for Civic Education (CCE), Daliborka Uljarevic. At the presentation of key findings of the report on human rights… »
DPS against EU and US in new action of retaining control over the RTCG
Administrative Committee of the Parliament of Montenegro determined the Proposal for the list for the appointment of the RTCG Council by authorized proposers. Proposal for the list was unanimously supported by the MPs of the Democratic Party of Socialists (DPS), which confirmed that the DPS had controlled this process from the beginning, and that there… »
It is a progress when the Parliament annules its own unconstitutional legal provisions
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) welcomes the decision of the Parliament of Montenegro on adoption of amendments that will return back to civil servants at the state and local administration rights deriving from their work in terms that they will be eligible also for financial claims on the basis of their work and that this… »