On the occasion of the 25th years from the Operation „Storm“, which lasted from 4 to 7 August 1995, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) pays a tribute to the innocent victims of this crime and calls for stronger social engagement in the processes of dealing with the past and building remembrance cultures.
Press releases 2020
Government of Montenegro should conduct external audit of the UoM
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) submitted to Damir Šehović, Minister of Education, and Milutin Simović, Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Policy and Financial System the Initiative for conducting an external audit of the University of Montenegro (UoM) for the period from 2018 to 2020. In line with the Contract on financing between the Government and… »
Government to stop construction of small hydropower plants in Kraljske Bare
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) supports the efforts of active citizens of Kraljske Bare, from the municipality of Kolašin, who fight for their basic human rights, defending from exploitation the “wild” rivers Ljubaštica, Crnja and Čestogaz, which are also potable. This takes place in the recently marked Regional Park, and these rivers are the first… »
Public Broadcasting Service RTCG – a Newsreel of a government
The Centre for Civic Education (CCE) has published a report Public Broadcasting Service RTCG – a Newsreel of a government, which provides an overview of the RTCG in the last year, including both management and programme and financial aspects of the RTCG’s work. The focus of the report is on the RTCG after the illegal… »
NCB to answer inquiries on clarifications of measures and to assure non-selective application of measures
Today, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) sent a request to the National Coordination Body for Communicable Diseases (NCB) and the Ministry of Health for urgent clarification of measures of NCB relating to general provisions of wearing protective face masks, given the fact that NCB ignored CCE’s request, which was sent last week. The CCE… »
Lawyer Marković’s comments represent hate speech and threats towards the LGBT community
The Coalition “Together for LGBT Rights” most decidedly condemns hate speech direcgted to the LGBTIQ community and our allies by lawyer Velibor Marković and simultaneosly extends support to the journalist of the “Vijesti” Damira Kalač, who filed a complaint against Markovicć as a citizen, due to threats made on the social network Facebook. Considering that… »
CCE submits the initiative to the SAI to include the uom into the 2021 Audit plan
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) sent to the State Audit Institution (SAI) a formal Initiative to include into its 2021 Audit plan an audit of the financial operations of the University of Montenegro (UoM). The CCE points to the fact that for a decade, the UoM’s financial statements have not been audited by the SAI,… »
New Law on RTCG must ensure the independence and plurality of the RTCG Council
The Media Centre and the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) invite members of the Parliament of Montenegro to amend the Draft Law on National Public Broadcaster Radio and Television of Montenegro (RTCG) in direction of ensuring independence and plurality of the RTCG Council. At the recently held session of the Committee on Political System, Judiciary… »
NCB to clarify whether masks must be worn by everyone imperatively
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) requested from the National Coordination Body (NCB) an urgent clarification of the measure of compulsory wearing protective masks outdoors and indoors. This measure was firstly imposed in some municipalities, including the Capital City of Podgorica and from today in entire Montenegro. Official announcements state that wearing protective masks apply to… »
United for their fees
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) submitted the initiative to the State Election Commission (SEC) to revoke the Decision on determining remuneration for work in the State Election Commission, adopted by the SEC on 1 July 2020, as certain provisions of that Decision are not in accordance with the Law on Wages of Civil Servants. Namely,… »