Montenegro cannot respond to the tasks of the European Union (EU) if it does not have a judicial institution with full mandates, and along the way, it must demonstrate that it interprets and applies the law equally to everyone. This was said at the second panel “How to introduce the rule of law in Montenegro?”,… »
Montenegro’s road to the EU has been slowed by the lack of internal political dialogue, foreign interference and technocratic benchmarks, and the negotiation process is crucial, not only to get tick the box, but to prepare for what follows. The European story is too serious to be left to politicians, political discourse is manipulative in… »
The decade of negotiations between Montenegro and the European Union (EU) is characterized by numerous lost opportunities and it is about time to change the approach, genuine facing with the challenges on the road to the EU, finding internal consensus on what kind of state of Montenegro we need and how to direct it towards… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE), within the project “CSOs in Montenegro – from basic services to policy shaping – M’BASE”, organised series of three trainings in March and April aiming to strengthen the capacities of organizations whose projects were supported through the second Call of this programme. Through several days long trainings, representatives of supported… »
“An active civil society is a key element of any democratic system, it gives the voice to citizens and creates the link between citizens and government institutions”, said Oana Cristina Popa, Head of the EU Delegation to Montenegro, during the ceremony of signing contracts with organizations whose projects are funded by the European Union through… »
Centre for Civic Education (CCE) is publishing Clarifications concerning the II Call for proposals for projects of civil society organizations (CSOs) within the project “CSOs in Montenegro – from basic services to policy making – M’BASE“. Attention is drawn to interested applicants to Corrigendum no.1 relating to the Guidelines for this Call for proposals. Clarifications… »
“Citizens have less and less trust in institutions, they are burdened by socio-economic problems, NGOs are seen as the most prominent part of the civil sector and a positive attitude prevails about them, as well as that they are working in the public interest and having significant influence in Montenegrin society. The apathy and unwillingness… »
The Government did not meet expectations concerning NGOs, and it is especially worrying that there is no tendency to understand the role of NGOs and the need to work on the sustainability of NGOs, especially in the financial aspect, was one of the conclusions of the second part of the discussion forum ” CSOs and… »
Cooperation between the Government and NGOs is not good and efforts of all stakeholders are needed to make it functional and mutually beneficial, it was assessed today in the first part of the discussion forum “CSOs and Authorities – which road to the cooperation in building open society?“, organised by the Centre for Civic Education… »
Today in Pljevlja, the Centre for Civic Education (CCE) in cooperation with the municipality of Pljevlja, organized an info session to present details of the II call for proposals for projects of civil society organizations (CSO) within the project ‘’CSOs in Montenegro – from basic services to policy shaping -M’BASE”.
