Montenegro

23.06.2008 Branko Lukovac, Ambassador of Montenegro to Croatia and the State Secretary of Higher Education of Croatia Radovan Fuks signed the Memorandum of Cooperation which covers, among other issues, the cooperation of the two countries in the field of doctoral studies.

14.05.2008 The Civic Education Centre (CGO) presented yesterday, May 13, a set of documents to Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, on the Police approach to human rights issues, in the context of the procedure for election of Director of Police Bureau of Montenegro.

13.02.2008 Representatives of NGO sector in Montenegro demand more efficient system of public financing, based on clear principles and criteria, with respect for the independence of the sector.

16.01.2008 The Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector MANS demanded for the internet site of Montenegro Parliament to publish the numbers of official mobile phones of the Members of Parliament.

26.11.2007 The Montenegro Women Lobby from Podgorica announced its activities for the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. MWL will concentrate on the problem of incomplete application of legislation for sanctioning of perpetrators of violence against women and children by judicial authorities.

21.11.2007 On the occasion of the Universal Children Day, November 20, Forum MNE, in cooperation with NGO Svetionik from Bar, organized a series of events and actions aimed to promote children rights and put emphasis on importance of youth potentials and their greater participation in social life and affairs.

20.11.2007 On initiative of SOS Phone Niksic, a meeting was held, on November 18, with representatives of Niksic General Hospital, Niksic Healthcare Centre and Pulmonary Hospital in Brezovik.

15.11.2007 The SOS Phone Nikšić organized, last Tuesday, November 13, the second meeting with representatives of local institutinos, to discuss the implementation of documents for improved status of Roma minority on local level.

01.11.2007 The ANIMA-Kotor Centre for Women and Peace Education, on the behalf of the Network of Women NGOs, expressed its concern over the fact that the new Constitution didn’t preserve the achieved levels of women human rights and fails to secure the freedom for women to decide freely whether to give birth.

16.10.2007 The Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector (MANS) demanded from the vice-president of the Government Vujica Lazović to ensure that the Energy Development Strategy to the Year 2025 is based on European standards and adopted with proper public participation, in cooperation with relevant international institutions.

09.10.2007 The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will redirect its future activities in the Balkans towards development programmes, especially to the programme for capacity building and support of Commission on Missing Persons.

21.08.2007 The Ministry of Health, Labour and Social Care prepared the Rulebook on Methods and Procedure for Risk Assessment, the first regulation of its type in Montenegro. The Rulebook accepts all widely recognized methods.

15.08.2007 The Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector (MANS) will pay close attention to this year’s Government plan for privatization, especially of the companies that may have greatest impact on the future development of Montenegro.

04.07.2007 The Association of Young Environmentalists Niksic (AYEN) started the Ecologic Montenegro – Let’s Achieve It! project, which includes cooperation of political parties, nongovernmental sector and environmental experts in the area of public information about contents of environmental platforms of political parties in Montenegro.

04.04.2007 The “Cooperation towards a Goal” NGO Coalition assessed that there are no institutional mechanisms for cooperation with the Government in Montenegro and proposed three key documents designed to improve the situation.

03.04.2007 "Did you know that each citizen produces about 1kg of waste daily? It amounts to about 2 tons of waste daily or 730 tons annually in our municipality only! Waste disposal, whose job is it? It’s our waste, it is our care! Join us in this initiative and monitor implementation and adherence to waste disposal legislation and regulations in Kotor!"

20.03.2007 The Parliament of Montenegro decided to include the proposed Draft-Law on Protection of Households in the Energy Sector in its agenda of legislation to be debated. The Draft was prepared by the Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS), and was supported by more than 7,000 citizens who signed the petition.

13.03.2007 Two activists of the MANS Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector, who collected signatures for a petition in Podgorica, were attacked by five persons whose identity remains unknown.

06.03.2007 Vanja Calovic, Director of the Network for Affirmation of Nongovernmental Sector – MANS, and Veselin Bajceta, Assistant to the MANS Anti-Corruption programme, were detained on Sunday, March 4, by Podgorica Police, during the “KAP Spends, Who Pays?”

14.02.2007 The action to collect signatures for the petition requiring from the Government to provide the same treatment to the citizens reserved for the Aluminium Corporation expanded to Kotor and Niksic, and the citizens can now sign the petition online, at http://www.pravodaznam.info/peticija.htm, reports MANS.