CEDEM

Rule of Law

Human Rights

Euro-Atlantic integrations

Social Inclusion

Security and Defence

Empirical research

About CEDEM

Cedem is NGO established as non-profitable association of citizens, with a main goal to advance and spread conscience on importance of proper and successful democratic transition; to research, analyze and follow process of transition; to influence by its activities, as much as it possible, on transitional process in Montenegro; to contribute in strengthening of civil society and democratization process as a whole.

In that direction CEDEM acts as a think-tank group, as an organizer of various kinds of public discussions and as an organizer of practical actions. CEDEM acts mostly through:

• organizing of research and analytical projects in the field of democratic transition and human rights in Montenegro;

• organizing conferences, round tables, meetings, seminars, workshops, training's and other activities oriented on encouraging process of democratic transition;

• influencing on legislative activities through its own propositions;

• publishing its works and results in its own publications or through most influential (mostly independent) media; Cooperating with other similar NGOs from Montenegro and Serbia, and from abroad.

Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM) is founded on July 2, 1997 and registered in Ministry of Justice of Montenegro on July 15, 1998.

In the latest research conducted under University Pennsylvania's Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program CEDEM was ranked among 10 leading think tank organizations in the Central and Eastern Europe.

The report's publication «2012 Global Go To Think-Tanks Report» is the culmination of an eight-month process involving 6603 think-tank organizations from 182 countries all over world. Research included more than 1100 respondents from 120 states. Think tank organizations were nominated in 38 categories, one of which applying to organizations from Central and Eastern Europe, where CEDEM took 9th ranking position.

Ranking among 10 leading think tank organizations in Central and Eastern Europe we see as international acknowledgement of 15-year-long work on research and analysis of political processes in Montenegro.

Please find complete report here.

Category which CEDEM was ranked under is on the 53rd page of the Report.