Center for Democracy and Human Rights is launching a competition for participants of the "Gender and Security" School.

The school is being implemented within the framework of the project "Women's Empowerment Initiative: Education for Gender Equality", implemented by CEDEM in partnership with the Montenegrin Women's Lobby (CŽL), with the support of the Ministry of Human and Minority Rights.

The aim of the School is to contribute to greater respect for women's rights and to raise awareness of the importance of gender equality, by informing participants about gender equality policies and the importance of women's representation in senior and managerial positions. The School also aims to strengthen the professional capacity to take specific measures to achieve gender equality, given that it is aimed at young professionals in various fields.

The School is especially focused on:

1. students of law, political science and journalism;
2. young employees employed by government institutions;
3. young leaders of political parties in Montenegro and
4. young civil society actors.

In addition, we encourage young people from the natural sciences to apply for participation in the School!

The lecturers are national and regional experts, as well as representatives of the Montenegrin security sector.

The School will be held from 16 September to 16 October 2019 in Podgorica, in the afternoon. The number of students is limited to 20. All students after graduation receive a certificate and the right to participate in other project activities.

If you want to attend the School, interested applicants may send a CV and a short motivation letter (no more than 200 words) to the e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than September 2, 2019, indicating "Application to attend the Gender and Security School.

For any additional questions regarding the School, project or program activity, please do not hesitate to contact us via the e-mail address or telephone 020 234 114.

Centre for Democracy and Human Rights
is announcing a competition for delivering essays for students and pupils on the topic "What does NATO mean to you?"

After an exceptionally successful three-day School we organized in Petrovac, we continue with activities aimed at young people by publishing this contest for delivering essays on the subject of youth and NATO. We are interested in what you, high school pupils and students think about the NATO alliance, what NATO means for you, how do you perceive its security role in the modern world, and what is the role of our country as the youngest full member of the Alliance?
By organizing this competition, we want to encourage young people - students and pupils - to research and improve the existing knowledge of the values, missions, and tasks of the Alliance.

General instructions:
- The Call is open for students of the fourth grade of all secondary schools in Montenegro and students of the first and second year of the University of Montenegro, the Mediteran University and the University of Donja Gorica;
- The essay must be written to a minimum of 1, and to a maximum of 2 pages in Word (Times New Roman - font 12);
- The essay can be written in Montenegrin or English;
- One author can submit only one essay.
Awards:
- For the three best-written essays, monetary awards, certificates, and invitation for participation in the Final Conference of the project have been provided, at which winners of the competition will present their works.

 How to sign up:
- Following the above instructions, the essay and the short CV should be submitted by e-mail to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than August 30th.

For any additional questions regarding the competition, project or program activity, please feel free to contact us by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 020-234-114.

This activity is being implemented within the project "Let's take a stand for future perspectives: the Alliance of Youth and NATO", implemented by CEDEM in cooperation with NGO "ATAK" and PR & Media Consultancy Prime, supported by NATO's Department for Public Diplomacy - Nato Public Diplomacy Division (PDD).

CEDEM, within the project "Initiative for Empowerment of Women: Education for Gender Equality", in coopration with the Montenegrin Women's Lobby- CŽL and with the support of the Mministry of Human and Minorities Rights, published the publication " Representation of Women in the Security Sector: Key Achievements and recommendations 2013-2019".

The publication contains: a) a comparative analysis of the constitutional, legal and institutional framework in terms of representation / equality and / or proportionality of women in the security sector (especially with regard to mechanisms of legal and institutional protection against discrimination); b) a comparative analysis of data on the representation of women in the security sector in the period 2013-2018; c) recommendations for improving the participation of women in the security sector.

Publication is available here.

We successfully completed the three-day School: "Youth to meet contemporary security challenges: what is ahead?", Held within the project "Let's take a stand for future perspectives: the Alliance of Youth and NATO" implemented by CEDEM in cooperation with NGO "Atak" and PR & Media Consultancy Prime. The school was held from 16th to 18th. June in Petrovac.

During the three-day activities students from the School attended by 25 students; representatives of non-governmental organizations and government officials were able to, through the lectures of eminent reconstruction experts, existing, but also to adopt and improve new knowledge when it comes to NATO in order to promote the values on which this alliance is based, such as democracy, the rule of law and respect for human rights .

 Lecturers at the School were:

-Nikola Banicevic, M.Sc in Law, who was a member of Communication Team for the Montenegro of NAto to the Government of Montenegro, currently associate at the University of Donja Gorica, the direction of Safety
-Nikola Radunović, Independent Advisor to the Directorate for NATO and EU, Ministry of Defense
-Vladimir Todorović, lieutenant of the battleship, Army of Montenegro
-Dr. Nikoleta Đukanović, lecturer ad UDG, humanistic studies and executive director of CeMi
-Stefan Surlić, Assistant at the Faculty of Political Sciences, University of Belgrade

The project is supported by NATO's Public Diplomacy Division (NATO PDD) and lasts from February to November 2019.

Center for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM)
is calling for a
COMPETITION for students of the three-day school
"Young, to meet modern security challenges: what's ahead of us?"

The school is being realized within the project "Let's take a stand for future perspectives: the Alliance of Youth and NATO" implemented by CEDEM in cooperation with NGO "Atak" and PR & Media Consultancy PRiME, supported by the NATO Department of Public Diplomacy. The goal of the school is to contribute to improving the level of information and improving the knowledge of youth about international security and the security challenges of the Western Balkans. Also, the goal of the School is to build the knowledge of young people on key aspects of the concept of human security, including democratic civilian control, contemporary security threats, such as terrorism and violent extremism, as well as the relationship between the concept of security and the protection of privacy and dignity of the person. The school is specifically focused on a) student rights, political science, and journalism; b) trainees and younger officials employed in state institutions; c) young leaders of political parties in Montenegro; and d) young civil society actors. In addition, we encourage young people from the sphere of natural sciences to apply for participation in the School! The lecturers are national and regional experts and experts, as well as representatives of the Montenegrin security sector. The school will be held in the period from 16 to 18 June (from Sunday afternoon to Tuesday afternoon) at the Hotel Palas, in Petrovac. All students of the School have been provided accommodation in a full-board hotel and transport in both directions. The number of participants is limited to 25! All students after the completion of the School receive the certificate and the right to participate in other project activities. If you want to attend the school, interested candidates can send a biography (in English or Montenegrin) and a short letter of motivation (no longer than 200 words) at the e-mail address: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than 10. June 2019, with the note "Application for participation in the School" Youth to meet contemporary security challenges: what's ahead of us? "For any additional questions regarding the School, Project or Program Activity, please feel free to contact us by e-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by phone 020 234 114.