The Monitoring Center CEMI becomes first PASOS member from Montenegro
News Source: PASOS Secretariat, Prague, Czech Republic
The PASOS network of think-tanks now extends to 41 members (34 full members and seven associate members) across 26 countries in Europe and Central Asia.
The Monitoring Center CEMI is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation founded in March 2000, with the main goal of providing infrastructural and expert support for continuous monitoring of the overall process of transition in Montenegro.
CEMI has contributed to political and social changes in Montenegro, and its activities are directed towards legislative initiatives, public opinion research, the fight against corruption, and the respect of human rights and fundamental freedoms. The change of status of the state of Montenegro, and the government’s determination to enter the European Union, have had a positive effect on civil society organisations, which have acquired a completely new conceptual framework for their work. In that context, CEMI – one of the most successful and respected civil society organisations in Montenegro – has moved closer and closer to the concept of the policy research centre and a think-tank.
Pursuant to this transition, CEMI has become the first think-tank in Montenegro, and has adjusted its mission, vision, and fields of work. Instead of the previous five programmes of work (Elections, Rule of Law, Good Governance, Civil Society, and European Integration), CEMI subsequently established the following three main programme areas:
• Democratisation and Human Rights
• Fight against Corruption
• Euro-Atlantic Integration.
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