A group of high school seniors and students of the Montenegrin American Youth Alumni Association (MAYAA) will visit the Parliament of Montenegro on Tuesday, 29 October 2013, from 10:30 to 12:40.

On that occasion, they will tour the building of the Parliament, with regard to the significance and the function of the Parliament, history and organisation of working bodies. Within the visit, it was scheduled that the representatives of MAYAA would meet with the MPs in Red Room, starting at 11:00. After the meeting, they will have an opportunity to follow a sitting of the Parliament of Montenegro.

The visit is organised within the project “Open Parliament”, with focus on strengthening of relationship between the Parliament and the citizens, especially the young, and on the occasion of celebrating the week of the civic education, within the programme that would give an opportunity to the select seniors from Montenegrin high schools and freshmen from the Montenegrin universities to, through lectures, visits the state institutions, media, and NGOs learn more about the development of democracy in Montenegro, civic activism, and the role that every active citizen in a society should perform, as well as the manner in which different subjects in Montenegrin society contribute to the development of the state.

Journalists, cameramen and photo-reporters who do not have accreditation to follow the parliamentary activities for this event, may request one in writing, by Tuesday 29 October 2013, until 9:00, via fax: 245-125  or email:press@skupstina.me