The President of the Parliament of Montenegro Mr Ranko Krivokapić and the Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr Thorbjørn Jagland visited “Democracy Workshops” of the Parliament of Montenegro today, where they spoke with the students of the class VI-c of the Primary School “Štampar Makarije“ on the topic “Democracy and parliament”.

Following the conversation in the Parliament, President Krivokapić and Council of Europe Secretary General Jagland visited attendees of “Democracy Workshops”

The Committee on Political System, Judiciary and Administration has issued:

Zagreb, 10 - 11 November 2013

The Draft Law on Amendments to the Law on Election of Councillors and MPs was formulated

The Vice President voiced pleasure over the overall cooperation between the two countries, thanking to the Ambassador for her overall contribution in the development of bilateral relations

Sarajevo, 8 - 10 November 2013

America - Bosnia Foundation (ABF) and Centre for Transatlantic Relations (SAIS), in cooperation with the Gender Equality Agency (Bosnia and Herzegovina), Ministry for Human Rights and Refugees Bosnia and Herzegovina organise the International Conference which will be held from 8 to 10 November in Sarajevo.

The aim of the Conference is empowerment of women and youth in the public sphere, as one of the ways to promote sustainable stability in transition countries. The Conference will gather representatives of the institutions and civil society organisations from South East Europe and North Africa dealing with representation of the role of women in resolving the unresolved legal issues so far, building the peace process and providing answers to the challenges of transition.

It was envisaged that the representatives of the following countries would attend the Conference: Montenegro, Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Egypt, Greece, Croatia, Cyprus, Kosovo, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Romania, Serbia, Tunisia and Turkey.

The launching of Mediterranean Women in Leadership and Civil Society Online Network will be held at the Conference, as well as the new platform for promotion of women’s associations in the countries of the Western Balkans and North Africa.

Following the tour of the building of the Parliament, the children followed the Sitting of the Parliament, live from the citizens’ lounge