Geneva Center for Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) invited members and the service of the Security and Defense Committee to pay a study visit to the Republic of Croatia from 5th to 8th March, 2013.

Positive opinion on the Draft of negotiation position for the Chapter 26 – Education and Culture delivered, and the Work Plan for the Committee for 2013 adopted.

Importance of the transparency of the negotiating process emphasized.

At the Fourth Meeting of the Committee on Political System, Justice and Administration, held today, on 19th February 2013, MP Ms. Snežana Jonica was elected Deputy Chairman

During the first day of the visit, after the greetings of the project coordinator, Ms. Teodora Fuior,  Mr. Dejan Jović, PhD spoke on the topic “Croatian Foreign Policy and Regional Perspectives, while Mr. Vlatko Cvrtila, PhD spoke on the topic “Development of Security–Intelligent System of the Republic of Croatia”.

The importance of active role of the Parliament in the negotiation process with the European Union was emphasized.

Delegation of the Parliament of Montenegro, attended the Seminar on “Fight against organized crime, corruption and money laundering“ on 4th and 5th March, 2013, together with members of parliaments of the countriesin pre-accession negotiations and MPs of the European Parliament.

The topic of the Meeting was “Improvement of inter-parliamentary cooperation between the countries signatories of the Dayton Agreement by the use of the Nordic positive experiences”.