A 100th democratic workshop in the line of workshops organised by the Parliament of Montenegro, in cooperation with the NGO Forum MNE and the ERSTE Foundation, which are organised under the programme “Open Parliament”, was held today, with the aim to enrich it and strengthen the relations between the parliament and the young.

At the 100th jubilee workshop, a Member of the Parliament of Montenegro, Mr. Mladen Bojanić attended as a guest. Through the conversation he had with the students of the class VIII-5 of the primary school ”Dašo Pavičić“ from Herceg Novi, he elaborated on democratic values, the role of the Parliament and the division of powers in a democratic society.

The Project “Democratic Workshops” has gathered 2,331 primary school students from seven Montenegrin municipalities – Podgorica, Nikšić, Kolašin, Bar, Budva, Kotor and Herceg Novi so far, and it was planned to gather over 4,000 primary school students from every city in Montenegro by the end of 2013.

Primary school students, via the four-hour workshops, interactively spend time with a team of trained lecturers/trainers, who assist them in acquiring and widening their knowledge on the parliamentary democracy, adopting and implementing laws, role of the MPs and functions of the Parliament of Montenegro. They incorporate their acquired knowledge into a journalist report, which is later published at the children parliamentary web page.