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  Montenegro statistics
  - Population 0.6 mln
  - Life expectancy 75 years
  - Net migration -78,121
  - GDP $2.15 bln
  - - per capita $5,270
  - - growth rate 11%
  - FDI, net inflows $0.88 bln
  - Cellphone users 107%
  - Internet users 47%

Visualizing Montenegro’s budget: A step towards participatory budgeting?

Visualizing Montenegro’s budget: A step towards participatory budgeting?

europeandcis.undp.org –

Look at this new project between Montenegro’s Ministry of Finance and UNDP. This project is part of the Open Government Partnership. The plan is to visualize the 2012 national budget, hoping it will spark the interest of citizens.

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Moushumi Biswas to Open Development Technology Alliance on September 24, 2012

Best Practices in Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities: Applications for Program Design in the Europe & Eurasia Region

Best Practices in Inclusive Education for Children with Disabilities: Applications for Program Design in the Europe & Eurasia Region

The purpose of this study is to provide an overview of best practices in inclusive education, inform stakeholders of the current status of inclusive education in Europe and Eurasia, describe the contextual factors which affect program implementation, and make recommendations of practical start-up steps for inclusive education programs. The ultimate purpose of this report is to improve inclusive education programming in the region. ‘Inclusive education’ is defined as a strategy of more...

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Nicole Zdrojewski on August 17, 2010

Social Work Education and the Practice Environment in Europe and Eurasia

Social Work Education and the Practice Environment in Europe and Eurasia

It has been well-documented that during the Soviet era, social problems were either unrecognized or minimized in the Europe and Eurasia (E&E) region. As social sector reforms have taken root, so has an increased awareness that a well-trained social work workforce is key to the creation of an effective system of social services. Social work as a profession is relatively new to the region thus impacting the path and outcomes of these reforms. The purpose of this study is to inform more...

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Nicole Zdrojewski on August 17, 2010

Transitions towards an Inclusive Future: Vocational Skills Development and Employment Options for Persons with Disabilities in Europe & Eurasia

Transitions towards an Inclusive Future: Vocational Skills Development and Employment Options for Persons with Disabilities in Europe & Eurasia

This report presents internationally recognized models, approaches and ¨best practices¨ in programming and implementation of vocational skills development and employment-related services that have successfully transitioned persons with disabilities into open, gainful employment. The models and approaches range from most-to-least restrictive depending on the profile and specific needs of the individual participant. Irrespective of the model or approach, emphasis is placed on facilitating the more...

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Nicole Zdrojewski on August 19, 2010

Best Practices for Programming to Protect and Assist Victims of Trafficking in Europe and Eurasia

Best Practices for Programming to Protect and Assist Victims of Trafficking in Europe and Eurasia

This is an assessment of trafficking protection programs – programs designed to provide protection and assistance to victims of trafficking. It is intended to help USAID and other interested parties determine the strengths and weaknesses of program approaches to date, ascertain which projects are replicable and where anti-TIP efforts can be integrated into other relevant USAID programming. Protection projects include a wide range of interventions, from building the capacity of government and more...

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Nicole Zdrojewski on August 20, 2010

EU Financial Assistance to the Western Balkans: a minority-focused review of CARDS and IPA

EU Financial Assistance to the Western Balkans: a minority-focused review of CARDS and IPA

minorityrights.org –

Since the early 1990s, the European Union (EU) has been the largest donor to the countries of the Western Balkans – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244). Since the late 1990s, the main focus of this engagement has been ensuring political and economic stabilization and the consolidation of democracy and civil society in the region. The need to address the needs and priorities of minority groups was early on identified as a more...

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Adit Rahman on November 29, 2010

EU Financial Assistance to the Western Balkans: a minority-focused review of CARDS and IPA

EU Financial Assistance to the Western Balkans: a minority-focused review of CARDS and IPA

This study provides a minority-rights focused assessment of the IPA, and of lessons learned from its predecessor, CARDS, in order to assess the extent to which minority inclusion and protection forms a part of the current IPA strategy and programming. The specific thematic areas of minority participation in public life, access to education and access to employment are the main focus of this study. This study shows, despite a commitment to addressing the needs of minorities in EU policy, neither more...

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Sonia Hossain on February 17, 2011

Montenegro: 2011 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Montenegro

Montenegro: 2011 Article IV Consultation-Staff Report; Public Information Notice on the Executive Board Discussion; and Statement by the Executive Director for Montenegro

Added by Zunia.org on May 7, 2011

Decent work for domestic workers

Decent work for domestic workers

home.org.sg –

The agenda of the 99th Session of the International Labour Conference in 2010 included an item on decent work for domestic workers. It was considered necessary to adopt international standards on this subject given the historical and continued exclusion of domestic workers, mainly women and girls, from labor protection. This report has been drawn up on the basis of the replies received from governments, employers‟ and workers‟ organizations and the United Nations, and contains the essential more...

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Sonia Hossain on June 6, 2011

Equator Prize 2012

Equator Prize 2012

youtube.com –

A global environmental initiative that rewards communities around the world for their small-scale conservation and biodiversity solutions today launched a call for nominations for the Equator Prize 2012 to be submitted online at www.equatorinitiative.org. The Equator Initiative, a United Nations partnership, will award its biennial prize for local innovation in building resilient communities at next year's UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20). Nominations are open from 146 more...

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D C on August 25, 2011

National action plan of Montenegro for energy efficiency measures in the residential sector

National action plan of Montenegro for energy efficiency measures in the residential sector

staging.unece.org –

The National Action Plan of Montenegro for Energy Efficiency Measures in the Residential Sector is the first spin-off of the UNECE Action Plan. It aims at assisting the Government of Montenegro in enhancing its energy efficiency policy for residential buildings through: assessing the existing legal and institutional framework for energy efficiency in the housing sector; identifying institutional and legal impediments, as well as priority areas for action; recommending action for improving more...

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D C on April 12, 2012

Global Development Finance: External Debt of Developing Countries

Global Development Finance: External Debt of Developing Countries

data.worldbank.org –

The data and analysis presented in this edition of Global Development Finance are based on actual flows and debt related transactions for 2010 reported to the World Bank Debtor Reporting System (DRS). Over the years, the external financing options available to developing countries have evolved and expanded, and so too has the demand for timely and relevant data to measure the activity of public and private-sector borrowers and creditors. Recurrent debt crises caused by adverse global economic more...

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Sonia Hossain on August 12, 2012

Women with Disabilities in the Europe and Eurasia Region

Women with Disabilities in the Europe and Eurasia Region

socialtransitions.kdid.org –

The USAID E&E Bureau’s Social Transition Team is pleased to release the new publication, Women with Disabilities in the Europe and Eurasia Region. Across the E&E region, the socialist legacy of treatment of people with disabilities (PWD) has created a largely invisible segment of the population, confined to their homes or hidden away in institutions. Regardless of where they reside, the majority of people with disabilities live on the margins of society. They are socially isolated, more...

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Nicole Zdrojewski on September 13, 2012

Families still left in the dark in the Balkans

Families still left in the dark in the Balkans

amnesty.org –

The enforced disappearance and abduction of tens of thousands of people constitutes one of the most serious unresolved human rights violations from the armed conflicts in the Balkans in the 1990s and 2001. This document brings together examples of cases of enforced disappearances and abductions from five countries in the former Yugoslavia. Many cases of enforced disappearances and abductions are far from resolved and victims are still waiting for justice.

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Sonia Hossain on September 13, 2012

Promising Approaches - Addressing Child Trafficking in Europe and Eurasia

Promising Approaches - Addressing Child Trafficking in Europe and Eurasia

Child trafficking affects all of the countries of the Europe and Eurasia (E&E) region. This report is written specifically for USAID Missions in the region, where funding for addressing trafficking has been declining for some time. Because this decline in funding is expected to continue in the comine years, this report briefly discusses child trafficking issues and then suggests how USAID might address these issues within the scope of ongoing or planned programming. The report's finding, more...

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Nicole Zdrojewski on April 11, 2013

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