Montenegrin capacity building for approximation of EU legislation
Supported by: SlovakAid, a Slovak
Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Programme
The project "Montenegrin capacity building for approximation
of EU legislation" began in June 2012. It has been implemented by
NISPAcee, in co-operation with the Project Partner Institution, Human
Resources Management Authority. The project is supported by SlovakAid,
a Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Programme and the project’s activities
are scheduled for a period of one year.
The partner organisations
developed this project with the aim of providing practical information at all
stages of the approximation process in Montenegro, together with guidance as to
how to approach the changes in the process of law-making and what should be
expected. The overall project objective is to prepare the competent Montenegrin
state authorities for approximation and harmonisation with the acquis communautaire.
Within the project it is
planned to complete the following two main project outputs:
1, collection of policy
papers containing recommendations for individual steps of a legislative
and other nature, which will be based on the actual current situation as
regards the Montenegrin law-making process and aimed at its gradual preparation
for the process of law approximation and
2, key state officials/legislatorsprepared for the process of approximation and harmonisation of Montenegrin laws.
The team of Slovak and
Montenegrin experts have been working on the project since the outset. There were
several preparatory meetings, where the project staff discussed the development
and preparation of the upcoming project activities.
In the summer, the Montenegrin
experts developed an analysis of the actual situation in Montenegro. Based on
this document and also based on other information about the actual conditions,
the Slovak experts developed the programme for the planned seminar, which will
be held by the beginning of November in Podgorica, Montenegro. It will focus on the changes in legislative
technique, law-making processes, and consequential requirements in the
pre-accession period and during membership of the European Union. Although the
accession of Montenegro to the European Union will be preceded by
aseemingly long period of accession process, the "post-accession” period
needs to already be incorporated at this stage, since the preparation for
legislative changes, which will occur during that period, need to begin now.