MEDIA ANNOUNCEMENT

Joint meeting of the Monitoring Delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, within the framework of the post-monitoring mission to Montenegro, with members of the Montenegrin delegation to the Congress, representatives of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro, the Ministry of Public Administration, the Ministry of Finance, the Parliament of Montenegro, as well as the full member of the Group of Independent Experts of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe for Montenegro Hanom Šarkinović-Köse, will be held at the premises of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro in Podgorica, 138 Avda Međedovića Street, on Monday, 1 December 2025, at 11:00 a.m.

Montenegrin Delegation to the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe:

•               Petar Smolović, president of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje – head of the delegation

•               Vladimir Jokić, president of the Municipality of Kotor

•               Jelena Borovinić-Bojović, president of the Assembly of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro and president of the Assembly of the Capital City of Podgorica

•               Stevan Katić, president of the Municipality of Herceg Novi

•               Vida Ivanović, vice-president of the Assembly of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro and president of the Municipal Assembly of Berane

•               Samir Agović, president of the Municipality of Petnjica

Delegation of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro (UoM):

•               Radoš Žugić, president of the Managing Board of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro and president of the Municipality of Žabljak

•               Mišela Manojlović, secretary general of the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro (UoM)

Delegation of the Ministry of Public Administration: 

  • Dragiša Janjušević, state secretary 
  • Nina Blažić, general director of the Directorate for Local Self-Government at the 

Delegation of the Ministry of Finance: 

  • Snežana Mugoša, general director of the Directorate for the Local Self-Government Financing System and Wage Policy

Delegation of the Parliament of Montenegro

  • Vladislav Bojović, president of the Committee on Political System and Public Administration 

Delegation of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe:

•               Cecilia Friderics

•               Sören Schumacher

•               Svitlana Pereverten

•               Brid Quinn

MEDIA CREWS WILL BE ALLOWED TO RECORD COVERAGE FOOTAGE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING (AT 11:00 A.M.), WHILE STATEMENTS FOR THE PUBLIC ARE SCHEDULED FOR 12:30 P.M., ALSO AT THE PREMISES OF THE UNION OF MUNICIPALITIES OF MONTENEGRO.

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