On January 15, 2025, CEES began the implementation of the project “Gender-Responsive Financing for Climate Resilience in Northern Montenegro Municipalities.” The overall objective of the project was to improve the living standards of women in the northern region of Montenegro through the application of gender-responsive budgeting, enabling more efficient and effective allocation of budgetary resources to address climate change.

The donors supporting the implementation of this project were the Austrian Development Agency (ADA), the Gender Budget Watchdog Network (GBWN), and the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), while Women’s Action served as the implementing partner in Montenegro. This project was part of the broader initiative “Strengthening Transparency and Accountability for Gender Equality in the Western Balkans and Moldova (GBWN Phase II).”