{"id":10,"date":"2023-02-06T07:52:47","date_gmt":"2023-02-06T07:52:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/seecom.info\/new\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-02-13T23:37:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-13T23:37:02","slug":"about-seecom","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/seecom.info\/new\/about-seecom\/","title":{"rendered":"About SEECOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row full_width=&#8221;stretch_row&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1676328292881{background-color: #efefef !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element vc_custom_1413374074032\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<p><strong>SEECOM<\/strong> is an international non-for-profit professional association, based in Budva, Montenegro, which seeks to promote the highest ethical and professional standards of public sector communications and good governance through professional exchange between public sector communicators in South Eastern Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Its members include directors of government communications offices, communications advisers to heads of government, government spokespersons and other senior public sector communicators in 13 countries of South East Europe.<\/p>\n<p>SEECOM\u2019s credo is that effective communication with citizens helps governments create better policies, ones that are more attuned to people\u2019s actual needs, expectations or concerns.<\/p>\n<p>SEECOM\u2019s founding values are enshrined in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gov.me\/en\/SEECOM2013\/The_Budva_Declaration\/\">Budva Declaration<\/a>, Europe\u2019s first transnational declaration of core professional and ethical principles of government communication, adopted by a group of senior government communication officials of South East Europe at a conference in Budva, Montenegro, in September 2012.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=&#8221;MILESTONES&#8221; 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