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The new publication of the BCSP research team contains a number of recommendations that are deemed to be realistically applicable and which will influence the improvement of the results of MoI in the field of public procurement performance.

The Western Balkans police forces must communicate much more effectively with citizens in order to increase the level of trust and confidence in their work; they also need to adapt the methods and channels of communication to the target groups. This is especially important when it comes to younger generations who, as a rule, have much a more negative perception of the institutions than the older population.

More than half of the population in Serbia (56%) showed trust in the police. Over the last three years, a steady yet small increase in the level of trust in the police has been observed. However, it is still below the global average of 60-90%.These are the main findings of a public opinion survey conducted within the framework of the regional network of civil society organizations POINTPULSE.

BCSP research team offers recommendations for the improvement of informing citizens on European integration and points out that the existing approach prevents the interested public from following the process of accession negotiations, analyzes, proposes and evaluates been done in the area of EU integration.

In this policy paper BCSP researcher Katarina Djokic analyses expenditure performance of Serbian Ministry of Defense by looking at the example of the G-4 Super Galeb military trainer aircraft modernization project.