ACTIVITIES

The revision of the Action Plan for Chapter 24, with a particular focus on the fight against organized crime and the fight against drugs, was the topic of a meeting between the Working Group of the National Convention on the EU for Chapter 24 and the  Negotiating Group on Justice, Freedom and Security. The meeting was held on February 18, 2020 in Belgrade.

Why are some communities more likely to experience violent extremism than others is one of the core questions of the PREVEX project, in which the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) is one of the partners. Participants gathered for the project kick-off at Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels, on 3-4 February 2020.

In light of the current debate on the future of the EU enlargement, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) with other think-tanks and civil society organizations from Serbia specialized in European integration prepared a set of recommendations on how to effectively improve the EU enlargement framework.

For the eighth consecutive year, BCSP was recognized among the best think tanks in the world on the research topics of defence and national security, and foreign policy and international relations.

For the eighth consecutive year, BCSP was recognized among the best think tanks in the world on the research topics of defence and national security, and foreign policy and international relations.

Monitoring the state of democracy and freedom of expression and the media in Serbia will be in the focus of a new Cross-Sectoral Working Group of the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU) for political criteria, which was established on January 24, 2020 in Belgrade.

Dear friends and partners, BCSP wishes you a safe and sound New Year! In 2020, we will continue to defend security as a public good through opening space for dialogue based on research on key topics in Serbia, the region and Europe. Take a look at the biggest BCSP successes of the year behind us. BCSP Achievements The , which BCSP initiated and co-publishes, has been ranked in the ...

Depoliticizing security services in Western Balkans is impossible without the joint insistence of citizens, media and civil society organizations, it was concluded at the discussion organized by Institute Alternative on 6 December 2019 in Podgorica, attended by BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic. Petrovic warned that in Serbia the centralization of power is being strengthened by the security services controlling institutions and different elements of society, helping to further capture ...

The current challenges of the European Union's enlargement to the Western Balkans are a good opportunity to rethink our own efforts towards the realization of the rule of law. This was one of the conclusions of the discussion "What can we do for the rule of law in the Western Balkans in 2020?" in which BCSP Director Igor Bandovic  participated. The event was held on 20 November 2019 in ...