ACTIVITIES

{image1} Democratic institutions and the rule of law have been endangered throughout Europe, and the polarization of societies has made it difficult to oversee the security sector. This was emphasized during the third panel of the conference organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on the 20th anniversary celebration, on 28 November 2017 in Dorcol Platz. The third panel conference was dedicated to exacerbating democratic control of ...

Inefficient planning of capital expenditures, poor control over “secret” procurement procedures and reduced competitiveness in public tenders are the main problems of procurement for the police in Serbia, are the conclusions of discussion on the topic of this area of public spending held on December 5 in Media Centre Belgrade. The main topic of the discussion organized by POINTPULSE regional network was the police procurement of 710 “Škoda Rapid” ...

{image1} Threats to the Western Balkans communities are coming from within and the external actors are used only to intimidate voters, so the role of the civil society organizations is to combat these narratives with knowledge. Those are the conclusions of the second panel of the conference organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) on the celebration of 20TH anniversary, on the November 28th in Dorcol Platz. ...

Controlling the financing of non-profit organizations is one of the obligations of the Republic of Serbia in the fight against terrorism, but it should not jeopardize the democratic right of free association, is the conclusion of a meeting organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP), YUCOM and ISAC Fund, National convention on the European Union (NCEU), held on November 21 at the Palace of Serbia. This meeting ...

Independent judiciary and public prosecution are necessary preconditions for ensuring the good conduct of the security sector and the rule of law, is the main conclusion of the expert consultations organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) at the Hotel Ziraon October 3, 2017. The consultations were organized in order to draft proposals for amendments to the Constitution on the judiciary, that would directly or indirectly improve the ...

Report examines how the Western Balkans has emerged once again as a potentially volatile geopolitical arena, and analyses the drivers underpinning both fragility and resilience in the countries of the region from a variety of perspectives.

The 7th BSF identified as the main crises in Europe erosion of democracy and rule of law. Deepening and rapidly increasing inequalities left many people behind feeling that they do not share same space with political, economic and intelectual elites in their country. This is a fruitful ground for populist politians and movements who govern by fear of others. The others in the EU are migrants, while in the ...

Researchers Marija Ignjatijevic and Jelena Pejic from September 2017 were new members of the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCBP) team. Marija Ignjatijevic graduated in International Affairs at the Faculty of Political Sciences at the University of Belgrade, and received her MA in International Relations  studies at the Central European University (CEU) in Budapest. During her studies, she received several scholarships: OSCE scholarship for the Master Studies in International ...

{image1} Security services should be regulated as soon as possible in order to democratize the society, is the main conclusion of the public discussion titled Key points in the reform of Serbian security services, organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on September 28, 2017. In the keynote address, the director of the BCSP Sonja Stojanovic Gajic highlighted that BCSP continuously monitors the reform of the security services since  ...