ACTIVITIES

During the next two weeks BCSP researchers Maja Bjelos and Bojan Elek will be a part of Kosovar Center for Security Studies (KCSS) team, as a guest researchers.

During the next six months, eight interns of the fifteenth generation will have the opportunity to gain insight into the method of work of a think-tank organization, actively participate in research projects in the areas of security, organize conferences and panel discussions, join field researches but also to improve their knowledge and skills through a series of seminars, lectures and workshops.

Sofije Kryeziu and Shpend Kursani, researchers from Kosovar Center for Security Studies (KCSS), will be a part of the BCSP team as guest researchers in February and March 2014.

It is necessary to change the Law on free access to information of public importance by tightening sanctions and increasing the powers of the Commissioner, and for better implementation of the law it must be organized trainings for employees responsible for access to information, it is concluded during the presentation of the publication „Free access to information of public importance - theory and practice".

Domestic political tensions have significant impact on conflicts with neighbors and for a successful dialogue it is essential to change the attitudes within each of the analyzed community, it was concluded during the Forth Security Research Forum Belgrade-Pristina-Tirana which was jointly organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, The Institute for Democracy and Mediation and Kosovar Centre for Security Studies.

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) was again included into the list of the best Think Tanks in Central and Eastern Europe, and also in the world among all those who deal with areas of defense and national security, and foreign policy and international relations.

Coalition "prEUgovor"( "prEUnup" in english) welcomes the official start of the accession negotiations between Serbia and the European Union.

BCSP activities in 2013 were highlighted by contributions to the systematic fight against corruption within police, military and security services, advancement of gender equality in security sector, opening of the dialogue on future of Serbian-Albanian relations and beginning of the independent monitoring of Serbia’s progress in chapters 23 and 24 of the EU negotiating process.

Reasons for joining a civil society organisation, importance of building relationships and the effects of networking were the topics of a presentation held by BCSP Communications Officer Radomir Cvetkovic at the 24th Belgrade Ignite.