ACTIVITIES

"School for European Security" was continued on June 27 and 28 with the planned simulation of decision making in the Council of the EU. It was the first simulation of its kind in Serbia, focusing on problems rising in the second pillar of the EU - its common foreign and security policy. Students of CCMR's School for European Security and "Diplomacy in Practice" programme organised by European Movement in Serbia ...

Three Research Associates of CCMR participated in the seminar “Dynamics of Collective Security: NATO in the 21st Century” that was organised by TransConflict Serbia (www.transconflict.com) and Youth Dialogue Programme (www.ydprogramme.org), on July 25 and 26, 2009 at Fruška Gora. Seminar gathered civil society activists and young professionals from different backgrounds, to broaden the debate on the relationship between Serbia and NATO. Marko Savković opened the floor with the presentation ...

Study visit to security institutions in Pozarevac that BCSP organized for journalists received wide media publicity, which was followed with numerous media appearances on current security issues.

Research Associate of the Centre for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR), Marko Savkovic, participated in the 2009 NATO-Ukraine Partnership Network Planning Conference entitled "Civil Society Involvement in Security Sector Reform: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for a Way Forward". Marko spoke on recent experiences related to policy making process in Serbia and summarized the findings of CCMR's strategic project, "Mapping and Monitoring of the Security Sector Reform in Serbia". The planning conference ...

Jelena Radoman, Advocacy Coordinator, delivered a lecture on security sector reform (SSR) in Serbia at the Security Sector School for Journalists in Prishtina. The lecture was focused on process of reform of security sector in Serbia from the 2000 up to present. Beside Serbia’s case study of SSR, participants had a chance to learn more about SSR in Albania and Macedonia. The lectures for the case studies were delivered ...

Centre for Civil-Military Relations wishes to inform civil society organizations, members of the academic community and public in general that the initiative to extend the deadline for public discussion on the draft National Security Strategy and Strategy of Defense has been accepted by Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac. Public debate will now be closed at January 31, 2009. In the response of the Ministry, signed by the Director of the ...

On November 12th, the Center for Civil-Military Relations hosted the Belgrade Attaché Association. The purpose of this visit was to introduce Defense Attaches from 18 countries with the Center’s current and planned activities along with its staff and Research Fellows. The event was a good opportunity for Defense Attaches to gain a firsthand look at the work of the Center and the Belgrade School of Security Studies. The participants ...

Representatives of the Centre for Civil-Military Relations and RACVIAC - Centre for Security Cooperation, Professor Miroslav Hadzic and Ambassador Hadzimusic have signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Friday, November 21. RACVIAC, founded in 2000 as the Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Centre, was originally a project under the Working Table III of  Stability Pact for SEE. Primary purpose of RACVIAC was to provide arms control training, promote confidence and security building measures and broaden ...

Presentation of the publication “Lessons Learned: Serbia and Slovakia in the processes of security sector reform and Euro Atlantic Integration”, co-organized by the Centre for Civil-Military Relations, Belgrade, and Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs, Bratislava, was presented on Monday, December 15th, in the Library of the Centre for Civil-Military Relations. Deputy Chief of Mission of Slovak Republic to Serbia, Jan Psenica and Mihajlo Basara, Director of the MoD ...