New interns have stepped into the world of security policy

Through lectures, simulations and practical exercises seven new interns met members of the BCSP team and also learned more about the projects on which they will be involved in the future.

Vice-President of the Executive Board and one of the founders of BCSP, which was called Center for Civil-Military Relations at that time, Milorad Timotić spoke about history of organization from 1997 until today, while BCSP Researcher Maja Bjeloš presented the interns  actual BCSP projects and topics of research. During the interactive workshop, Interns discussed what are think-tank organizations with BCSP Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic.

Writing of Policy papers

During the six-month internship program, the interns will have the opportunity to do research, as well as administrative and technical tasks. Because of that, rest of the seminar was dedicated to the transfer of the knowledge and skills needed to better performing their work.

BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic explained to them the process of writing of policy papers, from concept to implementation, which attracted great interest of interns.

“Writing of policy paper is very important for me, because so far I have had the opportunity to write a seminar paper, which is significantly different. I expect that my new knowledge will be the most useful in the future”, says Milan Trajkovic, a member of the XVI generation of interns.

Coordinator of the internship program Aurelija Djan presented the interns their future activities. Some of them are participating in the organization of the fourth Belgrade Security Forum, as well as writing for a new newsletter on EU policies.

Newsletter on Chapters 23 and 24

The content and main challenges in the process of negotiations between Serbia and the EU in Chapters 23 and 24 was the subject of the workshop held by the BCSP researcher Bojan Elek. The interns demonstrated sufficient knowledge about the bodies of the EU and its enlargement policy with a focus on the Western Balkans. They have learned how to adequately monitor the negotiations in the areas covered by these chapters – the judiciary, fundamental human rights, anti-corruption and security.

Besides that, the interns had the opportunity to learn how to write for the media, both traditional and new. On this subject, the interns discussed with BCSP Communication Officer Radomir Cvetkovic. By the end of the workshop interns had written their first news.