NEWS

NEWS

In September 2007, BCSP launched an initiative to bring together a Network of National and Local Civil Society Organizations and Experts Interested in Security Issues. The aim of this Network was to contribute to a more active participation of civil society in security sector reform.

One of the most effective ways to increase citizen participation in defining and monitoring public policies is to involve citizens in the budget process - in the phases of creating, implementing and monitoring the budget, which is the most important annual political document.

PASOS supports the development and strengthens the outreach and impact of its 56 members.

Since 2008, the Coalition for Freedom of Access to Information (Spikoalicija) has been dedicated to monitoring the implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information of Public Importance.

is an anti-corruption and good governance coalition created in November 2012 by 17 likeminded CSOs in Southeast Europe, involving partners from nine countries (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo*, Republic of North Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Turkey).

For the ninth 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.

It is with great regret that we inform the public that Milorad Timotic, one of the founders of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, a long-term Vice-President of the Executive Board and a member of the BCSP Assembly, has passed away.

BCSP wishes you a safe and sound New Year! In 2021, we will continue to strive for a democratic society overseen by accountable institutions, in which security is a public good and people are free, equal and free from fear.