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POINTPULSE Network started their work on promoting the police integrity in the Western Balkans

All planned activities of regional network POINTPULSE aim to contribute to increasing trust and confidence in the law enforcement agencies in the Western Balkans by fighting police corruption and promoting of the police integrity.

{image1}The first joint workshop of civil society organizations’ network WesternBalkans Pulse for Police Integrity and Trust (POINTPULSE) was organized in Belgrade on 26 and 27 of February.

The organizations gathered around the POINTPULSE network determined the key priorities for their cooperation, advocacy platform and the calendar of activities for the upcoming period.

The POINTPULSE network is comprised of Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and  Balkan Investigative Reporting Network (BIRN) from Belgrade, Centre for Security Studies (CSS) from Sarajevo, Institut Alternativa (IA) from Podgorica and Kosovar Center for Security Studies (KCSS) from Pristina.

Through cooperation, these five organizations will develop a joint methodological framework for monitoring the state of play regarding police integrity in the Western Balkans, with a view to identify the key systemic and institutional challenges when it comes to fighting corruption in the law enforcement agencies in the region. The organizations will also conduct public opinion surveys on the citizens’ perceptions regarding police corruption in the Western Balkans, which will offer useful insights as to the problems the citizens are facing in their daily contacts with the law enforcement agencies and which they see as the most important for the low level of trust they have in this institution.

On the last day of the workshop a conference was organized where POINTPULSE network presented the current problems that countries in the region are facing when it comes to fighting corruption in police, as well as increasing integrity and accountability of this institution.

The project Western Balkans Pulse for Police Integrity and Trust – POINTPULSE is supported by the European Union through Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) program Civil Society Facility (CSF) EuropeAid/136-034/C/ACT/Multi. Content of the project is the sole responsibility of the BCSP and the views expressed in this document do not necessarily reflect the views of the EU. Project activities can be also followed via Twitter hashtags #BalkanCops and #POINTPULSE. 

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