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For the eighth 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.

For the eighth 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.

Monitoring the state of democracy and freedom of expression and the media in Serbia will be in the focus of a new Cross-Sectoral Working Group of the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU) for political criteria, which was established on January 24, 2020 in Belgrade.

Dear friends and partners, BCSP wishes you a safe and sound New Year! In 2020, we will continue to defend security as a public good through opening space for dialogue based on research on key topics in Serbia, the region and Europe. Take a look at the biggest BCSP successes of the year behind us. BCSP Achievements The , which BCSP initiated and co-publishes, has been ranked in the ...

Depoliticizing security services in Western Balkans is impossible without the joint insistence of citizens, media and civil society organizations, it was concluded at the discussion organized by Institute Alternative on 6 December 2019 in Podgorica, attended by BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic. Petrovic warned that in Serbia the centralization of power is being strengthened by the security services controlling institutions and different elements of society, helping to further capture ...

The current challenges of the European Union's enlargement to the Western Balkans are a good opportunity to rethink our own efforts towards the realization of the rule of law. This was one of the conclusions of the discussion "What can we do for the rule of law in the Western Balkans in 2020?" in which BCSP Director Igor Bandovic  participated. The event was held on 20 November 2019 in ...

The answers to the citizens' questions about the duration and course of trials, as well as the work of the court in Knjazevac were the focus of the thematic open door held on 7 October 2019 in the Basic Court in Knjazevac. BCSP Researcher and moderator of the event Sasa Djordjevic  shared with the participants the results of a 2014 survey in which judges, prosecutors and attorneys answered the ...

{image1} Sonja Stojanovic Gajis, member of the BCSP Executive Board, is one of the three recipients of the OSCE Person of the Year Award. Stojanovic Gajic received the award because of the commitment to promoting civilian oversight of the security sector in Serbia and including youth in reform efforts. This award recognizes citizens of Serbia who contribute to the promotion of the OSCE values in the country. This year, ...

Data Protection Impact Assessment for Video Surveillance developed by Serbia’s Ministry of Interior (MoI) does not meet the formal or material requirements laid down by the Law on Personal Data Protection, which is why the MoI should suspend the introduction of smart video surveillance systems. Civil society organizations SHARE Foundation, Partners for Democratic Change Serbia and the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) have analyzed in detail the Data ...

Public warning to the State Prosecutorial Council, the Republic Public Prosecutor and the High Judicial Council

Public warning to the State Prosecutorial Council, the Republic Public Prosecutor and the High Judicial Council

The challenges to the establishment of the rule of law in local communities and the ways local activists use to overcome them was the focus of the event Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organized on 30 May 2019 in Kraljevo. The local perspective of activists in Kraljevo, the national perspective from Belgrade and the Brussels’ viewpoint regarding progress of Serbia in chapters 23 and 24 of EU accession ...