PRESS RELEASES

Even though Serbia has done a lot within the field of justice, freedom and security, the much needed political will to make even greater progress in Chapter 24 was missing, pointed up director of the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) Sonja Stojanovic Gajic at the meeting that was held on 10th February 2016 in Belgrade. After opening of Chapter 24 in Serbia’s negotiations with the EU had been opened ...

{image1} Labor cost in private security sector in Serbia is the lowest of 34 European countries and it starts at 2 euros per hour, while in other countries the cost ranges from 8 up to 28 euros per hour, it was pointed out at the panel “Towards Professional Private Security Sector” which was organized by Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) on 21st February 2017 in Belgrade. “In order ...

Incompatibility of public procurements with the real needs of employees, poor enforcement of procedures and lack of staff are the main causes of wasteful procurements in the security sector, are conclusions of the conference "Financing security for  XXI Century" organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 21st of  February 2017 in Belgrade. The first task under Chapter 5 of the negotiations with the European Union is ...

{image1} More than half of citizens believe that the country's national security is threatened, and two thirds of citizens see corruption and crime, as well as the behaviour of politicians, as the biggest internal threats, were the conclusions of the presentation of the research "Public Perception of Serbia's National Security and Dialogue with Pristina" which was held on 14th of February in the Belgrade Media center. A survey conducted a ...

For the fifth consecutive year, BCSP was voted as one of the best think tanks in Central and Eastern Europe, and among the best in the world on the research topics of defense and national security, and foreign policy and international relations.

In 2016, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) contributed to the regional mechanism for democracy and the rule of law in Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro, through the implementation of reforms contained in Chapter 23 - Judiciary and Fundamental Rights, and Chapter 24 - Justice, Freedom and Security. In association with the European fond for Balkans (EFB) and civil society organisations from Macedonia (European Policy Institute) and Montenegro (Institute Alternative) ...

Diminished integrity of the Police is trampling on the relations with the media and is preventing proper informing of the public, this is the conclusion of the third panel from the Conference “Security Challenges as a Link between the Citizens and Institutions”, organized by the POINTPULSE on the 21 of December 2016, in the Mikser House. “Police integrity has weakened and this is clearly shown in the newest police integrity ...

In the Western Balkans, the awareness of the importance and potentials of civilian capacities for participation in peacekeeping missions is not sufficiently developed - concluded the first panel of the conference "Security Challenges as a Link between Citizens and Institutions", which the Belgrade Center for Security Policy organized on 21 December 2016 in Belgrade. At the conference, which was organized as the final event of the three-year project “Building ...

{image1} Numerous incidents, starting from the Savamala case in Serbia, followed by the beating of protesters in Montenegro, together with the mass wiretapping scandal in Macedonia, signified the regression of the rule of law in the Balkans, is one of the conclusions of the second panel of the conference “Security challenges as a link between the citizens and institutions”, which was organized by Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) ...

Belgrade center for security policy (BCSP) appeals on Ministry of interior (MoI) to continue dialogue with civil society organizations in order to propose systematic response to corruption risks in police and increase citizen’s trust in its work. Since MoI needs to serve to the citizens, we consider inappropriate publishing press release fitting more into political than institutional discourse. We regret for MoI did not respond on BCSP’s numerous invitations ...

Accountability, control and oversight of the private security sector were the main topics of the expert discussion held on 8-9 December in Belgrade. During the two-day discussions in a several separate working groups and sessions participants identified key elements of accountability of Private Security Companies (PSCs), which, according to the main assumption, should not be limited only to their responsibilities towards their various clients, but should extend towards the ...

Despite the progress in the process of European integration of Serbia in a technical sense, first of all by opening negotiations on the two most important chapters, the rule of law in Serbia is backsliding, it was said in the research that Belgrade Center for Security Policy presented at a conference held in Skopje, on 7 December 2016. "Serbia checked all the boxes that were necessary for opening negotiations ...