PRESS RELEASES

On the 27th of April 2016. in the Guard Palace of Topcider barracks in Belgrade, the expert disscussion „Participation of the Army of Serbia in multinatoonal operations-Experience and Perspectives“ was held and it was pointed out that  Republic of Serbia  has had long term experience in participation in UN missions and since present time in EU and that there are plans for increment in participation of the Army of ...

Did the parties express their standpoint on chapters 23 and 24 during pre-election period and have they respected the rule of law – these were the topics of the seventh CHATvrtak.

BCSP research team has perfected the knowledge necessary to monitor the fulfilment of measures and transitional provisions under Chapter 24 of the accession negotiations on Serbia’s membership in the European Union.

Uncoordinated state policy in the field of criminal law, more precisely, the need for harmonization of new Law on Police with Criminal Procedure Code, were the main topics of the sixth CHATvrtak.

More than 70 students of bachelor and master studies have applied for the XIX generation of BCSP interns and eight best become part of our research team.

Eric Mietz, MA of Advanced International Studies from Diplomatic Academy of Vienna, will be a guest researcher in Belgrade Centre for Security Policy.

At the meeting organized by BCSP was highlighted that the opening of Chapter 24 of the negotiations for Serbia’s membership in the European Union is possible in the first half of 2016.

The regional network of civil society organizations POINTPULS is expanded with two more members from March 2016  - Analytics from Skopje and Institute for Democracy and Mediation in Tirana. New members of POINTPULSE network consider that strengthening public confidence in the police through the fight against corruption and the promotion of responsible work is very important for the Western Balkans. {image2} The point of POINTPULSE network is to support ...

There is a solid legal framework for the rule of law in the region, but the implementation is still lagging behind, which is why citizens do not see the benefits of the European integration - it was pointed out at the panel discussion "The Rule of Law or the Law of Unrulable: The View from the Western Balkans". At the panel discussion organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security ...

The european standard of representation of women in the police force is 30 percent, and according to the information available in Serbia, women currently make up 23 percent of employees, 18 percent in Macedonia, 14 in Kosovo, 13 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 in Albania and nine percent in Montenegro, it was pointed out at the conference of the POINTPULSE network.

Representatives of six civil society organizations signed the founding act of the „Balkan Security Platform” in the library of the Belgrade Center for Security Policy on March 7, 2016. Balkan Security Platform is founded by: • Analytica, Macedonia • Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, Serbia • Centre for Security Studies, Bosnia and Herzegovina • Institute Alternative, Podgorica, Montenegro • Institute for Democracy and Mediation, Albania • Kosovar Center for Security Studies - KCSS, Kosovo ...

The main topic of the fifth CHATvrtak was a critical review of the process of (none) adoption of the new Law on the fight against corruption, which should have been completed in September 2014 according to the Action Plan for the implementation of anti-corruption strategy.