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Third year in a row BCSP is voted on the most prestigious list of the top 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.

Clear Government’ policies for depolitizaction of the police and sharp internal control mechanisms are the key precondition for fighting the police corruption.

Reports on progress of Serbia in the area of justice, freedom and security will be semiannually presented to citizens. These documents will be available at Ministry of Interior website, and consultations with civil society organizations interested in this process will be organized on this occasion.

Laura Garavini, MP of the Italian Parliament and the founder of the initiative "Mafia? Nein, danke!" and Riccardo Guido, advisor to the Anti-mafia Parliamentary Committee in the Italian Parliament, were panellists at the discussion Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organized with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

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.

Human resources management, weak police internal control and the politicization of the police are common regional problems and solving them is fundamental for strengthening police integrity, panelists concluded at the debate on police accountability in the Western Balkans.

After conducting a public competition, Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and Society Against Corruption have elected the members of the Group for strengthening civil oversight of public procurement in Serbian security sector (PRO-CURE).

The drafting process and the content of the Action Plan for Chapter 24 were a topic for the first time in the discussion that gathered the President of the Negotiating Team and coordinators for all 10 policies within the chapter, more than 20 CSO and a great number of media representatives, at the session of the National Convention’s Working Group for Chapter 24.

BCSP Director Sonja Stojanović Gajić contributed to the discussion about goals and means of conducting work within the Panel of Eminent Persons, which was established by OSCE in order to collect innovative solutions for security in Europe. Discussion was organized on the margins of the 21st OSCE Ministerial Council in Basel, Switzerland on 4 December 2014, by OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, whose member is BCSP.

In Serbia, citizens are not in the center of government’s interest anymore, and security became "state-centered", it was emphasized at the publication of „Deprived security", whose author is Miroslav Hadžić, president of BCSP Executive Board.

Civil society organizations request from the Ministry of Interior to publish the Draft Action Plan for Chapter 24 (Justice, Freedom, and Security) and enable interested stakeholders to participate in its preparation.

The work of local safety councils should not be regulated by law because the existing framework provides enough space for their foundation, it was pointed out during the discussion "Local safety in Serbia: obstacles and opportunities".