PRESS RELEASES

BCSP activities in 2013 were highlighted by contributions to the systematic fight against corruption within police, military and security services, advancement of gender equality in security sector, opening of the dialogue on future of Serbian-Albanian relations and beginning of the independent monitoring of Serbia’s progress in chapters 23 and 24 of the EU negotiating process.

Reasons for joining a civil society organisation, importance of building relationships and the effects of networking were the topics of a presentation held by BCSP Communications Officer Radomir Cvetkovic at the 24th Belgrade Ignite.

Capacity of Serbia to participate in peacekeeping missions, gender equality in the security sector, as well as writing for Website and preparing for public appearance were the topics of the third seminar for the fourteenth generation of interns held on 16 December in the BCSP library.

Regional conference in Skopje has brought together think tanks from Macedonia, Albania, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro and Croatia.

Characteristics of gender-based discrimination in the security sector were the subject of presentation held by BCSP Director at the seminar entitled "Towards effective and sustainable mechanism of trustworthy person", organized on 11. and 12. December 2013. at the House of Guards in Topcider.

Serbian CSOs clearly perceive the EU accession process as an opportunity for increased influence on domestic reforms stated Natasha Wunsch at the presentation of research findings held in BCSP library on 10 December 2013.

Possibilities for academic community to assist participating OSCE States in defining new directions for the Organization in the so-called Helsinki+ 40 process was the topics of a panel discussion organized by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions.

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) demands from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to discover and punish those accountable for employement of 400 members of the Gendarmerie that were not submited to security checks.

New member of BCSP policy research team Dusan Radivojevic will be mostly engaged in the area of accountability and integrity in security sector.

The lecture in BCSP library gathered representatives from Serbian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Security Information Agency, OSCE Mission to Serbia, political parties and civil society.

Monitoring and measuring progress in implementation UNSCR 1325 in Serbia was the subject of presentation held by BCSP researcher Maja Bjelos at the international conference „Enhancing the Women, Peace and Security Agenda in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian Region" held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 11. and 12. November 2013.

The capacity of Serbia to participate in the Western Balkans Battle Group were the subject of presentation of the BCSP researcher Marko Milosevic at the round table "Visegrad Four Experience from the Security Sector Reform: Security and Defence Cooperation of the Western Balkan countries" held on 28. October in hotel Bosnia in Sarajevo.