PRESS RELEASES

Representatives of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) participated in the conference "Serbia and Albania: Do Perceptions Equal Reality?" which took place in Tirana, on May 23 and 24, and which was organised as part of the project that BCSP implements in partnership with the Albanian Institute for International Studies (AIIS).

The Regional Dialogue on Gender and Security: Uniting Governments' and CSOs’ Efforts in Implementation of the UNSCR 1325 Agenda gathered 47 representatives from state agencies, government equality bodies, ministries of defence, ministries of interior, local civil society organizations and international organizations from the Western Balkans: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Macedonia, and Serbia.

The NATO advanced research workshop reinforced the links between universities and think-tank community, and created a platform for future cooperation of most prominent experts in the field of counter-terrorism policy. The event has given all those involved food for thought on how to best address the issue of terrorist leaders, and produced a series of interesting exchanges and remarks.

Independent state institutions in the Western Balkan countries are becoming important factor in monitoring the security sector, appraised the participants of the conference organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP).

The vast majority of citizens think that corruption is a widespread phenomenon in Serbia, but the number of those who believe that the level of corruption decreased a bit is growing while the belief that police is corrupted is very expressed, said representatives of the Belgrade centre for security policy (BCSP) during presentation of the results of public opinion poll „Citizens of Serbia on corruption in police".

The 13th generation of interns started with internship at the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy. Great interest in BCSP`s educational program resulted with more than 130 applications and out of strong competition " magnificent five" were selected.

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) is ranked among the top 20 in Central and Eastern Europe. With only three organizations in this part of Europe, BCBP is included among top 70 Think Tanks in the world who deal with areas of security and foreign policy.

The differences in security needs of man and women and reporting about women employed in security sector were the most interesting themes of training organized by Belgrade center for security policy (BCSP).

A recent expert opinion on the causes of the accident at the ammunition factory „Prvi partizan" in Uzice established that the explosion was caused by bad gunpowder. These findings refute the findings of the previous expertise according to which human factor was the cause of the accident. Read what the BCSP research team discovered in 2011 about this accident, as well as about the tragedy in Paracin.

Speakers at the round table held in the BCSP’s library noted that the global „Government Defence Anti-Corruption Index" stressed numerous risks from corruption were identified in Serbia’s defence system, with procurement being one of the principal problem areas, but Defence Ministry representative stated objections to TI UK’s methodology, and offered some advice for further research.

According to the findings of the Global Defence Anti-Corruption Index, Serbia’s defence system is among those threatened by a high corruption risk.

Twelfth generation of BCSP interns took part in the organization of two major conferences, participated in field research and made several appearances in media. Interns developed their skills in different workshops and seminars, published a great variety of articles in specialized bulletins and helped with the everyday activities in BCSP.