PRESS RELEASES

Research Associate of the Centre for Civil-Military Relations (CCMR), Marko Savkovic, participated in the 2009 NATO-Ukraine Partnership Network Planning Conference entitled "Civil Society Involvement in Security Sector Reform: Lessons Learned and Recommendations for a Way Forward". Marko spoke on recent experiences related to policy making process in Serbia and summarized the findings of CCMR's strategic project, "Mapping and Monitoring of the Security Sector Reform in Serbia". The planning conference ...

Jelena Radoman, Advocacy Coordinator, delivered a lecture on security sector reform (SSR) in Serbia at the Security Sector School for Journalists in Prishtina. The lecture was focused on process of reform of security sector in Serbia from the 2000 up to present. Beside Serbia’s case study of SSR, participants had a chance to learn more about SSR in Albania and Macedonia. The lectures for the case studies were delivered ...

Centre for Civil-Military Relations wishes to inform civil society organizations, members of the academic community and public in general that the initiative to extend the deadline for public discussion on the draft National Security Strategy and Strategy of Defense has been accepted by Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac. Public debate will now be closed at January 31, 2009. In the response of the Ministry, signed by the Director of the ...

On November 12th, the Center for Civil-Military Relations hosted the Belgrade Attaché Association. The purpose of this visit was to introduce Defense Attaches from 18 countries with the Center’s current and planned activities along with its staff and Research Fellows. The event was a good opportunity for Defense Attaches to gain a firsthand look at the work of the Center and the Belgrade School of Security Studies. The participants ...

Representatives of the Centre for Civil-Military Relations and RACVIAC - Centre for Security Cooperation, Professor Miroslav Hadzic and Ambassador Hadzimusic have signed the Memorandum of Understanding on Friday, November 21. RACVIAC, founded in 2000 as the Regional Arms Control Verification and Implementation Assistance Centre, was originally a project under the Working Table III of  Stability Pact for SEE. Primary purpose of RACVIAC was to provide arms control training, promote confidence and security building measures and broaden ...

Presentation of the publication “Lessons Learned: Serbia and Slovakia in the processes of security sector reform and Euro Atlantic Integration”, co-organized by the Centre for Civil-Military Relations, Belgrade, and Centre for European and North Atlantic Affairs, Bratislava, was presented on Monday, December 15th, in the Library of the Centre for Civil-Military Relations. Deputy Chief of Mission of Slovak Republic to Serbia, Jan Psenica and Mihajlo Basara, Director of the MoD ...

Delegation of NATO Parliamentary Assembly (PA) led by the Chairman of the Committee on the Civil Dimension of Security Michael Clapham (United Kingdom) and the representatives of the Sub-Committee on Future Security and Defence Capabilities visited the Centre for Civil-Military Relations on Monday, April 21. The discussion on the achievements of the defence reform in Serbia which was hosted by the Centre, presented a part of the official PA Delegation ...

Today in the Norwegian Institute of Foreign Affairs (NUPI), Sonja Stojanovic, the CCMR director and Zorana Atanosovic, BSSS Research Fellow delivered presentation on the development of CCMR and its project Mapping and Monitoring of Security Sector.  In informal atmosphere, Sonja and Zorana discussed with the colleagues from NUPI about challenges of measuring progress in security sector reform. They gained valuable feedback by the NUPI researchers specializing in political science, ...

A selected group of government officials, coming from Security Policy Departments of the Ministries of Defence of the Nordic and Baltic countries visited Centre for Civil-Military Relations on Thursday, May 29. Their visit was organised by Royal Norwegian Embassy in Serbia. As it was said during the introductory remarks, by visiting Serbia, members of the delegation were looking for insights which could help them influence their decision makers. The task of introducing ...

Finland's Ambassador in the BCSP

Public debate “Security sector reform as a precondition to EU membership - role and possible contribution of civil society“ was held at the Centre for Civil-Military Relations on Tuesday, July 15. Tanja Miščević, Director of the Government of Serbia’s European Integration Office (SEIO), Zoran Jeftić, State Secretary of Defence, representatives of international organisations and civil society organisations which are interested in the matters of security policy was all present ...

Representatives of Serbia’s state institutions - ombudsman Saša Janković, Commissioner for Information of Public Importance Rodoljub Šabić, Ministry of Internal Affairs Bojana Panić, experts in the matter of biometric technologies - Ninoslav Janjić (WLS Electronic), Ratimir Drakulić of the Faculty of organisational sciences, Oliver Subotić of Serbian Orthodox Church - as well as civil society organisations’ (CSO) representatives, Dejan Milenković of YUCOM and Aleksandar Pavić of "Za život bez žiga" („For a life without a ...