PROJECTS

  • Fundamentals in focus: European integration beyond action plans

    The overall objective of this project is to substantively contribute to the sustainable rule of law reforms in Serbia and Montenegro by bridging the gaps between political criteria and rule of law reforms under Cluster I within new EU enlargement methodology.

  • Pandemic management – lessons learned for a more secure future

    The project focuses on the crisis management caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Serbia.

  • The Western Balkans Security Barometer

    The Western Balkans Security Barometer (WBSB) is a new regional initiative launched by KCSS in 2020. It follows the Kosovo Security Barometer implemented in Kosovo for eight consecutive years.

  • Belgrade Security Forum

    The Open Society Foundation in Belgrade is supporting the organization of two panels at the Belgrade Security Forum 2021.

  • Western Balkans Organized Crime Radar

    Western Balkans Organized Crime Radar (WB-OCR) came into existence as a civil society initiative in response to the ever-increasing harm caused by the organized crime (OC) to the citizens of the Western Balkans Six (WB6, including Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia).

  • #BreakingFear

    The main goal of the project which BCSP will conduct in the period to come within the informal network “Defending the Defenders” (with the Lawyers’ Committee for Human Rights YUCOM and People’s Parliament Leskovac) is strengthening of the network’s capacity for public advocacy aiming at the advancement of the legal framework concerning the protection of activists’ rights in Serbia.

  • PrEUgovor Policy Watch: building alliances for stronger impact in uncertain future

    Reforms falling under Chapters 23 (Judiciary and Fundamental Rights) and 24 (Freedom, Security and Justice) lie in the core of EU-Serbia accession negotiations and have proven to be particularly demanding. The latest annual report of the European Commission (October 2020) found that there were serious delays in a number of reforms concerning the rule of law in Serbia. Threats, intimidation and violence against journalists were reasons for concern, while ...

  • A real say on Serbian-American relations

    Almost 140 years of diplomatic relations between the United States of America (USA) and Serbia are characterized by an alliance in two world wars, US support for the creation of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia, as well as political and economic support for socialist Yugoslavia to stay out of the Soviet bloc. However, the public image of the United States in Serbian is still negative.

  • Empowering youth to promote security policy

    The main goal of the project is to create content on security sector reform and management, on Wikipedia, so that reliable information on these topics could be available to the public. Also, the goal of the project is to give young people the opportunity to, besides improving knowledge on security topics, get the skills needed to write on online platforms such as Wikipedia as well as the skills necessary to data visualization.