In the Western Balkans, the awareness of the importance and potentials of civilian capacities for participation in peacekeeping missions is not sufficiently developed - concluded the first panel of the conference "Security Challenges as a Link between Citizens and Institutions", which the Belgrade Center for Security Policy organized on 21 December 2016 in Belgrade. At the conference, which was organized as the final event of the three-year project “Building ...

The european standard of representation of women in the police force is 30 percent, and according to the information available in Serbia, women currently make up 23 percent of employees, 18 percent in Macedonia, 14 in Kosovo, 13 in Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 in Albania and nine percent in Montenegro, it was pointed out at the conference of the POINTPULSE network.

Emsad Dizdarevic from Centre for Security Studies, BCSP partner on the project „Building Civilian Capacities from the Western Balkans in Peace Support Operations", analyzes Bosnia and Herzegovina civil capacities for peace missions and operations.

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

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.

This publication aims to provide an independent research-supported overview on the key achievements and weaknesses in the accountability of security sectors of Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Kosovo, and to present what effect this has on the countries’ democratic transition.