Strengthening of the civil society networks, with the view to contribute to the security sector reform process in the framework of the process of European integration, is the main goal of the project that is being implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The purpose of the project implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI) was identifying domestic drivers and impediments to continued democratization of the security sector in Serbia and their impact on foreign security policies.

Strengthening of the civil society networks, with the view to contribute to the police reform process in the framework of the accession negotiations of Serbia and the EU under the Chapter 24, is the main goal of the project that is being implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and supported by the OSCE Mission in Serbia

Participants concluded that it seems like legal solutions are adopted taking into account international conventions, in order to demonstrate democratic progress and development to the international community, however, adopted solutions are rarely implemented in practice.

Special measures for covert data collection infringe upon fundamental rights and therefore it is vital that they are implemented only under the circumstances defined by law. To this end, it is necessary to establish a comprehensive external oversight of implementation of special measures is. BCSP’s research team has now compiled a handbook to support that process.

The project is implemented by four think tanks, BCSP, CEPI from Bratislava, and D4D and KCSS from Prishtina, with the support from the International Visegrad Fund (IVF) founded by the governments of the Czech Republic, Hungary, the Republic of Poland, and the Slovak Republic.

The book combines the papers prepared by the researchers and associates within a project on the "Protection of Human Rights in the Army and the Police of the FR of Yugoslavia". The whole project, including the publishing effort, was implemented with the support of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy, London and Freedom House, Budapest.

The BCSP team implemented the training of 60 police officers from all 27 police departments in Serbia on action planning in their local communities on 21-25th of May.

Serbia has adopted its Strategy for Managing Migrations in 2009, yet in order for it to be implemented more efficiently, more active monitoring and increased advocacy is necessary.