{image1} Development of practical skills and critical thinking among young people through non-formal education and alternative sources is a key partner of formal education in security studies, it was concluded at the event organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 1 July 2019 in Belgrade. "Through the initiative #bezbednostABC and sharingcredible information about security sector reform on online platforms, the BCSP has opened up new ways ...

Civil society organizations and the media have the opportunity to file requests for misdemeanour proceedings in cases where their right to free access to information of public importance has been violated as a legal entity, the Misdemeanour Court of Appeal ruled. With this interpretation, the dilemma was solved that caused the misdemeanour courts to reject dozens of requests by civil society organizations across Serbia. At the Second Session of ...

{image1} How to present security sector reform so that citizens can understand it and how to make information on the subject available through Wikipedia? - that was the central question during the workshop which Belgrade Centre for Security Policy organized on May 23, 2019. Workshop participants were BCSP interns, students of Faculty of political sciences and Faculty of security and BCSP team members. Students had the opportunity to talk ...

Deepening knowledge and exchange of views on the role that NATO should have in Serbia and the Western Balkans marked the study visit by the research team of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and journalists to the Allied Joint Force Command Naples - NATO (JFC Naples), which the BCSP organized on 30 January - 1 February 2019. The visit enabled close cooperation between researchers with expertise in ...

BCSP Researcher Katarina Djokic wrote for Pescanik.net about issues related to the current practices regarding procurement for the purposes of Serbian Armed Forces.

Good communication of the police through media and social networks contributes to greater confidence in the police, which means that citizens will inform police officers, and not tabloids when they see a security-threatening situation on the street, it was highlighted at the event dedicated to police communication that Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organized on June 14, 2018 in Belgrade. Insufficient transparency of the police, leaks or placement ...

The policy paper recommends possible solutions to overcome the current challenges in communication between the police and the media.

{image1} It is time for the measures from the Action Plan to be adapted and implemented in practice so that the citizens of Serbia feel the concrete benefits of European integration, it was emphasized at the meeting of the Working Group of the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU) on Chapter 24 and the Negotiating Group on Justice, Freedom and Security Issues Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) ...

Inefficient planning of capital expenditures, poor control over “secret” procurement procedures and reduced competitiveness in public tenders are the main problems of procurement for the police in Serbia, are the conclusions of discussion on the topic of this area of public spending held on December 5 in Media Centre Belgrade. The main topic of the discussion organized by POINTPULSE regional network was the police procurement of 710 “Škoda Rapid” ...