Belgrade Centre for Security Policy is presenting an interview with a Dutch expert Matthéus van den Bersselaar led by BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic.

The regional network of civil society organizations POINTPULS is expanded with two more members from March 2016  - Analytics from Skopje and Institute for Democracy and Mediation in Tirana. New members of POINTPULSE network consider that strengthening public confidence in the police through the fight against corruption and the promotion of responsible work is very important for the Western Balkans. {image2} The point of POINTPULSE network is to support ...

Regional network of civil society organizations POINTPULSE has, in cooperation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia, on 10 of December in Belgrade, organized a conference "Promoting police integrity in Western Balkans", which goal was to gather the relevant stakeholders dealing with the police reform within the region.

Ministry of interior (MOI) has issued a statement on 26th November 2015, in which is stated that Belgrade Centre for Security policy (BCSP) made a number of false statements on the draft of the law on police. The statement was signed by Amadeo Watkins, special adviser to the Minister, and was released several hours after the presentation of BCSP’s research on police integrity and responsibility. The polemics of state ...

Corruption is the second biggest problem on the Western Balkans, right after the unemployment, and citizens are especially affected by the corruption within police force, the institution which should conduct its eradication the most, according to the survey of public opinion on police integrity.

Clear Government’ policies for depolitizaction of the police and sharp internal control mechanisms are the key precondition for fighting the police corruption.

All planned activities of regional network POINTPULSE aim to contribute to increasing trust and confidence in the law enforcement agencies in the Western Balkans by fighting police corruption and promoting of the police integrity.

Human resources management, weak police internal control and the politicization of the police are common regional problems and solving them is fundamental for strengthening police integrity, panelists concluded at the debate on police accountability in the Western Balkans.

The projects overall objective is to contribute to increasing trust and confidence in the law enforcement agencies in the Western Balkans by promoting police integrity and helping fight against corruption in the police.