Depoliticizing security services in Western Balkans is impossible without the joint insistence of citizens, media and civil society organizations, it was concluded at the discussion organized by Institute Alternative on 6 December 2019 in Podgorica, attended by BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic. Petrovic warned that in Serbia the centralization of power is being strengthened by the security services controlling institutions and different elements of society, helping to further capture ...

The objective of the project that BCSP realizes with partners is to contribute to reversing the trends of state capture through advocating for the substantial reforms that would promote integrity and accountability of the intelligence sector.

The European Union should respond to the signals of abuse of the security-intelligence services highlighted by civil society in Serbia and Montenegro before a big-scale affair arises like in North Macedonia in 2015, it was concluded at the event organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 4 June 2019 in Belgrade. The European Commission has recognized that the countries of the Western Balkans increasingly face state ...

{image1} Security services should be regulated as soon as possible in order to democratize the society, is the main conclusion of the public discussion titled Key points in the reform of Serbian security services, organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on September 28, 2017. In the keynote address, the director of the BCSP Sonja Stojanovic Gajic highlighted that BCSP continuously monitors the reform of the security services since  ...

In this document, prof. dr Bogoljub Milosavljevic proposes legal solutions whose implementation would lead to the normative improvement of the intelligence system of the Republic of Serbia.

National intelligence services are shaped by their country’s history and environment, it is starting standpoint of extensive and unique review of European intelligence services which has been contributed by BCSP review of situation in Serbia. Featuring 32 countries such as Germany, Belgium, Croatia, Norway, Latvia, France, the work provides insight into a number of rarely discussed national intelligence agencies to allow for comparative study and better comprehension. In their ...

The Model Law on Security Services created by the team of experts from Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) was presented to Master and PhD students of The Faculty of Security Studies on 19 October, 2016. The presentation was organized with the support of the Center for Applied Security. “The debate on the reform of security services in Serbia is necessary because such debate is missing not only in ...

At the moment Serbia has three laws guverning security  services, which are not harmonized , there has been no reform of the Security services and control and supervision are not implemented in practice. Those are the main reasons for the adoption of new, umbrella law - it was underlined in the event of public presentation of Model Law on security services, that was organized by Belgrade Center for Security ...

At the panel discussion “What kind of security services are really needed in Serbia” that was organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy on 21 June 2016 in Belgrade was concluded that Serbia needs functioning security services that are subjects of democratic and civilian control. This panel has opened discussion on the best solutions for further development of the security services and security-intelligence system in order to maximize ...