It is necessary to improve the dialogue between civil society and state institutions in order to formulate the best migration policy for Serbia, it was concluded at the thematic meeting of the Working Group of the National Convention on the European Union on Chapter 24 (NCEU) and the Negotiating Group on Justice, Freedom and Security Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organized on June 28 in Belgrade. The members ...

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 ...

Activities of Serbia's Ministry of Interior on Facebook so far, their success as well as aspects that need improvement are presented in the new BCSP analysis.

The Belgrade Center for Security Policy once again calls on the Ministry of Interior (MoI) to stop political attacks on citizens' associations and to start acting as an institution that is in service of the citizens, and to finally agree on public dialogue for systemic responses to the problems in police work. A press release was published on December 26, 2017 on the MoI's website, in which the BCSP ...

The new publication of the BCSP research team contains a number of recommendations that are deemed to be realistically applicable and which will influence the improvement of the results of MoI in the field of public procurement performance.

Expedient financing of civil protection on local level was the topic of a discussion held on Thursday, September 29, in Zrenjanin, organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), with the support of the Society Against Corruption, a partner of PRO-CURE Group. A case study “Combat boots without a fight: Performance analysis of the public procurement of combat boots by the Ministry of Interior of the Republic of Serbia” ...

The Ministry of Interior (MoI) allocates about 3 million euros per year to The Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies (KPA), but a small number of graduates is employed in the police force. The analysis deals with the question of how expedient it is to allocate funds to finance the KPA when the MoI does not employ the personnel trained at it.

The case study applies "PRO-CURE" methodology to analyse performance of expenditures for equipping the traffic police at the local level. The author particularly questions the difference between the proclaimed strategic priorities of the Ministry of Interior and its annual procurement plans, as well as the the distribution of the burden of financing the traffic police between Ministry of Interior and local governments.

In Serbia, integrity testing for police officers has been mentioned ever since 2012, but neither the employees of the Ministry of Interior nor the public are acquainted with the advantages or challenges of the implementation of this anti-corruption measure.