{image1} Threats to the Western Balkans communities are coming from within and the external actors are used only to intimidate voters, so the role of the civil society organizations is to combat these narratives with knowledge. Those are the conclusions of the second panel of the conference organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) on the celebration of 20TH anniversary, on the November 28th in Dorcol Platz. ...

{image1} Relations between Serbia and NATO, media freedom and building of democratic culture were the main subjects of the meeting of Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly, held in the BCSP library on June 14, 2017. Delegation was led by Dutch senator Menno Knip, Chairmen of the Sub-Committee on Transition and Development of the Economics and Security Committee of NATO’s Parliamentary Assembly. Members of delegation ...

Journalists from the European Union member states are interested in the results of the fight against corruption, pressures on media and election process irregularities in Serbia. These were the main topic of discussion between the representatives of civil society from Serbia and journalists from eleven EU member states, held in Media Centre Belgrade on April 25. The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) Researcher and Coordinator of the regional ...

Diminished integrity of the Police is trampling on the relations with the media and is preventing proper informing of the public, this is the conclusion of the third panel from the Conference “Security Challenges as a Link between the Citizens and Institutions”, organized by the POINTPULSE on the 21 of December 2016, in the Mikser House. “Police integrity has weakened and this is clearly shown in the newest police integrity ...

There is a solid legal framework for the rule of law in the region, but the implementation is still lagging behind, which is why citizens do not see the benefits of the European integration - it was pointed out at the panel discussion "The Rule of Law or the Law of Unrulable: The View from the Western Balkans". At the panel discussion organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security ...

Chapters 23 and 24 were the main topic discussed during the visit of the BCSP delegation to the institutions, think tanks and the media based in Brussels.

BCSP Conference on the Oversight of Implementation of Special Investigative Measures was held with more than 60 participants, including representatives from the ruling political parties as well as opposition, security institutions, the media and experts.

The drafting process and the content of the Action Plan for Chapter 24 were a topic for the first time in the discussion that gathered the President of the Negotiating Team and coordinators for all 10 policies within the chapter, more than 20 CSO and a great number of media representatives, at the session of the National Convention’s Working Group for Chapter 24.

Compared to the previous report of the coalition prEUgovor, in the implementation of policies under Chapters 23 and 24 there was no progress in four out of seven monitored areas, whereas in the area of media freedoms there was a decline.