Lessons learned from Slovak security sector reform, country's priorities during OSCE chairmanship, its cyber security and fighting disinformation practices were some of the topics discussed during the study trip to Slovakia organized by OSCE Mission to Serbia and GlobSec for Serbian civil society organizations dealing with security issues from 10 to 14 June 2019. BCSP researcher Jelena Pejicand Intern Marina Radovanovic were among civil society representatives who participated in ...

Academic Event at this year’s BSF was dedicated to answering the question how conflict-sensitive is the EU crisis response. Participants concluded that the EU shifted to a more pragmatic approach and improved its crisis response capacities, but that it needs to learn from both successes and failures more quickly. It was agreed that the local has to be included on different levels, but with re-examining what ’local’ means. “The ...

New BCSP publication deals with Serbia-NATO cooperation aimed at enhancing interoperability of the Serbian Armed Forces (SAF) through military exercises and training. Interoperability building is of great importance for participation in multinational operations, where SAF members have to function in synergy with other countries’ armed forces.

In the Western Balkans, the awareness of the importance and potentials of civilian capacities for participation in peacekeeping missions is not sufficiently developed - concluded the first panel of the conference "Security Challenges as a Link between Citizens and Institutions", which the Belgrade Center for Security Policy organized on 21 December 2016 in Belgrade. At the conference, which was organized as the final event of the three-year project “Building ...

On the 27th of April 2016. in the Guard Palace of Topcider barracks in Belgrade, the expert disscussion „Participation of the Army of Serbia in multinatoonal operations-Experience and Perspectives“ was held and it was pointed out that  Republic of Serbia  has had long term experience in participation in UN missions and since present time in EU and that there are plans for increment in participation of the Army of ...

At the meeting organized by BCSP was highlighted that the opening of Chapter 24 of the negotiations for Serbia’s membership in the European Union is possible in the first half of 2016.

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy organized on October 21st 2014 a presentation of findings from regional maping study on civil capacities for peacekeeping missions.  BCSP researcher Marko Milosevic and Gordan Bosanac from the Center for Peace Studies from Croatia presented findings from their countries and a regional perspective. The objectives of the project and the logic of intervention have been presented, with an emphasis on partnership with the state. ...

Legislation related to participation of civilians in peacekeeping missions was in focus of the panel discussion "The capacity of Bosnia and Herzegovina for civilian participation in peacekeeping missions" held in Sarajevo on 12 May 2015. One of the speakers at the event was researcher from the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy Marko Milosevic.  BCSP Researcher presented the legislation in Serbia, especially provisions of the Law on Military and the proposed amendments to the ...

Laura Garavini, MP of the Italian Parliament and the founder of the initiative "Mafia? Nein, danke!" and Riccardo Guido, advisor to the Anti-mafia Parliamentary Committee in the Italian Parliament, were panellists at the discussion Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organized with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.