Expedient financing of civil protection was the topic of a discussion held on Tuesday, October 4, in Nis. The discussion was organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), with the support of Society Innovation Center - NIIT and organization PROTECTA, one of the partners of the PRO-CURE Group. Case studies “The Ministry of Interior funds The Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies, but does not employ its ...

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 challenges of the current system of control of police work were the topic of a panel discussion organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia on 27 September 2016 in hotel Metropol. BCSP researcher Sasa Djordjevic has contributed to the debate. "In Serbia, there is no system of internal control of the police, because a system implies a set of organizational units that function as a harmonious whole to achieve ...

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.

More than half of Serbian citizens trust the police, while two-thirds believe that corruption is widespread in this institution, it was pointed out at the presentation of results of the public opinion survey "The Citizens’ Opinions of Police Force" organized by BCSP in the framework of the regional POINTPULSE network.

Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) presents an interview with a member of the German Bundestag André Hahn which was led by BCSP Researcher Katarina Djokic.

Strengthening of the civil society networks, with the view to contribute to the police reform process in the framework of the accession negotiations of Serbia and the EU under the Chapter 24, is the main goal of the project that is being implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy and supported by the OSCE Mission in Serbia

Police reform is crucial for Serbia’s progress under negotiating Chapter 24, it was assessed at the panel discussion organized by BCSP and OSCE.