Continuous education and the active role of institutions are effective ways of combating extremism, it was emphasized at the MAN 2019 conference dedicated to the understanding and prevention of extremism in which the Executive Director of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) Predrag Petrovic participated on 14 June 2019 in Belgrade. BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic talked about the shortcomings of the education system and the lack of ...

Civil society and investigative journalists have an important role in monitoring and preventing organized crime and demanding accountability for convicting members of organized criminal groups, but they need a support network to do that, it was highlighted at the discussion Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GITOC) and Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organized on 14 June 2019 in Belgrade. The recently published report “Hotspots of organized crime ...

{image1}BCSP Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic co-delivered specialist course on Security Sector Reform (SSR) as a part of European New Training Initiative for Civilian Crisis Management (ENTRi) from 22-25 January 2019 in Brussels. The training was organised by the Austrian Study Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution (ASPR). This course focused on introducing participants to the long-term aspects of SSR processes which are linked to the overall recovery effort in ...

In Serbia, there is a gap between law and practice, uncontrolled government seeks to diminish citizens' rights, and public attention is being drawn to unimportant issues. The way to slow down the state capture process is to strengthen institutions and networking, it was highlighted at the event organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on June 29, 2018 in Belgrade. Captured state as a term is increasingly ...

{image1} Constitutional regulation of the security system should be a part of the ongoing constitutional reforms in order to constrain political power and establish a strong democratic civilian control. Apart from the actual text of the Constitution, of great importance are also the process of its adoption, as well as its subsequent implementation, it was concluded at the event organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on ...

{image1} Democratic institutions and the rule of law have been endangered throughout Europe, and the polarization of societies has made it difficult to oversee the security sector. This was emphasized during the third panel of the conference organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on the 20th anniversary celebration, on 28 November 2017 in Dorcol Platz. The third panel conference was dedicated to exacerbating democratic control of ...

Political upheavals that have taken place in the EU and the U.S. and their impact on regional relations in South East Europe were the main topics of 34th Partnership for Peace Consortium Workshop named “South East Europe: Facing Western Upheavals and Regional Backslide”, held in Reichenau in Austria. This event has gathered numerous representatives of the governments, civil sector and academia from the Western Balkans and the EU. It ...

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 ...