EU integration process and the perspective of Albanian - Serbian Relations was the overall topic of the 7th Security Research Forum ‘Belgrade-Prishtina-Tirana’ held in Tirana on 13 November 2014.

Definition of terms relevant to performance audit of public procurement and process of planning of procurement were some of the topics on which the BCSP team discussed with the Deputy Director of the Public Procurement Office Danijela Bokan.

Domestic political tensions have significant impact on conflicts with neighbors and for a successful dialogue it is essential to change the attitudes within each of the analyzed community, it was concluded during the Forth Security Research Forum Belgrade-Pristina-Tirana which was jointly organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, The Institute for Democracy and Mediation and Kosovar Centre for Security Studies.

Coalition "prEUgovor"( "prEUnup" in english) welcomes the official start of the accession negotiations between Serbia and the European Union.

The aim of the report is to present the greatest achievements in the process of NAP implementation for the period July 2012 - 2013, to point out the challenges faced within this process, and to suggest the measures to overcome these challenges and advance the implementation of the NAP.

BCSP activities in 2013 were highlighted by contributions to the systematic fight against corruption within police, military and security services, advancement of gender equality in security sector, opening of the dialogue on future of Serbian-Albanian relations and beginning of the independent monitoring of Serbia’s progress in chapters 23 and 24 of the EU negotiating process.

Serbian CSOs clearly perceive the EU accession process as an opportunity for increased influence on domestic reforms stated Natasha Wunsch at the presentation of research findings held in BCSP library on 10 December 2013.

Possibilities for academic community to assist participating OSCE States in defining new directions for the Organization in the so-called Helsinki+ 40 process was the topics of a panel discussion organized by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions.

Basic research techniques, the process of public opinion researches and the problem of corruption in police were the topics of the second seminar for the fourteenth generation of the BCSP interns.