1. What about the women? Understanding and Addressing the Problem of ISIS Female Recruitment in the Western Balkans Author: Eric Mietz This policy paper aims to bring attention to an oft-neglected security problem in the Western Balkans: women being recruited by—and migrating to—the Islamic State. The first part of the paper looks at the numbers of women leaving from the Western Balkans to Islamic State-held territory, the profiles of women ...

{image1} A network of civil society organizations - Women, Peace and Security and Commissioner for Protection of Equality Brankica Jankovic sent an appeal to the Government of Serbia to adopt National Action Plan for implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 as soon as possible, during discussion held on 2nd March 2017 in Belgrade.  Key reason for urgent adoption of this document is the fact that the significant number ...

Improving traffic safety with limited resources was the topic of a discussion held on Thursday, September 29, in Becej. The discussion was organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP), with support of Becej Youth Association, one of the partners of the PRO-CURE Group. A case study “Road safety in Serbia: a priority or a neglected area?” by Ana Acimov from Becej Youth Association organization was also presented ...

The work of local safety councils should not be regulated by law because the existing framework provides enough space for their foundation, it was pointed out during the discussion "Local safety in Serbia: obstacles and opportunities".

In this new publication of the BCSP you can find performance assessment of the municipal safety councils in Serbia and quality assessment of cooperation between the police and local self-governments in solving security problems at the local level.