Dear friends and partners, BCSP wishes you a safe and sound New Year! In 2020, we will continue to defend security as a public good through opening space for dialogue based on research on key topics in Serbia, the region and Europe. Take a look at the biggest BCSP successes of the year behind us. BCSP Achievements The , which BCSP initiated and co-publishes, has been ranked in the ...

BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic, through specific examples, analysed how BIA’s powers were misused to pressure and combat critical voices.

Documenting and deconstructing the ongoing process of state capture in the security sector in Serbia is the main goal of the project that BCSP is implementing.

{image1} Development of practical skills and critical thinking among young people through non-formal education and alternative sources is a key partner of formal education in security studies, it was concluded at the event organized by the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 1 July 2019 in Belgrade. "Through the initiative #bezbednostABC and sharingcredible information about security sector reform on online platforms, the BCSP has opened up new ways ...

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 ...

{image1} How to present security sector reform so that citizens can understand it and how to make information on the subject available through Wikipedia? - that was the central question during the workshop which Belgrade Centre for Security Policy organized on May 23, 2019. Workshop participants were BCSP interns, students of Faculty of political sciences and Faculty of security and BCSP team members. Students had the opportunity to talk ...

{image1} Security sector reform is a complex concept that Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) wants to bring closer to youth and everyone who is interested to know more about security. This is the reason BCSP initiated #bezbednostABC (securityABC) and gathered students to present these topics in an understandable way through different online platforms. First workshop, focused on basic concepts, was held on 18 and 19 April 2019 in ...

Lately there is an increase in media reports about people who left the Serbian Armed Forces or the Ministry of Defense after years of service, dissatisfied with working conditions. In addition to financial reasons, corruption has emerged as one of the causes of this trend. The exchange of knowledge on potential forms of corruption in human resource management in the defense system necessary for effective oversight in this area ...

{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 ...