The best of BCSP in 2019

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 ...

The BIA Fighting an Internal Enemy of the State

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

Security Sector Reform: Untying the Knot of State Capture in Serbia

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.

Important Role of Youth and Non-Formal Education in Security Sector Reform

{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 ...

Civil Society Participation in the Security Sector Reform: Lessons from Slovakia

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 ...

Security Sector Reform on Wikipedia

{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 ...

How to Present Security Sector Reform so that Everyone Can Understand It

{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 ...

How does corruption affect the defence sector employees?

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 ...

BCSP Director trained EU SSR practitioners for assistance in post-conflict context

{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 ...

The Contribution of Civil Society to Planning Development Aid for Serbia

The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy is the leading organization for the fields of justice and internal affairs within the Sectorial Civic Society Organizations (SCSO Mechanism) and has since the founding of this platform participated in activities related to the programming, monitoring and evaluation of development assistance from the Instrument ...

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