Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic was again given the highest number of votes for membership in the Joint Consultative Committee in the priority area of ​​the Rule of Law. There were 154 civil society organizations voting for 8 candidates in three priority areas, and the BCSP Director received the highest number of votes in the priority area of ​​the Rule of Law. BCSP is ...

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 for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA and IPA II funds of the European Union) and other bilateral donors. With the participation ...

<spanArial","sans-serif";color:#212121;background:white">Domestic legislation sets very strict criteria and a complicated procedure for deciding on arms exports. However, these criteria are not respected in practice. It is therefore no wonder that Serbian weapons occasionally end up in the wrong hands. There are two reasons: export growth is necessary to maintain an increasing number of jobs in the defence industry and the government doesn’t analyze the long-term effects of arms exports to ...

The Serbia Report written by BCSP Executive Director Predrag Petrovic and BCSP Researcher Isidora Stakic examines drivers of radicalisation and violent extremism in the Western Balkans as a part of The Extremism Research Forum. The research commenced in 2017, exploring a range of themes and topics with key stakeholders within communities, civil society and government, in order to build a coherent picture of the specific situation in each country. ...

Strengthening of the civil society networks, with the view to contribute to the security sector reform process in the framework of the process of European integration, is the main goal of the project that is being implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia.

The purpose of the project implemented by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) and Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI) was identifying domestic drivers and impediments to continued democratization of the security sector in Serbia and their impact on foreign security policies.

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 ...

Good communication of the police through media and social networks contributes to greater confidence in the police, which means that citizens will inform police officers, and not tabloids when they see a security-threatening situation on the street, it was highlighted at the event dedicated to police communication that Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) organized on June 14, 2018 in Belgrade. Insufficient transparency of the police, leaks or placement ...

{image1} It is time for the measures from the Action Plan to be adapted and implemented in practice so that the citizens of Serbia feel the concrete benefits of European integration, it was emphasized at the meeting of the Working Group of the National Convention on the European Union (NCEU) on Chapter 24 and the Negotiating Group on Justice, Freedom and Security Issues Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) ...