The report is structured to present findings relevant to the policy areas covered in the European Commission’s Progress Report for Serbia for 2014, as well as to highlight additional important issues. This report contains a separate chapter related to the process of producing Action Plan for the chapter 23 and also a special segment devoted to the problems that emerged after the floods that hit Serbia in May, including inappropriate responses by the state institutions and the corruption risks that appeared in the aftermath of these events.

The Agreement on normalization of relations between Belgrade and Pristina represents a positive step in Serbian-Albanian relations. However, its implementation depends on the political will of both sides and their success in resolving internal political issues. These are the main conclusions reached at the second Security Research Forum.

During the last couple of decades, civil society organisations have became actors in the security sector. Good governance of the security sector is not only effective exercise of the economic, political and administrative competences of government, but also requires the involvement of non-statutory actors in the control and oversight of state institutions.

Since it emerged from the donor and academic communities in the 1990s, the concept of Security Sector Reform (SSR) has been through numerous transformations. SSR can be defined as "the process through which security sector actors adapt to the political and organizational demands of transformation." The aim of SSR is "the efficient and effective provision of state and human security within a framework of democratic governance."

Private security companies (PSCs) in Serbia have been active since the early 1990s. PSCs fall under the category of non-state actors authorised to use force. It is estimated that these companies today employ between 20 and 60 thousand people in Serbia.

Although during the last two years the state has done a lot to implement the National Action Plan for implementation of UNSC Resolution 1325, little has been done to involve the civil society in this process, the pioneer of engagement in this area – this was one of the conclusions of the first gathering of women peace organizations and state institutions responsible for the implementation of NAP 1325 representatives, initiated by BCSP.

The delegation of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly met with the representatives of the BCSP during their visit to Serbia, which also included meetings with the high state officials.

In a poll organized by the Belgrade Center for Security Policy for the second consecutive year, visitors of the civil society organization fair have once again chosen the Serbian Army as the most trusted state institution. BCSP’s attendance at the fair was promoted in a number of publications, and attracted attendants of all ages to the survey.

25. may 2004.Dr Jovan Lj. Buturović, lawyer