More than half of the population in Serbia (56%) showed trust in the police. Over the last three years, a steady yet small increase in the level of trust in the police has been observed. However, it is still below the global average of 60-90%.These are the main findings of a public opinion survey conducted within the framework of the regional network of civil society organizations POINTPULSE.

The Western Balkans police forces must communicate much more effectively with citizens in order to increase the level of trust and confidence in their work; they also need to adapt the methods and channels of communication to the target groups. This is especially important when it comes to younger generations who, as a rule, have much a more negative perception of the institutions than the older population.

BCSP research team offers recommendations for the improvement of informing citizens on European integration and points out that the existing approach prevents the interested public from following the process of accession negotiations, analyzes, proposes and evaluates been done in the area of EU integration.

The MP of the Serbian Progressive Party, Vladimir Djukanovic, for the past year in the media have been presenting falsehoods that violate the honour and reputation of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, thereby violating the Law on Public Information and Media (Article 83). The latest untruth that Djukanovic presented was that the BCSP works "". We would like to remind that according to the Criminal Code, work by ...

Journalists from the European Union member states are interested in the results of the fight against corruption, pressures on media and election process irregularities in Serbia. These were the main topic of discussion between the representatives of civil society from Serbia and journalists from eleven EU member states, held in Media Centre Belgrade on April 25. The Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) Researcher and Coordinator of the regional ...

The Network of civil society organisations - Women, Peace and Security in the Republic of Serbia gathers 22 civil society organizations, academia and individuals, who are interested in implementation UNSCR 1325 on Women, Peace and Security in Serbia. BCSP is the coordinator of this network.

In this document, prof. dr Bogoljub Milosavljevic proposes legal solutions whose implementation would lead to the normative improvement of the intelligence system of the Republic of Serbia.

{image1} Security and historical aspects of the Serbia - Kosovo relations were the main subjects in a discussion between a group of students coming from SILBA - Initiative for Dialogue and Democracy from Denmark and the researchers from BCSP, during a lecture held on March 30, 2017. Researcher Bojan Elek talked about the context and the background of the contemporary ethnic relations in the Western Balkans. The lecture was ...

{image1} The public is not informed enough about the process of European integration and the Government of Serbia hinders the access to relevant documents for civil society organizations, are the main conclusions of the discussion organized by Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCSP) on 28 March 2017 at the Media Center in Belgrade. The six-month research of BCSP “Informing the Citizens in an Objective and Timely Manner on the ...