BCSP researchers Isidora Stakic and Bojan Elek will spend next four weeks as visiting researchers at the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs (NUPI) in Oslo.

Journalists from six national and seven local and regional media participated in the training organized by Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) held on April 24-25, aiming to teach them how to do research on corruption in police, military and security services

Improvement of the executive branch control, system approach to problem solving, and human rights improvement are necessary for progress in Serbia’s accession negotiations with the European Union, it was concluded at the presentation of the independent report on progress of Serbia in the chapters 23 and 24 of the negotiations, made by the coalition "prEUgovor".

Efficient fight against corruption in the police requires an improvement in human resource management, strengthening the sector of internal control, police depolitization, but also encouragement for both citizens and police officers to report cases of corruption, it was concluded at panel discussions held on April 28th and 30th, in Majdanpek, Zrenjanin, and Becej.

BCSP Director Sonja Stojanovic Gajic is the author of the study on threat perceptions in Serbia which is published by OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions as a part of the analysis "Threat Perceptions in the OSCE Area" .

Exchange of information and creation of optimal conditions for realistic reporting regarding the level of presence of corruption risks in the Ministry of Defence of Republic of Serbia were the main objectives of the meeting held on April 24 in 2014 at the Ministry of Defence.

Management of human resources, changing the Law on Police, the creation of a professional police service and strengthening the sector of internal control are the measures which should be undertaken in order to reduce the risk of corruption in the police, it was concluded during panel discussions held on 14 and 15 April in Brus, Prokuplje and Nis.

As long as the power is in the hands of political parties, we can not expect effective control and efficiency of the security services or resolving political murders and serious reform of the security sector, concluded the President of the Executive Board of Belgrade Centre for Security Policy Miroslav Hadzic on the Radio Belgrade talk show "Talasanje".

Republic of Serbia has ratified most of the international documents important to improving women’s human rights and also adopted a great number of strategies dealing with that area, but strategic documents and action plans for their implementation are not harmonized enough, it was concluded in the Security Council Resolution 1325: Civil Society Monitoring Report 2013.