Centre for Security Studies is an independent
institute that was established in 1998 as the Management Centre.
This was a difficult year for expert organisations in Serbia,
because the political and societal confrontations that reigned
around us at the time made it hard to get on with everyday work.
However, despite the bad political situation, international
isolation and internal oppression, the influence of expert
organisations in Serbia has grown stronger and more influential.
The mission of Centre for Security Studies has is to further
strengthen the expert organisations and assist government policy,
as well as university research and training, by providing the
necessary direction, comparative studies and methodological training
in its areas of particular strength. Some of the most important activities
of Centre for Security Studies in the current years are implemented through
its Security Policy Group, a grouping of experts in anti-corruption,
anti-organised crime and anti-terrorism policy and research that conducts
longer-term training in anti-corruption, anti-organised crime and anti-terrorism
methodology for the police, the Army, judiciary and prosecution, and all relevant
government agencies and institutions.
By now, we have over 50 professional policy analysts and researchers,
all with considerable international experience, within our ranks.
We have learned how to function and progress in both favourable
and adverse circumstances. We are a leading body in organizing "soft"
security-related training for government specialists and advanced postgraduate students.
Centre for Security Studies's mission is to educate,
research and advocate. To fulfil these broadly conceived goals,
we concentrate on three areas of activity: advanced specialised
soft security-related training programmes, research and advocacy
projects, conferences, and publication.
In seeking continuously to further advance our mission,
we welcome the broad participation and assistance by our international
colleagues, universities, expert organisations and grouping, individual
collaborators and associates. As the range of our associates and collaborators
broadens, the success of our organization also grows. We thus welcome any new
initiatives and proposals coming from colleagues in Southeastern Europe and the broader
region, which will assist the fulfilment of our mission, and that is achieving a more coherent,
stable and efficient soft security policy in Southeastern Europe, and advancing the
development of government policy management on a methodological level more generally.
Aleksandar
Fatiæ, Ph.D.
President
Belgrade,
20 May 2008
