European Policy Centre

European Policy Centre

Belgrade

Marketplace of ideas

for better policy making

in Serbia

European Policy Centre is a non-governmental
, non-profit, independent think-tank,
dedicated to improving public policy
in the context of Serbia's accession
to the European Union. In 2019 CEP became the most highly ranked think tank in the Western Balkans according to the 2018 Go To Think Tank Index Report.

Latest news

How successful is the EU conditionality policy?

3 June 2019 - The EU’s policy of conditionality towards candidate states (basically the carrot and stick principle) is usually perceived as successful, bearing in mind that it has produced…

CEP News

From Romania to Finland: Distance does (not) matter

Belgrade, 4th July 2019 – The “From Romania to Finland: the distance does (not) matter” panel discussion was held today at the EU Info Centre in Belgrade. This event was…

CEP News

Delivering for people: CEP Programme Director took part in Ankara World Bank conference

Ankara, June 11-12, 2019 – The World Bank’s “Building Effective, Accountable, and Inclusive Institutions” conference was held in Ankara, Turkey on June 11th and 12th, 2019. European Policy Centre (CEP) Programme Director and WeBER…

Publications

Effective benchmarking for concrete rule of law reforms in the Western Balkans

Curbing the executive bias in EU enlargement policy for a stronger democracy in the Western Balkans

Eu strategy for Adriatic-Ionian region (EUSAIR) case study of multi-level governance and cross-sectoral coordination in Serbia

Designing better public services in Serbia

Finland’s Presidency of the Council of the EU

Latest blogs

Milena Lazarević

From crisis to opportunity

Over the past couple of days, the discourse on the Western Balkans’ EU accession has been dominated by discussion of the (in)famous French non-paper, finally explaining the thinking behind the…

Strahinja Subotić

A “Geopolitical” Commission – What’s in the Name?

The announcement of the new team in the European Commission by its recently nominated president Ursula von der Leyen was followed with great excitement by those interested in EU affairs.…

Jakub Stepaniuk

Is Warsaw going to become a second Budapest?

The Polish electoral marathon is accelerating. After local government elections last autumn, and spring elections for the European Parliament, the crucial choice of representatives for the Polish Sejm and Senat…

Srđan Majstorović

The Treacherous Summer of 2019

Following the European Parliament (EP) elections and the start of the process of forming new EU bodies, it is obvious that the Union as we know it today is set…

Projects

Constituencies for Judicial Reform in Serbia

From January 7th 2019 until January 6 2022, European Policy Centre (CEP), together with 11 partners, will implement the Project Constituencies for Judicial Reform in Serbia. The overall objective of this,…

Europeanisation Beyond Process

In January 2019, CEP started implementing two-year long project “Europeanisation Beyond Process” in the framework of Think for Europe Network (TEN), supported by the Open Society Initiative for Europe (OSIFE).…

Prepare to Participate – P2P

In December 2018, European Policy Centre (CEP) started implementing a two-year project Strengthening Capacities of Civil Society Organisations for Active Participation in EU Negotiations through Selected National Convention for EU…