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. Since 2018, CEP has been the highest-ranked think tank in the Western Balkans according to the Global Go To Think Tank Index Report.

Latest news

From Germany to Portugal: Taking Care of the Union in turbulent times

December 14, 2020 - The European Policy Centre (CEP) held its traditional event today on the occasion of the change of the Presidency of the EU Council. In cooperation with…

CEP News

Statement regarding the standstill of European integration in the Republic of Serbia in 2020 by the civil society organisations of Serbia

We hereby express our dissatisfaction with the lack of reforms that the Government of Serbia has accepted to implement in the EU accession process, the deterioration of respect for democratic…

CEP News

Restrictions on freedom of expression on the Internet: censorship or necessity

18 November 2020 – Freedom of expression on the Internet must have some limits, as does freedom of speech, said participants in today’s online panel Freedom of expression on the…

Publications

Do new circumstances change routines?

What is a linear and what is a circular economy

What do citizens tell us about administrative services?

Legal practice framework in light of EU law on services and freedom of establishment

Breaking the impasse: Exploiting new opportunities to strengthen EU-Western Balkans relations

Latest blogs

Anesa Omeragić

Trump, #cancelled

“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” – was tweeted by the outgoing American president Donald Trump on January…

Strahinja Subotić

EU-China Investment Plan: Hypocritical or Not?

For the EU, New Year’s Eve marked the end of Brexit, but also the conclusion in principle of the negotiations on the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investments (CAI). Although the…

Strahinja Subotić

Brexit: Habemus Pactum

Brexit became an attention-grabbing phenomenon ever since the 2016 referendum on UK’s departure from the EU. Since then, the UK organised two snap elections and changed three Prime Ministers. In…

Strahinja Subotić

Trump’s “Stop the Count” – Legitimisation of the Western Balkan Populists?

The US presidential elections are officially over – Joe Biden won. Yet, things are far from over in terms of election frenzy, particularly as the outgoing President Donald Trump continues…

Projects

British support to reforms in Serbia

The UK Government is supporting the Eastern Partnership countries and the Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia and North Macedonia) in implementing the necessary reforms through the Good Governance Fund…

Raising the level of citizens’ understanding of their rights and obligations in the enforcement procedure at the local level

From April 2020. until February 2021, CEP will implement the Project "Raising the level of citizens’ understanding of their rights and obligations in the enforcement procedure at the local level".…

Make Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective

Starting from March 2020, the European Policy Centre (CEP) commenced its work on the two-year “Making a Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective” project. This…