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

A better economic situation without the rule of law is not possible

October 13th, 2020 – An Economic and Investment plan for the Western Balkans, with which the EU has dedicated up to 9 billion euros for “the Western Balkans long-term economic recovery…

CEP News

Public perceptions of service delivery in the Western Balkans are on the rise

Results from the public perception survey on service delivery suggest that governments in the Western Balkans are striving towards digitalisation and citizen-oriented services.[1] This year’s surveys show that all of…

CEP News

Open call for proposals

The Local Civil Society PAR Enabling Small Grant Facility (SGF) of the WeBER 2.0 Project will be implemented in the period January 2021 – January 2022. A total sum of 225.000 EUR will be allocated…

Publications

From Production to the Market – shoes

Serbia’s progress and preparation for EU membership

Equalization of excise duty on strong alcoholic beverages

Economic Reform Programme – ERP

The Conference on the Future of Europe: Is the EU still serious about the Balkans?

Latest blogs

Nebojša Lazarević

Marija Ćirić

Parenting in Serbia: What will happen when we become a part of the EU

About the Directive Following the European Commission’s 2017 Proposal for a Directive on work-life balance for parents and carers[1], the new EU Work-life Balance Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/1158)[2] was passed…

Strahinja Subotić

Serbia – (not) just a stopover on the Silk Road?

During her first annual State of the Union Address at the European Parliament Plenary, the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, addressed how the current fight against…

Sena Marić

The rise of a pan-European alliance for rule of law

Slowly but surely, citizens and the economy of the European Union are beginning to feel the direct and negative repercussions of an increasingly present disregard for breaches of rule of…

Srđan Majstorović

What does acceptance of the new accession methodology mean for Serbia?

Serbia’s announced acceptance of the new methodology for joining the European Union means that it has finally come to recognise the "spirit of the moment" in which the EU finds…

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…