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…

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…

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…

Are social networks actually connecting us? Youth consultations

17 November 2020 – As a part of the project Make Future Together: EU and the Western Balkans from the Youth Perspective, European Policy Centre (CEP) organized nation-wide youth consultations…

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…

ERP Convention Working Group Meeting: More Reforms Needed to Target COVID-19 Pandemic Recovery

14 October 2020 - The session of the Intersectoral Working Group of the National Convention on the EU (hereinafter: Convention) for the Economic Reform Programme - ERP was held online…

Fair competition is necessary for a better media offer

Kragujevac, October 14, 2020. - One of the conclusions of the research "Media pluralism and the allocation of state aid to the media in Kragujevac in the period 2015-2019" is…

Recommendations for improving competition are presented

Vrnjačka Banja, 6 October 2020 - The Association "Serbian Bidders" held a meeting in public procurement procedures within the project Mechanisms for Improving Competition in Public Procurement in the EU…

Involvement of local CSOs in economic topics through NCEU

Kragujevac, September 22, 2020 - A discussion with representatives of local civil society organisations was held today in Kragujevac. The topic of discussion was the involvement of local civil society…

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…