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More listening, less advising: think tankers as democracy defenders

Sena Marić — Fri, 31 Jan 2020 20:47:00 +0000

In this episode, we speak about the think tanks, and their potential to counter the decline of democracy worldwide and nurture inclusive and evidence-based policymaking. Our guest is Sonja Stojanović Gajić, great connoseur of the topic, member of Executive Board of Belgrade Centre for Security Policy (BCBP) and CEP Council member.

This episode coincides with the publishing of annual ranking of top think tanks worldwide by The Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program by the University of Pennsylvania, where both CEP and BCBP regularly find their place. CEP is ranked as the best think tank in the WB, while BCBP is regularly the best think tank on security and defence in the region and beyond.

Recommendations for further reading:

Enrique Mendizabal, Reclaiming the think tank space in 2020s onthinktanks.org/articles/reclaim…ce-in-the-2020s/

Isidora Stakić, BCBP, Threats and Pressures Faced by Activists and Independent Journalists in Serbia bezbednost.org/All-publications/…es-Faced-by.shtml

Isidora Stakić, BCBP, Kriminalizacija solidarnosti: Obračun sa aktivizmom Združene akcije „Krov nad glavom“
bezbednost.org/Sve-publikacije/7…-Obracun-sa.shtml

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Seeking for better service design and delivery: created by and for citizens

Sena Marić — Tue, 17 Dec 2019 20:49:00 +0000

More and more countries worldwide are placing the administrators in the users’ shoes and trying to understand the citizens’ journey through the service request.

Today, we will talk about public services and service delivery. Our guest is Gregor Virant, Head of SIGMA and former minister of public administration of Slovenia. SIGMA stands for Support for Improvement in Governance and Management, a joint initiative of the OECD and the European Union.

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EU Conditionality Towards Western Balkans: Supporting Democracy and Rule of Law (?)

Sena Marić — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:53:00 +0000

Dr. Natasha Wunsch, Postdoctoral Researcher at the European Politics Group at ETH Zurich is joined by Sena Marić, Programme Manager and Senior Researcher in CEP.

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Think tanks in the age of post-truth politics: How to make facts matter (again)

Milena Mihajlović Denić — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 20:56:00 +0000

Milena Lazarević, CEP’s Programme Director, is joined by Dejan Jović and Matt Dann. Dejan Jović is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Zagreb. Matt Dann is the Secretary General of Bruegel.

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