Partnership for Public Administration Reform and Public Services in Serbia – PARtnerships

The project “Partnership for Public Administration Reform and Public Services in Serbia – PARtnerships” aimed to contribute to the creation and implementation of policies in the area of public administration…

Benchmarking for EU Reform – How Effective? BENCHER

The goal of this project was to explore the effectiveness of the EU benchmarking mechanism for the Western Balkans in order to improve the benchmarking mechanism as an impetus for EU…

Towards Depoliticisation and Professionalisation of the Serbian State Administration

In September 2017, European Policy Centre - CEP started a research project Towards Depoliticisation and Professionalisation of the Serbian State Administration: Strengthening the Capacity and Role of Senior Civil Servants. The objective of…

Coordination of monitoring the implementation of Economic Reform Programme (ERP) in the area of four priority structural reforms

The European Policy Centre (CEP) was chosen to lead the coordination of monitoring the implementation of Economic Reform Programme (ERP) for 2017-2019 period. We monitored the implementation of following ERP priority…

Institutional Grant of the CSOnnect Programme for Support to the Civil Society in the Area of Environmental Protection

                      A consortium led by the European Policy Centre (CEP) was awarded with the institutional grant within the CSOnnect programme for support…

Serbia’s pursuit of interest in the EU – Administrative, Financial and Lobbying Capacities

This research project addresses an under-researched topic of Serbian administrative, diplomatic, political and lobbying capacities towards the main EU institutions. The Study (and the Policy Brief) explored the current state of…

Raising capacities and advocacy potential of CSOs of Visegrad Group and Western Balkans

Why? Policymaking in the Western Balkans (WB) is characterised by weak and unsystematic involvement of the civil society organisations (CSOs). On the other side, Visegrad Group (V4) countries have more advanced…

TRAIN program 2016: Fundamental Rights in the EU Accession Context

Under the TRAIN programme, CEP's junior researcher Katarina Tadic developed the policy paper "Gender Mainstreaming of Public Policies in Serbia – a Case for Light Optimism" that deals with the issue…

Centre of Excellence on Policymaking Systems in the Western Balkans (CEPS WeB)

The project aimed to create the Centre of Excellence on Policymaking Systems in the Western Balkans (CEPS WeB), within the institutional framework provided by the Think for Europe Network (TEN).…

Towards a Smart Retention Policy for a Sustainable EU Integration of Serbia

High turnover of Serbia's public administration employees has been identified in the context of the EU accession process, particularly affecting the organisational units in charge of EU affairs, including the…