Context Analysis of the Security Sector Reform in Macedonia 1991 - 2008
On 22 March, Analytica’s Researcher Andreja Bogdanovski together with six other CSOs and think tanks representatives[1] in the framework of the “Mapping and Monitoring Security Sector Reforms in the Western Balkans” project presented the findings from the first publication named “Context Analysis of the Security Sector reform in Macedonia “.
On 22 March, Analytica’s Researcher Andreja Bogdanovski together with six other CSOs and think tanks representatives[1] in the framework of the “Mapping and Monitoring Security Sector Reforms in the Western Balkans” project presented the findings from the first publication named “Context Analysis of the Security Sector reform in Macedonia “.
This publication provides the reader with an insight of the context of Macedonia’s security sector reform between 1991 and 2008. Accordingly it looks into three different time periods. The first one looks into the period after the independence of Macedonia in 1991 until the 2001 conflict. The second one focuses on the period 2001 – 2008 (NATO’s veto in Bucharest). Lastly this publication goes into the post NATO veto period in 2008 and examines the declination of reforms in the security sector and the rise of nationalistic rhetoric.
The presentation was held at the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina where representatives from CSOs, Embassies, International Organizations as well as B&H members of Parliament were present. This launch event represents a result of two years long cooperation between seven CSOs and think tank organizations from across the Western Balkans dealing with monitoring and mapping the security sector reforms in their respective countries.
Opening remarks were delivered by Secretary General of the B&H Centre for Security Studies, Denis Hadžović; Norwegian Ambassador to B&H, Jan Braathu; Regional Cooperation Council Expert on Justice and Home Affairs, Virgil Ivan Cucu; Assistant Director and Head of Operations DCAF, Darko Stančić; Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, Miroslav Hadzic; and Expert-Advisor from the Joint Committee for Defense and Security of PA BiH, Željko Grubešić.
Apart from the launch event of the Context Analysis publication, representatives from the think tanks had the possibility to acquire new knowledge within the seventh seminar devoted to public procurement and executive control over the security sector.
Click here to download the Context Analysis of the Security Sector Reform in Macedonia 1991 – 2008;
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Soon we will publish the Macedonian and Albanian version of this publication.
For more information please contact: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., Researcher – Foreign and Security Policy Program Analytica.
[1] The six local partner organisations involved in the project are: the Belgrade Center for Security Policy (BCSP) Belgrade, theCentre for Democracy and Human Rights (CEDEM), Podgorica; the Centre for Security Studies (CSS) Sarajevo; the Institute for Democracy and Mediation (IDM), Tirana; the Institute for International Relations (IMO), Zagreb; and the Kosovo Centre for Security Studies (KCSS), Pristina.
