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Centar za sigurnosne studije jedan je od učesnika u inicijativi “The Western Balkans Organized Crime Radar (WB-OCR)”. Radi se o inicijativi Balkanske platforme za sigurnost – mreže nevladinih organizacija s područja Zapadnog Balkana (Bosna i Hercegovina – Centar za sigurnosne studije, Srbija – Beogradski centar za bezbednosnu politiku, Crna Gora – Institut Alternativa, Sjeverna Makedonija – Institut za demokratiju Societas Civilis Skoplje, Kosovo – Kosovski centar za sigurnosne studije i Albanija – Institut za demokratiju i medijaciju). Inicijativa je započela u julu 2021. godine, a do sada su je podržavali Kraljevina Nizozemska, Fond za otpornost Globalne inicijative protiv transnacionalnog kriminala (GI-TOC), Kraljevina Norveška i Balkanski fond za demokratiju.
Naša inicijativa odgovor je civilnog društva na sve veću štetu koju organizirani kriminal uzrokuje građanima Zapadnog Balkana. Njena glavna ideja je da se rad civilnog društva i aktivista usmjeri u koherentnije napore na nacionalnom i regionalnom nivou, kako bi se doprinijelo:
- jačanju otpornosti društva na organizovani kriminal na Zapadnom Balkanu;
- istraživanju trendova organizovanog kriminala, organizovanih kriminalnih grupa, ilegalnih tržišta i procjene štete organizovanog kriminala za građane;
- udruživanju napora u cilju efikasnog zagovaranja prevencije kriminala, strategija kontrole kriminala i podizanja svijesti; te
- evaluaciji postojećih i razvoju novih efikasnih i održivih politika za borbu protiv organizovanog kriminala.
Trenutno je u fazi implementacija druge projektne godine u kojoj je glavni fokus na istraživanju rada organiziranih kriminalnih skupina korištenjem inovativnih metoda za mapiranje i analizu društvenih mreža, kao i podizanje svijesti javnosti o žrtvama organiziranog kriminala i društvenoj šteti koju on proizvodi.
Ukoliko se želite upoznati s dosadašnjim ostvarenim rezultatima inicijative, molimo Vas da to učinite klikom na ovaj link.
The Centre for Security Studies is one of the participants in the Western Balkans Organized Crime Radar (WB-OCR) initiative. It is an initiative of the Balkan Security Platform – a network of NGOs from the Western Balkans (Bosnia and Herzegovina – Centre for Security Studies, Serbia – Belgrade Centre for Security Policy, Montenegro – Institute Alternative, Northern Macedonia – Institute for Democracy Societas Civilis Skopje, Kosovo – Kosovar Centre for Security Studies and Albania – Institute for Democracy and Mediation). The initiative was launched in July 2021 and so far has been supported by the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Global Initiative for Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), the Kingdom of Norway, and the Balkan Fund for Democracy.
Our initiative is a response of civil society to the ever-increasing harm caused by organized crime to the citizens of the Western Balkans. Its main idea is to streamline the work of civil society and activists into more coherent efforts at the national and regional levels, in order to contribute to:
- strengthening societal resilience to organized crime in the Western Balkans;
- investigating organized crime trends, organized criminal groups, illicit markets, and estimating harm caused by the organized crime to the citizens;
- pooling efforts in order to effectively advocate crime prevention, crime control strategies and raise awareness; and
- evaluating existing and developing new effective and sustainable policies to tackle organized crime.
The second project year is currently being implemented with the main focus on researching the work of organized criminal groups using innovative methods for mapping and analyzing social networks, as well as raising public awareness about victims of organized crime and the social damage it produces.
If you want to get acquainted with the results achieved so far, please do so by clicking on this link.