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Participants of the regional workshop ‘New Age Journalism for New Age Security Challenges’ (Photo: RCC/Ognen Acevski)

03 Mar 2020

Skopje – “Security challenges of our times are indeed very many - from an outbreak of deadly viruses to outbreak of violent extremism, often leading to terrorist attacks, and fake news not meant to inform, but to mislead. And on top of that journalism is confronted with yet another ...

23 Apr 2019

Tirana – The seventh meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC)’s Group of National Focal Points (NFP Group) for Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in South East Europe (SEE) is held in Tirana today.

Participants of the regional Workshop on prevention of online radicalization in South East Europe (SEE) in Budva, 12 April 2019 (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

12 Apr 2019

Budva – Online radicalization in South East Europe (SEE) and ways to deal with this global phenomenon on the regional level are the main topics at the regional Workshop on prevention of online radicalization, being held in Budva today.

A seminar on prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE) in the Western Balkans (WB) gathered security practitioners from the region and distinguished regional and international lecturers, on 3 October 2018 in Skopje. (Photo: RCC/Robert Atanasovski)

03 Oct 2018

Skopje - A seminar on prevention and countering of violent extremism (P/CVE) in the Western Balkans (WB) gathering security practitioners from the region and distinguished regional and international lecturers is being held in Skopje today. The seminar has been organised by the Regional Cooperation ...

Students from various Bosnia and Herzegovina's universities gather at RCC-organised Workshop, to discuss the early signs of radicalisation in their local communities, in Sarajevo on 18 September 2018. (Photo: RCC/Haris Calkic)

18 Sep 2018

Sarajevo – Close to 50 students from various Universities across Bosnia and Herzegovina gathered in BiH capital today at the one-day Workshop, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) at Faculty for Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies of University of Sarajevo, ...

From left to right: Etilda Gjonaj, Albanian Minister of Justice, Goran Svilanovic, RCC Secretary General, Amer Kapetanovic, Head of Political Department of the RCC and Ivana Goranic, organization's Expert on Justice and Home Affairs at the Cooperation of Region’s Judiciary in dealing with Terrorism and Violent Extremism Workshop, in Tirana on 30 May 2018. (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

30 May 2018

Tirana – The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and Albanian Ministry of Justice are hosting a regional workshop on law enforcement/judicial services and state attorneys/prosecutors in dealing with terrorism and violent extremism and connected crimes, in Tirana today. It gathers judges, ...

RCC-organised Regional Expert Conference and Workshop on Countering Online Radicalisation, Belgrade, 17-18 April 2018 (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

18 Apr 2018

Belgrade - Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) organised a two-day regional Conference and Workshop tackling countering online radicalisation in the context of cyber security in Belgrade on 17-18 April 2018.

Participants of the Second Regional Coordination Conference for Counter-Terrorism and Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism in South East Europe in Brdo pri Kranju, Slovenia, on 30 November 2017 (Photo: RCC/ Bor Slana)

30 Nov 2017

Svilanovic: Departures from the region to Syria and Iraq almost completely stopped by mid-2016 Brdo near Kranj – Second Regional Coordination Conference for Counter-Terrorism (CT) and Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in South East Europe (SEE), discussing the enhancement ...

RCC Secretary General Goran Svilanovic (2nd to the left) delivering opening remarks at Regional Workshop on Prosecution, Detention, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters held in Rakitje, Croatia on 28 November 2017 (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

28 Nov 2017

Rakitje – Regional expert workshop “Prosecution, Rehabilitation, and Reintegration of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters”, organised by Centre for Security Cooperation - RACVIAC in cooperation with Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and Organization for Security and Co-operation in ...

South East European Military Intelligence Chiefs (SEEMIC) at their 9th Conference held on 7 November 2017 in Budva, Montenegro. (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

08 Nov 2017

Budva – Open-source intelligence (OSINT) assessment dedicated to ‘Use of Social Media by violent extremists' has been adopted by the South East European Military Intelligence Chiefs (SEEMIC) at their 9th Conference held on 7 November 2017 in Budva, Montenegro. The event was co-organised ...

25 May 2017

Zagreb – The role of education and civil society in prevention of violent extremism was a topic of the regional workshop, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), in Zagreb today.

03 Apr 2017

Sarajevo – The website on prevention and countering of violent extremism (P-CVE) in South East Europe (SEE) is operational as of today. The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) launched the website providing relevant information on P-CVE in SEE, documents related to the regional initiatives, ...

The third regular meeting of the SEE National Focal Points for countering radicalization and violent extremism and foreign terrorist fighters, took place on 22 March 2017 in Skopje. (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

22 Mar 2017

Skopje/Sarajevo – The third regular meeting of the South East Europe (SEE) National Focal Points (NFP) for countering radicalization and violent extremism (CVE) and foreign terrorist fighters (FTF), took place today in Skopje. The meeting has been organized by the Regional Cooperation ...

Group photo: Conference on Foreign Terrorist Fighters – Challenges for South Eastern Europe (Photo: courtesy of RACVIAC)

23 Nov 2016

Zagreb - Conference titled Foreign Terrorist Fighters – Challenges for South Eastern Europe: An Integrative and Complementary Approach to Counter – Terrorism and Violent Extremism began at the RACVIAC – Centre for Security Cooperation. The event is being organized in Cooperation with ...

RCC-organised Regional Coordination Conference focused on stepping up regional response in fight against radicalization, violent extremism, terrorism and foreign terrorist fighters in South East Europe (Photo: RCC/Selma Ahatovic-Lihic)

11 Nov 2016

Tirana - For the first time in this format key international partners, regional organisations and representatives of governments from South East Europe (SEE) gathered to discuss and agree upon practical recommendations and future steps in fight against radicalization, violent extremism, ...

RCC hosted regional expert workshop on “Factors and drivers underlying radicalization and violent extremism leading to terrorism”, in Sarajevo on 7 June 2016. (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

07 Jun 2016

The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretariat hosted a regional expert workshop on “Factors and drivers underlying radicalization and violent extremism leading to terrorism”, in Sarajevo today. The event, organized with the support of the Organization for Security and Co-operation ...

Marinko Raos, RCC Senior Advisor on Security Policy Issues, Goran Svilanovic, RCC Secretary General and Stefana Greavu, RCC Head of Political Department at the first meeting of the Group of National focal points for countering radicalization and violent extremism leading to terrorism and foreign terrorist fighters in Southeast Europe held in Sarajevo on 27 January 2016 (Photo: RCC/Natasa Mitrovic)

27 Jan 2016

Sarajevo, 27 January 2016 - Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, chaired today’s first meeting of the Group of National focal points for countering radicalization and violent extremism leading to terrorism and foreign terrorist fighters in Southeast Europe.

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