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The 9th Regional Security Coordination Conference dubbed “Working Together in Times of Global Uncertainties”, to be held on November 7-8, 2024, in Sarajevo, will focus on strengthening regional security cooperation in the Western Balkans amidst global geopolitical uncertainties. This ... read more
RCC to present findings of SecuriMeter 2024
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will unveil the fourth edition of SecuriMeter, its annual Public Opinion Survey on security perceptions and key socioeconomic issues in the Western Balkans, on 16 December 2024, in Tirana. Since 2021, SecuriMeter has provided valuable insights into public attitudes ... read more
Organised as the side event of the Regional Forum on Sustainable development for the UNECE region, the "Human security and resilience in South East Europe in the context of South East Europe 2030 Strategy" event aims to shed light on the pressing issues facing the region, particularly depopulation ... read more
The eighth Regional (Jumbo) Security Coordination Conference is to take place on 13-15 November 2023 in Rome. The conference will focus on regional security challenges and threats in the Western Balkans, featuring seven security-related panels, and interactive sessions, working groups, ... read more
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), in partnership with The European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Hybrid CoE) and with support from the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, is organizing The Fourth Regional Conference on Countering Disinformation ... read more
The seventh Regional (Jumbo) Security Coordination Conference is to take place on 17-18 November 2022 in Rome. The main objective of the 7th Regional (Jumbo) Security Coordination Conference aims at addressing and mapping out the main security trends which arose (or will be in the near ... read more
12th Meeting of the Heads of the National Security Authorities of South East Europe (SEE)
In the framework of the 2022 South East Europe National Security Authorities (SEENSA) Chairmanship of North Macedonia, the 12th Meeting of the Heads of the National Security Authorities of SEE will be held on 27 September 2022 in Skopje. The aim of this year’s SEENSA directors’ ... read more
Launch of Balkan Barometer and SecuriMeter 2022
It is that time of the year when Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) presents its annual pulse checker of people and businesses of the region. RCC is to present results of 8th edition of Balkan Barometer and 2nd edition of SecuriMeter in Brussels on 24 June 2022. Over 6.000 region’s citizens ... read more
At the 11th Meeting of the Heads of South East Europe National Security Agencies (SEENSA) that was held on 30 November 2021 under the Chairmanship of Bosnia and Herzegovina and with the support of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), it was agreed that the next SEENSA Chairmanship will be hosted by ... read more
Third Regional Conference on countering disinformation in the Western Balkans
Following the first and second Regional Disinformation Conference in 2020 and 2021, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organizing Third Regional Conference on countering disinformation in the Western Balkans on 1 June 2022 in Sarajevo in hybrid mode. The conference aims to provide ... read more
The French Presidency of the Council of the European Union, together with the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and with the support of SEESAC, organizes the Conference & Experts workshop on the implementation of the Western Balkans SALW Control Roadmap „Stronger together: How EU Member State’s ... read more
RCC’s SEE2030 at UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for Europe
On 6-7 April 2022, RCC is to organize two side events on RCC’s South East Europe 2030 Strategy (SEE2030) on the margins of this year’s UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development for Europe. SEE2030 Strategy – A Regional Attempt in Implementation of Sustainable ... read more
Tuesday 05 April (9:00 – 12:30) and Wednesday 06 April 2022 (9.00-12.30). This meeting will take place online via Webex. Background and aim of the meeting Practitioners feel the constant need to raise awareness regarding returned foreign terrorist fighters (FTFs) and particularly female returnees ... read more
Mapping the State of Play of Digitalization of Justice in the Western Balkans
Presentation of the regional assessment “Mapping the State of Play of Digitalization of Justice in the Western Balkans” is to take place in Skopje in hybrid format on 3 March 2022. The report which is to be published on RCC website on 3 March is a result of the need to map ... read more
Munich Security Conference 2022
The 58th Munich Security Conference (MSC) will be held this year from February 18 to 20, 2022, at its usual venue in Munich, the Hotel Bayerischer Hof. The MSC 2022 will remain true to its traditional formats but will welcome fewer guests and media representatives as well as smaller delegations to ... read more
Junior Diplomats Forum that will take place 3-4 February 2022 in an online format. The Forum will gather junior diplomats from all 13 SEECP Participants, with the aim to familiarise them with regional initiatives and the role of diplomats and diplomacy as the cornerstone of promoting cooperation ... read more
5th Meeting of the SEE Judicial Training Institutes Network
The fifth meeting of the South East Europe Judicial Training Institute (SEE JTI) network will be organized in hybrid mode in 10 December 2021, hosted by RCC and the Academy of Judges and Public Prosecutors in North Macedonia. The meeting will bring together the SEE JTI Network participants to discuss ... read more
11th Meeting of the Heads of the National Security Authorities of the South East Europe (SEE)
In the framework of the 2021 South East Europe National Security Authorities (SEENSA) Chairmanship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the 11th Meeting of the Heads of the National Security Authorities of SEE will be held on 30 November 2021 in hybrid mode. The meeting will focus on the potential ... read more
The Sixth Regional (Jumbo) Security Coordination Conference: “Enhancing regional security cooperation: a pillar of the Western Balkans European path” to be held on 6 December 2021, Paris, France, ... read more
Developments in Afghanistan have taken central stage in the world news in recent weeks. Speculations have arisen regarding the possibilities of another large influx of refugees ... read more
After the successful launch of the first-ever regional Securimeter - Security Public Opinion Survey, Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) in cooperation with the Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT), is organizing a regional online conference: "Spread of disinformation during the pandemic ... read more
Annual Meeting of the Regional Cooperation Council
Regional Cooperation Council’s (RCC) 13th Annual meeting will be held hybrid mode in Antalya on 16 June 2021 within the Turkish Chairmanship-in-Office (C-i-O) of the South East Europe Cooperation Process (SEECP). The meeting will serve as an opportunity to exchange views on the overall ... read more
RAN Webinar on “Digital exit work”
Digital exit work This webinar will be held in English We are pleased to invite you to attend the RAN webinar on “Digital exit work”, 24 June 2021 - 15:00 to 16:30 CEST Background and aim of this webinar Most existing deradicalisation ... read more
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will present its first-ever regional Securimeter - Security Public Opinion Survey and its analysis to the general public in an online event on 24 May 2021. #SecuriMeter 2021 tells us what Western Balkan citizens’ think on security in ... read more
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is to present its 1st special edition of the Security Public Opinion Survey (#SecuriMeter) 2021: “Attitudes towards security: Perceptions of security and threats in Western Balkans” – in hybrid mode, on 24 May 2021. The launch will be organized ... read more
The objectives of this cross-cutting thematic event is to combine multi-disciplinary findings, information and experiences from policy makers, practitioners and researchers in order to develop targeted recommendations on how to better prevent lone actor violent extremism. Target audience: Policy ... read more
RAN Event: How to better prevent reoffending of violent extremist and terrorist offenders
Joint meeting RAN WG PRISONS, RAN REHABILITATION and RAN POL Experienced prison, probation and rehabilitation/exit workers and police officers will look into the cases of reoffending violent extremist or terrorist offenders (VETOS). Target audience: Prison & probation staff and partners involved ... read more
Webinar on ‘Radicalisation Hubs in the EU’
This webinar will focus on so-called ‘radicalisation hubs’ introducing concrete case studies as well as practitioner oriented recommendations. Target audience: youth and family workers, local civil servants, exit workers and educators, including staff from CSOs, but also communication ... read more
European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism
European Day of Remembrance of Victims of Terrorism read more
MARRI Regional Conference “Tuning migration procedures to Covid-19: Good practices and way forward”
On the occasion of launching the findings of the regional Analysis of COVID-19 influence on migration in the MARRI Participants in the areas of irregular migration, trafficking in human beings and asylum, MARRI RC is organizing the virtual Regional Conference “Tuning migration procedures to ... read more
The South East European National Security Authorities (SEENSA) to meet at 10th NSA Heads Meeting
Directors and representatives of National Security Authorities from 13 South East Europe participating economies will meet on 27 November under the Chairmanship of Bulgaria and with support of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), to discuss on the reinforcement of the cooperation among SEENSA Participants ... read more
This is an online meeting that will take place in the afternoon of 24 November and morning of 25 November 2020 For the RAN C&N Working Group meeting on ‘The Impact of Conspiracy Theories on Violent RWE and LWE Narratives and how to counter them’ we are looking for first-line practitioners ... read more
Fifth Regional (Jumbo) Security Coordination Conference titled “Paving the Way for Stabilization in the Western Balkans: The Balkan Route in the New Geopolitical Order - Old and New Challenges to Security” will take place in online format on 19-20 November 2020. This year’s ... read more
Addressing the challenges posed by disinformation in the Western Balkans
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) in cooperation with Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa (OBCT), European External Action Service (EEAS) and Hybrid CoE are organizing webinar on addressing the challenges posed by disinformation in the Western Balkans on 11-12 November 2020. The ... read more
Regional Conference: „Addressing the challenges posed by disinformation in the Western Balkans“
It is our pleasure to announce that the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) organizing, in cooperation with the Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa, and in close cooperation with the EEAS Strategic communication Western Balkans Task Force in Brussels and the European Centre of Excellence for Countering ... read more
Western Balkans Working Group on Justice meets for the 13th time
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) together with the Ministry of Justice of Serbia will organize 13th meeting of the Western Balkans Working Group on Justice (WB WGJ) on 2 October 2020. The meeting will bring together high level representatives from Ministries of Justice of the Western Balkans ... read more
4th Meeting of the South East European Judicial Training Institutions Network
South East European Judicial Training Institutions’ Network (SEE JTI) meets for the 4th time on 28-29 September. This online meeting is organized by the Regional Cooperation Council in cooperation with Serbian Judicial Academy. The SEE JTI Network participants are to discuss issues ... read more
Gender mainstream in security structures
Basic Gender Awareness is the topic of the upcoming online seminar developed for the first time for military intelligence staff within the South East European Military Intelligence Chiefs (SEEMIC) framework, which contributes to the implementation of principles embodied in the UN Sustainable Development ... read more
Online Training: “Communication and Information Systems Protection”
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) in the framework of the South East European National Security Authorities (SEENSA) initiative, is to organise the online training “Communication and Information Systems Protection” on 1-2 September 2020. The aim of the training is to raise capacities ... read more
Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) meeting ‘(Post-)COVID narratives that polarise’
RAN Youth & Education meeting ‘(Post-)COVID narratives that polarise’ This is an online meeting that will take place on 24 and 25 September (1pm-4:30pm CET) For the RAN Youth & Education Working Group meeting on ‘(Post-)COVID narratives that polarise’ we are currently ... read more
Call for participants This is an online meeting that will take place on 15 and 17 September 2020 For the RAN C&N Working Group meeting on ‘The use of video gaming by (violent) extremists – strategies and narratives’, we are currently looking for suitable communications experts, ... read more
Events have been canceled or postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak
Events have been canceled or postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak read more
Joint meeting RAN H&SC and RAN POL: ‘Help the helper’
Joint meeting RAN H&SC and RAN POL ‘Help the helper’: Experienced H&SC practitioners and police men and women will look into what kind of problems H&SC professionals might have to deal with and how to address them via psychological support and/or safety measures including risk ... read more
RAN - Digital youth work in PVE
‘Digital youthwork in P/CVE’: This joint meeting aims to deepen the knowledge on doing digital youth work in specific P/CVE contexts, by focussing on how to reach and work with a specific target audience online. Target audience: (digital) youth workers, communication experts More info: Link ... read more
Third Western Balkans Digital Summit 2020 approaching
After two successful editions of the Western Balkans’ Digital Summits in Skopje, 2018 and Belgrade 2019, preparations for the third one in a row to take place in Albania in early April are in full swing. Representatives from the Western Balkans will meet in Podgorica on 27 February ... read more
Journalists and government representatives from the Western Balkans, together with domestic and international security experts will discuss contemporary security challenges and their media exposure at the Regional Workshop ‘New Age Journalism for New Age Security Challenges’, in Skopje on 3 March ... read more
RCC is looking for professional TV outlets or production agencies for production of TV series
The RCC Secretariat is looking for professional TV outlets or production agencies to embark on preproduction, production and postproduction of a TV series on women and children of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FtF) who have returned to the Western Balkans. This is aimed to support RCC’s long-standing ... read more
Security threats: Dialogue with Youth at Risk
Community Dialogue with Youth at Risk that is taking place in Tirana on 5 March 2020, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will gather young people for a discussion on prevention of violent extremism and protection of human rights, violent extremism and radicalization that leads to ... read more
Regional Response to Security Challenges in South East Europe
4th Regional Security Coordination Conference in South East Europe (SEE) titled “Regional Response to Security Challenges in SEE’ this year will take place in Trieste, Italy on 5 December 2019. This year the Conference will extend its focus to include broader range of key issues in regional ... read more
On November 28, 2019, European Eye on Radicalization will join LINKS Europe and The Hague Humanity Hub, in the forth Conversation on Conflict. Conversations on Conflict is a series of events that aim to rethink approaches to conflict prevention and resolution. The event seeks ... read more
4th Meeting of the supported Regional Network of National P-CVE Coordinators (RNNC)
4th Meeting of the supported Regional Network of National P-CVE Coordinators (RNNC), 3 december 2019, Skopje, Macedonia. read more
Intelligence services in cyber domain and gender mainstreaming in focus of upcoming SEEMIC meeting
11th South East European Military Intelligence Chiefs’ forum (SEEMIC) meeting will take place in Ljubljana on 6 November 2019, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and Slovenian Intelligence and Security Service of the Ministry of Defence (ISS MoD). This SEEMIC is meeting, ... read more
Discussion on future steps in cooperation of National Security Authorities in South East Europe
Directors and representatives of National Security Authorities from 13 South East Europe participating economies (SEENSA) and high level officials from NATO and EU will meet in Tirana, on 24 October 2019, under the Chairmanship of Albania and with support of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), ... read more
Council of Europe regional conference on addressing radicalisation in prisons in WB region
During 22 – 23 October 2019, a regional conference in Sarajevo will launch the beginning of a new regional project on addressing violent extremism and radicalisation in prisons in Western Balkans, implemented under the auspices of the Horizontal Facility II Programme for Western Balkans and Turkey, ... read more
The rise of right-wing extremism and what this may mean for Ireland
Date and Time Fri, October 18, 2019 9:30 AM – 12:30 PM IST Add to Calendar Location The Royal Irish Academy 19 Dawson Street Dublin Ireland View Map ---- Description ... read more
Efforts and resources on P/CVE have increased throughout the EU over the last decade. Since challenges like the foreign terrorist fighters phenomenon appeared suddenly, the demand for putting interventions in place or even to develop them from scratch has been high. As the field is quite new, there ... read more
Member States Workshop on Islamist Extremism (RAN)
This workshop will review current trends, challenges and manifestations of Islamist extremism (IE). In addition, it will explore the specific contexts of participating MS. Each MS will briefly present an overview of the context, strategy and challenges regarding IE in their respective countries. The ... read more
RAN H&SC ‒ Alienation vs integration
The aim is to learn from experiences of social workers and health professionals working with people of a migrant or refugee background about how to safeguard them from push and pull factors leading to radicalisation or violent extremism. The meeting will delve into risk factors and problems faced ... read more
University of Kent, Brussels School for International Studies, Boulevard Louis Schmidt 2a, Etterbeek
Category- Youth Date- Thursday, 21 November 2019 10:00 - 16:00 Venue- University of Kent, Brussels School for International Studies, Boulevard Louis Schmidt 2a, Etterbeek ... read more
Conference on Preventing Violent Radicalisation
The seminar discusses how to increase the effectiveness of the prevention of violent extremism and provides a platform for exchanging experiences on efforts already taken. In the context of counter-terrorism, preventing violent extremism is a priority not only for Finland’s Presidency of the Council ... read more
ICT's annual international conference is the largest and one of the most influential events in the field of counter-terrorism today. The conference is a vital opportunity for high-profile experts from diverse background of disciplines to establish professional relationships and serves as a platform for ... read more
RAN YOUNG Academy session 4 - How to professionalise your initiative?
RAN YOUNG Academy session 4 - How to professionalise your initiative? What is next? After setting up their local P/CVE initiatives, the participants will learn how to professionalise their initiative to ensure a sustainable impact in their communities. Target audience: RAN YOUNG Academy participants. More ... read more
This meeting, supported by RAN, aims to take stock of and critically assess current P/CVE measures in the EU. Building on this, participants will analyse future scenarios and look into the related needs and challenges for P/CVE policies and practices. If you are interested in participating in the ... read more
Policy and Practice event – Extremists being released from prison: community and family acceptance
Extremists being released from prison: community and family acceptance: this meeting aims to assist policymakers better understand the challenges practitioners face with regards to this topic and to formulate policy recommendations. The purpose of this meeting is also to inform practitioners ... read more
Forged document training course in the Republic of North Macedonia: basic-level training
The Transnational Threats Department Border Management and Security Unit, in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior, Bureau for Public Security, Department for Border Affairs and Migrations of the Republic of North Macedonia, is organising a training on the detection of forged documents. The ... read more
The Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a two-day seminar on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) on 1 and 2 August 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. Experts from Belarus, Slovenia and Ukraine familiarized 55 representatives from the National Bank of Kazakhstan, ... read more
Organizer Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Website: https://www.bledstrategicforum.org/ Click to download Bled Strategic Forum 2019 – Agenda Bled Strategic Forum 2019 – Concept Paper Bled Strategic Forum 2019 – Programme with Speakers – (Re)sources of (In)stability BFS ... read more
Safeguarding refugees from being recruited and radicalised
Safeguarding refugees from being recruited and radicalised: this meeting aims to achieve a common appreciation of the responses needed to prevent and counter violent extremism within receiving communities targeted against newcomers, such as refugees. Target audience: practitioners and policymakers engaged ... read more
Regional cooperation in focus of the Western Balkans Summit in Poznan
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) takes part in this year’s Western Balkans Summit, held within the Berlin Process series, taking place in Poznan, Poland 3-5 July 2019. Regional cooperation, connectivity, mobility, Roma Integration, ways to overcome the present regional challenges as well as ... read more
21st Meeting of the PCC SEE Expert Working Group
21st Meeting of the PCC SEE Expert Working Group June 26 2019 read more
Polish Presidency of the Berlin Process will host the first ministerial meeting on 11-12 April in Warsaw. Foreign ministers of the Berlin Process countries and officials from the European Commission, the European Foreign Action Service and the Regional Youth Cooperation Office will discuss bilateral ... read more
RAN Research Seminar (Vienna, 26-27 June)
The seminar will focus on an assessment and discussion of current developments of Islamist extremist and far right extremist ideologies, and on the rehabilitation of terrorist and extremist offenders. This will be complemented with debates around current approaches to knowledge sharing within the P/CVE ... read more
How can victims contribute to social cohesion after a period of violence?
In the context of countries emerging from long periods of violence (such as Basque Country, Northern Ireland, the former Yugoslavia, as well as the end of the Caliphate in Syria and Iraq), this meeting will delve deep into the social and political situation of the victims. Participants will review ... read more
Organized by The Government of Mongolia in collaboration with the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism The purpose of this event is to engage policymakers, civil society and other relevant actors from across Asia ... read more
Safeguarding refugees from being recruited and radicalised: this meeting aims to achieve a common appreciation of the responses needed to prevent and counter violent extremism within receiving communities targeted against newcomers, such as refugees. Target audience: practitioners and policymakers engaged ... read more
RAN RVT- VIII International Congress for the Victims of Terrorism
VIII International Congress for the Victims of Terrorism: this meeting aims to use the commemoration of attacks as a way to prevent violent extremism. Target audience: representatives of victims associations, victims of terrorism of recent and older attacks, and Member State representatives. read more
Evaluating impact of disengagement, deradicalisation and resocialisation efforts: this event aims to provide with methodologies for evaluating exit work and other P/CVE interventions. Target audience: exit workers read more
RAN C&N: Communications after an attack and the role of media
Communications after an attack and the role of media: this meeting will focus on how to deliver alternative and counter-narratives in the aftermath of a terrorist attack. Target audience: youth workers, social or family workers, crisis communications specialists, journalists, social media companies ... read more
Policy & Practice event - Extremists being released from prison: community and family acceptance
Extremists being released from prison: community and family acceptance: this meeting aims to assist policymakers better understand the challenges practitioners face with regards to this topic and to formulate policy recommendations. The purpose of this meeting is also to inform practitioners about the ... read more
Policy & Practice event - Narratives and strategies of FRE and Islamist extremists
Narratives and strategies of FRE and Islamist extremists: this event is an opportunity to look into the most used narratives and strategies by far-right violent extremist and terrorist groups and discuss which elements and grievances should be addressed on what level and how. Target audience: national ... read more
The seminar will focus on an assessment and discussion of current developments of Islamist extremist and far right extremist ideologies, and on the rehabilitation of terrorist and extremist offenders. This will be complemented with debates around current approaches to knowledge sharing within the P/CVE ... read more
RAN EDU: Schools and challenging far right extremism
RAN EDU Schools and challenging far right extremism: this meeting aims to discuss the best ways to address the issue of right wing extremism not only inside the classroom, but in the wider school community.Target audience: teachers, projects leaders and researchers dealing with far right extremis read more
Multi-agency meeting RAN YF&C – P&P
Extremists being released from prison - community and family acceptance: the meeting aims to identify available good practices on this topic. Target audience: experts from prison and probation services and exit programmes, community and family support workers, local P/CVE coordinators read more
Prevention of Online Radicalization in South East Europe
Regional Workshop on Prevention of Online Radicalization, taking place in Budva on 12 April 2019, organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and Bureau for operational coordination of Security Services of Montenegro, is to gather experts from the South East Europe (SEE) and the European ... read more
Empowering local communities in prevention of radicalization and violent extremism
Following the implementation of whole of society approach in prevention of local radicalization and violent extremism, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) together with the Office of the Prime Minister and National Coordinator on Prevention of Extremism of Kosovo* is organising a Workshop to ... read more
Innovative Approaches to Preventing and Countering Violent Extremism
Joint meeting at the European Parliament hosted by Member of the European Parliament Ana Gomes and co-organised with the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI) Political violence and societal extremism worldwide are neither diminishing nor contained and ... read more
Radicalisation in the Portuguese context - Prevention, Evaluation and Intervention Strategies
Organised by the European Prison Observatory with the support of the DG Justice of the European Commission. More informations on: Link read more
RCC preparing for the 2nd WB Digital Summit
As the preparations for the upcoming second Western Balkans Digital Summit (WB DS 2019) progress, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) and partners continue defining the final concept of the event, covering all important topics and areas in order to build another successful event that is to take ... read more
Radicalisation and Violent Extremism In The Western Balkans
Western Balkans Extremism Research Forum is a regional, UK government funded, research project on violent extremism aiming to assess dimensions of threats emanating from the Western Balkans region. It aims to enhance understanding and increase ability of the UK and its Western Balkans partners ... read more
Hate Speech and Artificial Intelligence
Hate speech, various forms of racism and xenophobia are spreading increasingly through social networks while machine-learning based techniques are becoming more efficient in tracking written and video content. The goal of this CERRE roundtable is to explore the opportunities and the risks of ... read more
2nd Digital Summit 2019 Steering Committee Meeting
The second meeting of the Western Balkans (WB) Digital Summit 2019 Steering Committee, under auspices of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), is to take place in Berlin on 14 December 2018. The preparatory meeting is to tackle several aspects of the 2nd WB Digital Summit that is to take ... read more
Central European Cybersecurity Conference 2018
About the Conference: The second Central European Cybersecurity Conference – CECC 2018 aims at establishing a venue for the exchange of information on cybersecurity and its many aspects in central Europe. CECC 2018 encourages the dialogue between researchers of technical and social aspects of ... read more
Western Balkans Resilience Forum
Western Balkans Resilience Forum – Collaborative Approaches to confronting extremism through action November 14- 16, 2018 180+ participants from six countries (Albania, BiH, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia), including ministers of interior/security, members of parliament and mayors, will ... read more
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organizing the Third Regional Coordination Conference for Counter-Terrorism (CT) and Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in South East Europe (SEE), together with the Government of Turkey and the Integrative Internal Security Governance (IISG), ... read more
Opportunities for Preventing Violent Extremism in the Western Balkans
Expert meeting/policy dialogue for the project “Opportunities for Preventing Violent Extremism (PVE) in the Western Balkans”, which is lead by the Atlantic Initiative and Berghof Foundation, supported by the German Federal Foreign Office. At this dialogue the publication “Community Perspectives ... read more
Panel discussion: Ensuring the Rights of Children of Foreign Terrorist Fighters
26 September 2018, 1:15–2:30 p.m in New York. Co-hosted by the Government of Belgium and the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre (UNCCT) This event will bring together Member States, United Nations entities and civil society leaders to highlight the situation of children of foreign ... read more
Belgrade Security Forum - 2018
BSF 2018: Finding Answers together to the New Normal Continuing uncertainty and unpredictability is no longer a form of crisis; unpredictability has become “new normal” in international relations. Actors no longer feel committed to the rules and institutions of the post-Cold War period. ... read more
Meeting of the Board of the Regional Cooperation Council
35th Meeting of the Board of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is to take place at the RCC Secretariat in Sarajevo on 18 October 2018. The Board will hear Report of the RCC Secretary General, Goran Svilanovic, ... read more
Regional Conference on Cybersecurity: Cooperation and Information Exchange
The Conference, which is being organized by the National Centre for Computer Incident Response (CIRT), OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC), will gather cybersecurity experts from South East Europe, some EU MS and other relevant institutions. The topics to be elaborated ... read more
Budva - The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organising a Regional Workshop on media coverage of violent extremism-related topics for journalists from the Western Balkans, on 25 October 2018, in Budva, Montenegro. Journalist from all over Western Balkans together with regional and international ... read more
As part of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2018, and as the concluding event of the ‘EE-BG-AT’ (Estonia-Bulgaria-Austria) Trio Presidency, department I/8 ‘Cyber Security, GovCERT and NIS Office’ of the Federal Chancellery is organising and hosting a cyber security conference ... read more
Second Meeting of the Regional Network of Western Balkan National P/CVE Coordinators
Between 15-16 October, EUD / EUSR to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the IISG Support Group are organising the Second Meeting of the Regional Network of Western Balkan National P/CVE Coordinators in Budva, Montenegro. The meeting will be hosted by the Ministry of the Interior of ... read more
The Regional Cooperation Council convened on September 11 in Bled (Slovenia) directors and experts of the national security authorities from the SEE (SEENSA) in order to discuss the importance of boosting cyber resilience in the Western Balkans and the South East Europe. read more
Meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Initiative (CTI) Network
The Criminal Police Directorate of the Slovenian Police and the IISG Support Group hosted by DCAF Ljubljana are organizing the “Meeting of the Counter-Terrorism Initiative (CTI) Network” in Portorož, Slovenia, from 23th – 25th October 2018. The Meeting is supported by the Western ... read more
Community Dialogue with Youth: early signs of radicalisation among youth in local communities
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organising a one-day workshop to discuss early signs of radicalisation among youth in local communities with students from across Bosnia and Herzegovina. The event is to take place at Faculty for Criminalistics, Criminology and Security Studies ... read more
Cyber Security: Training on WMD Cyber Crimes Investigations
Purpose and Objectives The objective of this Course is to instruct nontechnical investigators in the skills needed to exploit digital technology to combat criminal activities, the proliferation of WMD, and the misuse of dual-use materials and technologies. For the purpose of this Course digital ... read more
To identify possible ways and means to develop strategies and establish adequate short and long-term rehabilitation and reintegration programs for those individuals who have been identified and prosecuted as Foreign terrorist Fighters. RACVIAC has been taking part in and contributing to the WBCTi ... read more
Between 10th and 11th September 2018, the Slovenian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Centre for European Perspective (CEP) are organizing the 13th Bled Strategic Forum at Lake Bled, Slovenia. By seeking new perspectives in traditional perceptions, the organizers’ aim will be to engage participants ... read more
Conference "Media and Terrorism" - Konferencija „Mediji I Terorizam“
Misija OSCE-a u Bosni i Hercegovini organizuje međunarodnu konferenciju na temu„Mediji i terorizam“, koja će se održati u periodu od 31. augusta do 2. septembra 2018. godine u hotelu „Termag“ na Jahorini. Na konferenciji će učestvovati novinari i medijski profesionalci iz BiH i inostranstva ... read more
Youth Empowerment in preventing radicalisation and violent extremism
RAN Young Target audience: young people active in CVE in schools, political parties, youth centres, sports clubs, etc. read more
The Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Serbia is organizing a Ministerial Conference on high-tech crime and information security under the slogan “Connect Securely!” in Belgrade, on 20th and 21st September 2018. The Conference is supported through the project Enhancing Cybersecurity ... read more
Ministerial Conference on Cybercrime and information security named "Connect securely" will be held in Belgrade, in the Palace of Serbia, on 20 and 21 September 2018. *** Ministarska konferencija o visokotehnološkom kriminalu i informacionoj bezbjednosti "Poveži se sigurno" ... read more
Workshop: „Training the Trainers” (P/CVE )
In cooperation with the Office of the National Coordinator for Preventing Violent Extremism and Terrorism of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, the RCC will on October 2-4 2018 in Skopje, organise two days of “Training the Trainers” workshop aimed at boosting skills and knowledge base ... read more
Workshop „Community Dialogue – Preventing Radicalisation in Local Communities and Among Youth
In cooperation with the Faculty of criminalistics, criminology and security studies of the University of Sarajevo, the RCC will on September 18th gather in Sarajevo students from Bihac, Banjaluka, Tuzla, Zenica, Mostar and Sarajevo in order to discuss early signs of radicalisation in local communities and ... read more
Western Balkans Summit: London 2018
On 10 July 2018 the UK will host the Western Balkans Summit in London. The summit will bring together the leaders of the Western Balkans countries and like-minded European partners to strengthen security co-operation, increase economic stability and encourage political co-operation. For more information ... read more
Building Integrity and Preventing Corruption Workshop
To identify possible ways and means to develop strategies and establish adequate short and long-term rehabilitation and reintegration programs for those individuals who have been identified and prosecuted as Foreign terrorist Fighters. RACVIAC has been taking part in and contributing to the WBCTi ... read more
Kick-Off meeting of the Regional Network for P&CVE Coordinators
The IISG Support Group and the EUD / EUSR Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the support of the CEELI Institute Prague, are organizing the Kick-Off Meeting of the Regional Network for P/CVE Coordinators, intended for the establishment of a regional platform which will create a high-level forum ... read more
Western Balkans Extremism Research Forum
On 3rd July, in light of the upcoming Western Balkans Summit on 9-10th July and as part of the Berlin Process hosted by the UK, the British Council and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office are organising a meeting of the Western Balkan Extremism Research Forum. The UK presidency ... read more
Regional Conference against countering violent extremism
Regional Conference against countering violent extremism- 4 June 2018- Palace of Congresses- Tirana read more
Optimising Triple P (Police – Prison – Probation)
In order to increase the exchange of information between practitioners and national policymakers, RAN will in the year 2018 deliver six Policy and Practice Events. » Optimising Triple P (Police – Prison – Probation) « is the last meeting in the chain of Policy & Practice events in 2018. ... read more
Resilience of children against radicalisation
The meeting, organized by the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) will discuss a call to action urging practitioners and policy-makers to join efforts and apply recommendations to increase resilience among children who are vulnerable to radicalization. For more information please visit ... read more
National Workshop of the First Line Project in Budva
Within the EU project, entitled “FIRST LINE Practitioners Dealing with Radicalization Issues – Awareness Raising and Encouraging Capacity Building in the Western Balkan Region”, Slovenian Police is organizing a workshop between 15- 16 May in Budva, Montenegro. The scope of this workshop ... read more
Counter-Terrorism Challenges in the Region of South Eastern Europe
From 22 to 24 of May 2018, Slovenia will host the eight-international regional conference ‘Counter-Terrorism Challenges in the Region of South Eastern Europe’. The conference will be jointly organized by the Ministry of Defense Republic of Slovenia, Embassy of the United States of America ... read more
On 4th June, the Albanian National Coordinator for Countering Violent Extremism will hold a regional meeting on the topic of countering violent extremism (CVE) with key stakeholders from the region and beyond, entitled “Going Together and in Partnership on Countering Violent Extremism” – Western ... read more
One-day workshop for Member States on the evaluation of preventing and countering violent extremism
The Hague, Netherlands One-day workshop for Member States on the evaluation of preventing and countering violent extremism The workshop will focus on a state-of-the-art overview on the effectiveness of PCVE programmes and interventions: what works, for whom, in what circumstances and how?. Target ... read more
Working with local communities in CVE
Working with local communities in CVE September 28 In order to increase the exchange of information between practitioners and national policymakers, RAN will in the year 2018 deliver six Policy and Practice Events. » Working with local communities in CVE« is the fourth meeting in the chain of ... read more
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will organize in Sarajevo a table top exercise on the protection of critical energy infrastructure from terrorist attacks emanating from cyberspace. read more
The Italian OSCE Chairmanship with the support of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organizes the 2018 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference in Rome, Italy. read more
First Council of Europe Counter-Terrorism Committee Plenary Meeting
On 16 - 18 May 2018, the Council of Europe Counter-Terrorism Committee (CDCT) will hold its first Plenary Meeting in Strasbourg. The CDCT replaces the CODEXTER as the Steering Committee in charge of counter-terrorism issues. Among the issues to be examined at the Plenary Meeting is the feasibility ... read more
Police and law enforcement Working Group (RAN POL)
The meeting will seek to build a common understanding of the different faces of right-and left-wing extremism, and the role of the police in preventing and countering extremists on both sides. Target audience: Police experts dealing with right- and left-wing extremism, police partners in early prevention, ... read more
1st Western Balkans Digital Summit
The First Western Balkans’s Digital Summit supported and co-organised by the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) together with the host government and in cooperation with the European Commission (EC) and German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy will take place in Skopje ... read more
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organising a two-day event including regional workshop and conference tackling countering online radicalisation in the context of cyber security in Belgrade on 17-18 April 2018. The participants including the experts ... read more
Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) convenes the 5th meeting of the Group of National Focal Points for Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism in South East Europe (NFP P/CVE Group) in Belgrade, on 17 April 2018. The meeting participants will hear an update by the RCC team on current trends in violent ... read more
The 23rd German Congress on Crime Prevention will take place on the 11th and 12th of June 2018 in the State capital of the Free State Saxony, Dresden, Germany. The main topic will be "Violence and Radicalism - Current Challenges for Prevention". Hosting partner institutions ... read more
Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) meeting: Optimising Triple P (Police – Prison – Probation)
In order to increase the exchange of information between practitioners and national policymakers, RAN will in the year 2018 deliver six Policy and Practice Events. » Optimising Triple P (Police – Prison – Probation) « is the last meeting in the chain of Policy & Practice events in 2018. ... read more
Working with local communities in CVE
In order to increase the exchange of information between practitioners and national policymakers, RAN will in the year 2018 deliver six Policy and Practice Events. » Working with local communities in CVE« is the fourth meeting in the chain of Policy & Practice events in 2018. National policies, ... read more
Resilience of children against radicalisation
The meeting, organized by the Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) will discuss a call to action urging practitioners and policy-makers to join efforts and apply recommendations to increase resilience among children who are vulnerable to radicalization. For more information please visit ... read more
Making the voice of young people heard
In order to increase the exchange of information between practitioners and national policymakers, RAN will in the year 2018 deliver six Policy and Practice Events. “Making the voice of young people heard” is the second organized event, which will focus on the role of youngsters (peers) who radicalize ... read more
Common P-CVE challenges in Western Balkans and European Union
In order to increase the exchange of information between practitioners and national policymakers, RAN will in the year 2018 deliver six Policy and Practice Events. The “Common PCVE challenges in Western Balkans and European Union” is just the first which aims to attract both groups of actors (authorities ... read more
MAKING EUROPE SAFER – Data, networks and cloud: drivers of cybersecurity in Europe
On Wednesday April 11th, I-Com organized the public conference “MAKING EUROPE SAFER – Data, networks and cloud: drivers of cybersecurity in Europe”. The event will be hosted by MEP Andreas SCHWAB. Cybersecurity is a priority for the EU in order to ensure confidence in digitization. Cybersecurity ... read more
Two years after the Brussels attacks: The challenge of jihadist radicalisation in Europe and beyond
Speaker(s): Herman Van Rompuy, President, European Policy Centre; President Emeritus of the European Council Didier Reynders, Deputy Prime Minister; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Belgium Julian King, European Commissioner for the Security Union Saad Amrani, Chief Commissioner, Policy Advisor, Belgian ... read more
The Italian Chairmanship will devote the OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference to the theme “The Reverse Flow of Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTFs): Challenges for the OSCE Area and Beyond”. The conference will be held at the level of national counter-terrorism co-ordinators, senior experts ... read more
Brdo Process Ministerial Meeting “2nd Integrative Internal Security Governance (IISG) Board Meeting”
Western Balkans and Child Returnees
RAN Policy and Practice ‘Western Balkans and Child Returnees’ (in collaboration with the Bulgarian Presidency): participants will discuss options for responding to young returnees to the Western Balkans whose parents have joined terrorist groups. Target audience: practitioners dealing with ... read more
Radicalisation Awareness Network (RAN) - Police and law enforcement Working Group (RAN POL) read more
Police Command Counterterrorism Network (ATLAS)
Police Command Counterterrorism Network (ATLAS) Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) read more
EU First Line (WBCTi-IISG) workshop on P/CVE
The Purpose of the workshop is to combine practitioners and senior policy officials, researchers, academia, NGO, religious and local communities and relevant respective international representatives in discussion regarding effective preventing violent extremism which leads to terrorism. Special ... read more
Meeting of the Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group on EUROPOL
The Joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Group is a unique form of scrutiny on the functioning of Europol by the European Parliament, together with national Parliaments. In congruence with Article 88 TFEU, as introduced by the Lisbon treaty, the adopted on 11 May 2016 Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the ... read more
CyberMediation: New technologies for political mediation
How can digital technology contribute to political mediation? The UN Department of Political Affairs, DiploFoundation, Centre for Humanitarian Dialogue, swisspeace and researchers from Harvard University joined forces to explore how digital technology is impacting the role of mediators in the prevention ... read more
10th RCC Anniversary and Champion of Regional Cooperation Award Ceremony
This year Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) marks 10 years since its establishment. On the occasion of its 10 anniversary RCC is to host a reception for its partners, stakeholders and friends in Sarajevo on 14 March 2018. The reception will include brief overview of the organisation’s achievements ... read more
Terrorism Experts Conference (COE-DAT, Turkey)
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE DEFENCE AGAINST TERRORISM , Ankara - TURKEY COE-DAT conducts annual conferences: -To share experiences and lessons learned in recent CT operations/activities, -To assess general trends and future projections in terrorism and CT, -To find feasible solutions to the problems ... read more
Counter Terrorism Conference 2018, Adelphi House, Salford
“What terrorists want is for us to fear and turn in on one another. But we will never give terrorists what they want. We will stand together and we will make the point that terrorists will never win. That our values, our country, our unity will prevail.” - Amber Rudd, Home Secretary A ... read more
Security & Counter Terror Expo, London, UK
6-7 March 2018, London Olympia The terrorist landscape has changed in recent years with extremists going to new measures to cause harm and disruption across the globe. Attacks are no longer limited to methods such as improvised explosives and the hijacking of planes. Everyday items such as cars ... read more
Regional Prevention and Countering of Violent Extremism (P-CVE) coordination conference
Regional P/CVE coordination conference (co-organized with partner organizations, back-to-back with the NFP Group meeting) Date: November 2018. (day- TBD) Location - (TBD) read more
Date: November 2018. (day- TBD) Location - (TBD) read more
South East Europe Military Intelligence Chiefs’ Forum (SEEMIC) - main conference
SEEMIC - main conference Date: October 2018. (day- TBD) Location - (TBD) read more
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) organizing conference: Regional conference on law enforcement/judicial services and state attorneys/prosecutors in dealing with terrorism and violent extremism –connected crimes. The Conference, which will take place in Tirana 29-30 May 2018, will gather ... read more
Meeting of the South East European National Security Authorities (SEENSA) Working Group
The meeting of the South East European National Security Authorities (SEENSA) Working Group, hosted by the Republic of Slovenia’s Government Office for the Protection of Classified Information (NSA) and the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will be held on 29 March in Ljubljana, Slovenia. The ... read more
The aim of the conference is to strengthen dialogue and co-operation on issues pertaining to P/C VERLT between the OSCE and Asian region by providing a forum to exchange experiences and good practices and to explore the way forward. Subject: Violent extremism and radicalisation leading ... read more
The RCC organizes the third regular meeting of its SEE National Focal Points (NFP) for countering radicalization and violent extremism (CVE) and foreign terrorist fighters (FTF). The meeting will evaluate the progress made under the SEE Regional CVE-FTF Platform, whose website will become operational ... read more
The Board of the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) will meet for the first time in the year 2018 to hear and discuss the organization’s activities with a focus on the Report of the Secretary General on the activities of the RCC Secretariat for the period of 1 September – 31 December 2017. The ... read more
Second Regional Coordination Conference for Counter-Terrorism (CT) and Prevention and Countering Violent Extremism (P/CVE) in South East Europe (SEE) – organized by the RCC and Slovenian SEECP Chairmanship-in-Office. For the second time in a row, the Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) is organizing ... read more
“Prosecution, Detention, Rehabilitation and Reintegration of Returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters” regional expert workshop, co-organized by the RCC, RACVIAC – Centre for Security Cooperation, and OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina read more
“Role of education and civil society in prevention of violent extremism”
The workshop for Western Balkans education experts - how to establish and improve use of education systems in prevention of violent extremism (PVE). read more
Meeting of the Expert working group of the South East European Military Intelligence Chiefs’ forum read more
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