IMPRESS: Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia's Safety & Security Sector

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS • ANALYSIS OF LEGISLATION OF THE REPUBLIC OF SERBIA IN HIGHER EDUCATION AREA • Analysis of current legislation of the Republic of Serbia in the area of safety & security in terms of academic and professional education Ivan Dimitrijević University of Belgrade, Faculty of Security Studies Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS (10 April, 2018 Workshop, WP 2, Faculty of security studies, belgrade)

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Higher Education in theRepublic of Serbia • The legal basis for higher education system in the Republic of Serbia includes the Law on Higher Education (2017) and the Strategy for Development of Education in Serbia to 2020, • Higher education is institutionally organized through universities, faculties, colleges of academic studies, and colleges of professional studies, • Republic of Serbia is signatory of Bologna Declaration in 2003. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Higher Education in theRepublic of Serbia • The higher education system in the Republic of Serbia is organized through three levels (6, 7, and 8), where the first level includes Bachelor Studies and Vocational Studies, the second level includes Graduate Studies and Professional Academic Studies, and the highest level includes Doctoral Studies, • Professional studies could only be organized through two levels (6th and 7th), with three possible types of studies: Professional Career Studies, Vocational Studies, and Master Professional Studies. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Higher Education System in the Republic of Serbia Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Legislation of the Republic of Serbia in Higher Education Area Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Legislation of the Republic of Serbia in Higher Education Area – University of Belgrade Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Legislation of the Republic of Serbia in Higher Education Area – University of Defence Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Legislation of the Republic of Serbia in Higher Education Area – Academy of Criminalistic and Police Studies Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Legislation of the Republic of Serbia in Higher Education Area – Educons University Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Legislation of the Republic of Serbia in Higher Education Area – Metropolitan University Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security • A set of legal requirements for academic and professional education for security sector tasks and responsibilities is recognized in laws and by-laws regulating both higher education and security sector in the Republic of Serbia, • Provisions regulating academic and professional education/training/licensing, are more detailed within by-laws than in laws regulating specific security sub-sectors, • All security sub-sectors and areas are covered within the analyzed legislation. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security • Areas covered by laws and by-laws: • Defence system/armed forces • Public safety/police • Intelligence services • Emergency management/fire safety • IT security • Public information/personal data protection • Occupational health and safety • Private security/private investigators • Customs/money laundering/inspections Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Higher Education • Law on Higher Education was a legal basis for establishing the National Security Academy of the Security-Information Agency, central security and intelligence service in the Republic of Serbia, • By-law establishing the National Security Academy was a Government Decision from 2013, • It is stated that the Academy provides multidisciplinary approaches aimed at acquiring specific knowledge for security-related tasks. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Defence System • Defence sector is regulated through two laws, the Law on Defence and the Law on Serbian Armed Forces, • These laws do not have specific provisions related to tasks in the armed forces or defence system, • The Law on Armed Forces regulates school degree for different military ranks (elementary school for soldiers, secondary school degree for NCOs, higher education for high-ranked officers), • By-laws (regulations and decisions) are regulating the roles and responsibilities of citizens, state institutions, and private entities in wartime and emergencies. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Public Safety • Public safety is regulated with the Law on Police, which regulates educational requirements on all the levels for varios ranks and positions in the Ministry of Interior and Direction of Police of the Republic of Serbia (police and fire officers), • Regulations on career development, on managing positions, on professional education and training, on training for professional exam in the Ministry of Interior, • Rulebook on competences for Ministry employees, • Code of police ethics. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Intelligence Services • Law on Security-Information Agency does not have any specific provisions for education and training, • Law on Military Security and Military Intelligence Agencies has general provisions about specialized courses and training, • There is one regulation on special criteria and procedure for employment in Military Security and Military Intelligence Agencies. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Emergency Management • Emergency management is regulated with the Law on Emergency Situations: • Higher education requirement for risk assessment license (for Protection and Rescue Plan), • Primary and secondary education for citizens’ training, • Compulsory training and education for civil protection officers, emergency situations staffs, specialized civil protection units, protection and rescue forces, etc. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Emergency Management • Regulations on protection and rescue plans for emergency situations, on composition and work of emergency situation staffs, on active reserve in specialized civil protection units, • Rulebook on training, study programs, and study equipment for civil protection training, on organization and work of specialized civil protection units, on professional exam and risk assessment license, • Decision on delegation of authorized and trained legal entities for protection and rescue. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Fire Safety • The Law on Fire Safety says that all the employees must have a basic training from fire safety, and that persons working on fire safety tasks need special training, with employees in the MoD and SAF have to pass a professional exam, • Rulebooks on selection of candidates for basic fire and rescue units, on professional exam and acquiring license for fire protection, on control of fire safety systems, on special training for fire safety, on exam for fire safety inspectors. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – IT Security • The Law on IT Security says that all the employees must have a basic training in IT security, • Regulations on the list of tasks which are aimed at general interest where ICTs of special importance are used; on detailed conditions for entering the Evidence of special centers for prevention of security risks in information and communication systems. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Personal Data Protection • Law on Personal Data Protection has no specific provisions on education requirements, • Regulation on evidence about the use of personal data, • Rulebooks on background check of tasks related to the use of personal data; on employing in the service of Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Public Information • The Law on Public Information requires higher education in law for Commissioner position, and related education for public servants, • Rulebooks on employing in the service of Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection; on professional education of employed in the service of Commissioner for Information of Public Importance and Personal Data Protection. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Occupational Health and Safety • The Law on Occupational Health and Safety recognizes professional exam for person responsible for occupational health and safety; higher education (240 ECTS) requirements for legal entity responsible for occupational health and safety tasks, audit of related equipment and working conditions, and person responsible for occupational health and safety, with professional exam and license; higher education (180 ECTS) person specialized in occupational health and safety with professional exam and license; higher education for inspectors of work (240 ECTS) with professional exam and license. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Occupational Health and Safety • Rulebooks on risk assessment in workplace and work environment, on fulfillment of conditions for health and safety at work, on specialization of knowledge related to occupational health and safety, on the professional exam for occupational health and safety, on conditions and expenses for the license for tasks in occupational health and safety. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Private Security • The Law on Private Security recognizes the training for tasks of private security and professional exam, for the license for private security tasks with secondary school degree; the professional exam for the licenses for projection, installation, maintenance, monitoring of technical protection systems; and six different licenses for tasks of private security for legal entity, • Rulebooks on criteria for legal entities and persons, for professional training; on programs and training for private security tasks. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Private Investigators • The Law on Private Investigators is regulating the investigative tasks for legal entities and entrepreneurs, and it requires the license (from the Ministry of Interior) as well as higher education degree, • The Law on Private Investigators requires the higher education degree, the license acquired from the Ministry of Interior, for tasks of private investigators for individuals, • Rulebook on program of education and training of persons for private investigation tasks and professional exam. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Customs • The Law on Customs recognizes the training for professional exam given by the customs authority, and special professional exam for representation in customs legal process for acquiring a license for customs representation with secondary school degree, • Rulebook on program and contents of special professional exam, issue and recalling of license for customs representation. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Money Laundering • The Law on Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism requires an education for employees of the Administration for the Prevention of Money Laundering; professional training for tributary, and authorized person; professional education for employees with tasks related to prevention of money laundering and financing of terrorism, • Rulebook on the methodology of executing tasks related to the Law; on directions for risk assessment of money laundering and financing of terrorism. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Inspection Supervision • The Law on Inspection Supervision requires appropriate education degree and public administration state exam along with the inspectors’ exam, for inspector position; training and other professional specializations for inspectors and public servants authorized for inspection supervision tasks; • Regulation on common elements of risk assessment in inspection supervision; • Rulebook on internal audit of inspection in the area of work-related relations and occupational health and safety in social protection. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the Area of Safety & Security (by Means of Strategic Partnership with the EU) - IMPRESS Academic and Professional Education Legal Requirements in Safety & Security – Summary • The result of the analysis of academic and professional requirements for security-related tasks within laws and by-laws regulating security sector in Serbia isa Registry of Tasks and Educational Requirements in Safety & Security Area, • This Registry contains a list of laws and related by-laws along with lists of security-related tasks, academic requirements (higher or other education, cycle, ECTS), type of training and/or professional exam and license, and the name of institution or authority responsible for training, education, professional exam, licensing, etc. Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia in the area of Safety & Security ImprESS

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IMPRESS: Improving Academic and Professional Education Capacity in Serbia's Safety & Security Sector