NUPI’s Balkan Programme was established in 2006 as an applied programme within the research field of security sector reform. The programme is currently organised so as to coordinate Norway’s support to the Intelligence and Security Reform in Bosnia-Herzegovina. The intention is to build up a professional intelligence and security service and to strengthen the institutional support and control network within the intelligence and security service – both the acting leadership and parliamentary and legislative control – as well as to promote the development of an informed and interested general public. The programme must be seen in connection with other extensive reforms of the security sector underway in Bosnia-Herzegovina that aim to strengthen democratic control, but also to centralise and increase the efficiency of important functions.

NUPI seeks to help make Norway’s support to the intelligence reform adjusted to suit the needs of local actors, within certain limits. Wherever possible, we try to involve the expertise found in relevant institutions and research environments in Norway.