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An informal discussion on how to enable youth with disabilities to take an active part in political and public life was hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 9 February 2017. The event gathered some 30 participants, including young politicians

Some 350 newly-elected councillors from local self-government units received certificates marking their successful completion of an online course on the system of local self-governments and good governance, at a ceremony held on 14 December 2016 in Belgrade. The course, supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, is designed for councillors who took up seats in local assemblies for the first time after the April elections...

A five-day training course on mentoring for trainers of Tajik political party representatives, with the aim of further advancing women’s participation in the political life, concluded on 9 December 2016. The event, organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, concluded with the drafting of action plans...

A two-day conference- Women Promoting Dialogue and Reconciliation- organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia concluded on 9 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština. The conference gathered prominent women from politics, civil society, academy and media who comprise the “Follow Us” initiative from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, as well as alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy...

Young policy advisors from six OSCE participating States developed their policy-making skills at two training courses organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Poland and Sweden in November and December 2016, respectively.

Students from Gavar, Vanadzor, Gyumri, Goris, Kapan, Idjevan and Yerevan gathered in the capital on 3 December 2016 to take part in the final competition of the national university debate clubs, organized by the Jinishian Memorial Foundation (JMF) with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a roundtable discussion in the Kyrgyz capital on 2 December 2016 focusing on the results of a needs assessment study by the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (APAPKR) to identify the training requirements of parliamentary staff. It is first time Kyrgyzstan has conducted this kind of assessment since the country’s independence...