News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Digital platform for public participation with civil society hosted by OSCE Mission in Kosovo
Publishing date: 1 December 2016
A civil society forumwith representatives of non-governmental organizations on public participation and active citizenship, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Kosovo, was held on 1 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština...
Annual Donors Forum organized by OSCE Mission to Moldova held in Chisinau
Publishing date: 29 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held its traditional Donors Forum for Transdniestrian civil society organizations on 29 November 2016 in Chisinau. This annual event gives donors and civil society organizations the opportunity to exchange information about their upcoming plans and priorities. It was attended by more than 80 participants and brought together a wide-range of initiative groups and non-governmental organisations from Transdniestria, with international agencies and embassies that are actively engaged as donors in Moldova.
Gender-sensitive approaches to government communication explored during OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Kyiv
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
Twenty-two representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry for Social Policy participated in a workshop on mainstreaming gender into communication organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Kyiv on 25 November 2016.
OSCE/ODIHR brings together Central Asian reform leaders at Tashkent forum to develop human-rights based criminal justice systems
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
Around 100 policy- and lawmakers, academics, justice professionals and civil society representatives from Central Asia and other parts of the OSCE region discussed current challenges and good practices in criminal justice reform at a forum organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions
Workshop aiming to enhance capacities of Municipal Project Co-ordinators Network supported by OSCE Mission to Montenegro
Publishing date: 15 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro, supported a three-day workshop aimed at enhancing the capacities of the Network of Municipal Project Co-ordinators, from 9 to 11 November 2016, in Herceg Novi...
OSCE organizes study visit on readmission for Kazakhstan officials
Publishing date: 14 November 2016
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the European Union’s Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) organized a study tour to Riga, Latvia from 8 to 11 November 2016 for four officials from the Internal Affairs Ministry and National Security Committee on irregular migration management and readmission procedures...
Impact of new technologies on political party regulation explored during OSCE/ODIHR expert meetings in Warsaw
Publishing date: 11 November 2016
Experts on political party regulation from the OSCE region, including the Core Group of Experts on Political Parties of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), met in Warsaw on 10 and 11 November 2016 to examine how new technologies affect the functioning of political