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Serbia’s Foreign Minister Dačić, OSCE Chairperson Lajčák, Head of OSCE Mission Orizio open regional event on security sector governance and reform

Publishing date: 4 June 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BELGRADE, 4 June 2019 – Only an inclusive, accountable and democratically controlled security sector with full respect for human rights, gender equality and the rule of law can effectively provide security to a state and its citizens, said speakers at a high-level discussion in Belgrade today ahead of a two-day regional meeting organized by the Slovak OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Secretariat on security sector governance and reform (SSG/R)...

OSCE donates technical equipment to training centre of Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence of Tajikistan

Publishing date: 15 April 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe donated computer equipment to the Training Centre of the Committee of Emergency Situation and Civil Defence of Tajikistan on 12 April 2019 in Dushanbe...

OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina organizes donor visit to ammunition testing laboratory in Doboj

Publishing date: 11 April 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the BiH Ministry of Defence organized a visit to the new ammunition testing laboratory in a Technical Workshop for Repair and Destruction of Ammunition (TROM Doboj) on 11 April 2019 in Doboj...

Introduction to humanitarian mine action systems for experts from Central Asia kicks off in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 4 April 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
A five-day OSCE regional course, Introduction to Humanitarian Mine Action Systems, started on 1 April 2019 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

OSCE SMM Chief Monitor Apakan and OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Villadsen highlight the importance of mine action in eastern Ukraine

Publishing date: 4 April 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed), OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 4 April 2019 – On the occasion of International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed to raise awareness about mines and progress towards their eradication, the Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine, Ertugrul Apakan, and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Henrik Villadsen, highlighted the importance of mine action in the conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine...

Political dialogue must take place within parliament and state institutions, says OSCE Secretary General Greminger during visit to Podgorica

Publishing date: 2 April 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Democratization, Human rights, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Youth, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
PODGORICA, 2 April 2019- OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger concluded today a two-day visit to Podgorica, during which he met with Montenegro’s highest officials and highlighted the significant progress achieved in fulfilling strategic reforms in the country...

Best practice examples and perspectives on Security sector governance and reform in OSCE context explored at Vienna meeting

Publishing date: 20 March 2019
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
VIENNA, 20 March 2019 – Best practice examples of and perspectives on Security sector governance and reform (SSG/R)- a priority theme for both Slovakia’s 2019 OSCE Chairmanship and the Swiss Chairmanship of the FSC – was discussed at today’s joint meeting of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) and the Permanent Council in Vienna...