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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz discusses future of Ukraine with youth

Publishing date: 17 January 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Youth
KYIV, 17 January 2017- Members of the Youth Contact Group, established by the OSCE to promote inter-regional dialogue in Ukraine, today shared their visions of the future with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz during a walking tour of Kyiv today...

Second Edition of Moot Court Competition organized by OSCE Presence in Albania

Publishing date: 19 December 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Youth, Rule of law
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in close co-operation with the National Chamber of Advocacy and the National School of Advocates, completed on 19 December 2016 the Second Edition of the Moot Court Competition, with an event held in one of the High Court’s trial rooms. Eight four-member teams, made of young lawyers who are students of the National School of Advocacy, participated in the event...

Freedom of expression on the Internet in focus of OSCE-supported annual Youth Legal Forum in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 12 December 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Youth
The annual OSCE-supported Youth Legal Forum concluded on 10 December 2016 at the Kazakh Humanities and Law University (KAZGUU) in Astana. This year’s two-day event focused on the limits to restricting freedom of expression and distribution of information on the Internet, in recognition of the International Human Rights Day...

Slovenia’s University of Ljubljana wins Peer-2-Peer OSCE ‘Challenging extremism’ competition in Hamburg

Publishing date: 8 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Youth
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016- A team of students from the University of Ljubljana today won first prize in a regional OSCE competition under the “Peer-2-Peer (P2P): Challenging Extremism” initiative...

Youth are essential to strengthening security, conclude participants at side event during OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg

Publishing date: 8 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Youth
HAMBURG, Germany, 8 December 2016- Youth participation and youth mainstreaming in security were in focus at a side event co-organized today on the margins of the 23rd OSCE Ministerial Council in Hamburg by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of Spain and the OSCE Chairmanship’s three Special Representatives on Youth and Security. Taking part were many youth activists from civil society and OSCE youth focal points...

OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains youth on tackling gender stereotypes

Publishing date: 5 December 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Gender equality, Youth
A two-day training course for youth on tackling gender stereotypes and further supporting the advancement of women and girls in all spheres of public and political life concluded on 2 December 2016 at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...

Central Asian Youth Network alumni visit Vienna to learn about OSCE

Publishing date: 25 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Youth
Seven students from the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) learned about the work of the OSCE and its institutions during a two-day study visit to Vienna, which concluded on 25 November 2016...