Publications

The OCEEA strives to promote a gender perspective in its activities related to water governance and water diplomacy given the gender-specific impacts of water policies and the vast potential of the inclusion of gender in this field for more equitable and effective water management. The OCEEA has developed this guide to gender mainstreaming in water governance in Central Asia for the benefit of water practitioners in the region. Gender mainstreaming in water governance contributes to stability and security as it can lead to more effective policies and can work to reduce social imbalances and tension. When women and men equally decide on how to use water, decisions are better targeted and more representative of the needs of the entire population.

Read the remarkable stories of remarkable women – female community leaders and female monitoring officers from the OSCE SMM – who every day along the contact line, through small but incremental concrete steps, move eastern Ukraine towards an inclusive sustainable peace. Read their stories of resilience and hope here.

The Property Rights Monitor is a bi-annual publication of the observations of OSCE field monitoring Kosovo wide and aims to provide an overview of the situation in the field of property and housing rights of non-majority community members and displaced persons.

This report describes the results from a two-week Heritage Lab workshop on rural development held in Letnicë/Letnica in 2019, and outlines the process of creating a rural development plan from its early stage. Based on international experience and local knowledge, it offers an insight in the multifaceted aspects of rural development through the valorisation of cultural and natural heritage. The report also presents the key challenges that Letnicë/Letnica and the small Kosovo Croat community are facing, as well as the positive features and potential this multi-ethnic village has to contribute to its sustainable change. Based on the analysis of the local resources, the report offers broad recommendations for development which represent the four pillars of sustainable development: social, economic, environmental, and cultural. These recommendations should stimulate the elaboration of both a full rural development plan and an action plan to guide its implementation for Letnicë/Letnica and the communities that live there.

The Guidebook on Standards for Drafting Cultural Heritage Management Plans is an outcome of intensive co-operation of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo with international experts and local stakeholders in the field of cultural heritage. Management plans are key instruments for the proper management of heritage sites, for their protection, presentation and their sustainable development. The Guidebook aims to contribute to the understanding of how a management plan functions, the principles that need to be taken into consideration during the drafting process, and an overview of instruments for drafting such a plan. The Guidebook is addressed to all stakeholders involved in the management of a heritage site, including the general public, and aims to contribute to a sustainable, human-rights based and long-lasting protection of cultural heritage in Kosovo.

In the framework of its “Family Crime Prevention” project, the PCUz developed a toolkit for the judiciary on the methodology of working with victims of domestic violence and with potential offenders to protect the rights of victims to handle domestic violence cases more efficiently. The toolkit determines what domestic violence is, what its specific signs and patterns are. This toolkit covers international standards and national legislation to counter domestic violence, women's access to justice and specific court cases along with international good practices on tackling domestic violence. Available in Uzbek and Russian languages.

Practical guide for decision makers, policymakers and non-governmental organizations on applying the OSCE-led survey on violence against women.

Model OSCE for Youth 2020 Brochure contains background information about the event and a link to the application.

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