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Chairmanship

The Chairman-in-Office is vested with overall responsibility for executive action and the co-ordination of current OSCE activities.
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Secretary General

The Secretary General acts as the representative of the Chairman-in-Office, and as OSCE Chief Administrative Officer.
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Institutions

OSCE institutions include negotiating and decision-making as well as operational bodies. They deal with a wide range of OSCE-related issues from arms control to human rights to freedom of the media.
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Field operations

Field operations carry out activities according to mandates agreed on by OSCE participating States. The missions are spread across South-Eastern and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia.
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Facts and figures

Basic information about the OSCE
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Employment

OSCE offers a wide range of job opportunities in its field missions and offices, the Secretariat and Institutions. To apply for any of the positions you must be a national of one of the 56 participating States.
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Tenders

All OSCE Institutions and Field Operations are issuing procurement notices online. Interested suppliers and contractors wishing to provide goods and services to the Organization are advised to regularly visit this site.
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With 56 States drawn from Europe, Central Asia and America, the OSCE is the world's largest regional security organization, bringing comprehensive and co-operative security to a region that stretches from Vancouver to Vladivostok. It offers a forum for political negotiations and decision-making in the fields of early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management and post-conflict rehabilitation, and puts the political will of the participating States into practice through its unique network of field missions.