Activities
Economic activities
The OSCE undertakes numerous activities to support economic growth, including the strengthening of small- and medium-sized enterprises, monitoring the economic impact of trafficking and taking action against corruption and money laundering.
Once a year, high-level representatives of OSCE participating States meet at the Economic and Environmental Forum to stimulate the transition to free-market economies and to encourage co-operation with relevant international organizations.
OSCE Institutions co-ordinating economic activities:
Features
OSCE brings hope to former mining village in Kyrgyzstan
A joint project by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the French NGO ACTED is helping to breathe new life into the moribund economy of Min-Kush, a former mining village in the remote Kyrgyz province of Naryn.
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OSCE Mission to Serbia helps young businesses get off the ground
Nine OSCE-supported Business Incubator Centres around Serbia - including an innovative technological one in Belgrade - are making it easier for the country's young entrepreneurs to get started.
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OSCE helps young people find employment as tour guides in Kyrgyzstan
Thanks to an OSCE project, young people in Kyrgyzstan are developing the skills they need to become tour guides, helping also to address the lack of professionals working in the country's growing tourism industry.
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The OSCE is active in the fight against corruption. (OSCE)
"Security is more than arms control and smoothing over political differences. Without due regard for human rights and economic and ecological development, no sustainable security, no lasting peace can ever be achieved."Former OSCE Chairman-in-Office Jaap de Hoop Scheffer