Secretariat - Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities

As part of its comprehensive approach to security, the OSCE is concerned with economic and environmental matters, recognizing that co-operation in these areas can contribute to peace, prosperity and stability.
Participants examine how to integrate a gender-sensitive approach in the development and implementation of labour migration policies during a training session organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Affairs (OCEEA) and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), Warsaw, 8 July 2013.

OSCE workshop highlights strategies for effective gender-sensitive labour migration policies

Strategies for integrating a gender-sensitive approach into labour migration policies in accordance with OSCE commitments and international standards were the focus of a training session organized by the OSCE in Warsaw on 8 and 9 July 2013 for representatives of governments and civil society and field mission staff...

OSCE, UNECE project on climate change in Dniester/Nistru basin to be launched tomorrow

CHISINAU, 9 July 2013 – Developing a climate-change adaptation strategy for the Dniester/Nistru basin and a joint response action plan for governments of the Moldova and Ukraine are the focus of a new joint three-year project of the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) to be officially launched tomorrow in Chisinau...
Young people reading environmental news at the Khujand Aarhus Centre, 2011.

OSCE holds conference to celebrate 10 years of Aarhus Centres

To mark the 10th year of OSCE involvement in support of the Aarhus Convention, the OSCE held a conference from 3 to 5 July 2013 in Vienna that highlighted the role of the Aarhus Centres in putting the Convention’s principles into action...
An image with highlights the many issue involved in the prevention of corruption.

Effective measures to prevent corruption in OSCE region, including Central Asia, discussed at OSCE events in Latvia

Over the past years, the awareness among political leaders, policy-makers and society at large of the damaging impact of corruption on social cohesion, economic growth, political stability, and security has increased. While many OSCE countries have introduced legal, institutional and policy measures to prevent corruption, the practical implementation and enforcement of these measures still remain a challenge...
A delegation of customs officials from Tajikistan in the control room of the truck scanning facilities at the Valimaa border-crossing point on Finland's border with Russia, 30 May 2013.

Tajik customs officials learn from Finnish experience in OSCE-organized study visit

A five-day study visit to Finland for senior customs and trade officials from Tajikistan ended in Helsinki on 31 May 2013...
Modern risk assessment methodologies can help detect risks in national anti-money laundering strategies

Series of OSCE-supported workshops on money laundering risks concludes in Kyrgyzstan

BISHKEK, 30 May 2013 – A 14-month long series of workshops and desk reviews on how to identify potential risks and loopholes for money laundering concluded today in Bishkek with a three-day event for Kyrgyz financial experts and senior officials...
The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized training on ways to increase integrity in public service and to prevent corruption and the laundering of its proceeds.

OSCE organizes anti-corruption training in Turkmenistan

ASHGABAT, 30 April 2013 – Ways to increase integrity in public service and to prevent corruption and the laundering of its proceeds were discussed at an OSCE-supported workshop that concluded in Ashgabat today...

OSCE supports anti-corruption policies in Central Asia

A three-day workshop about development, implementation and monitoring of preventive anti-corruption policies, and ways to promote integrity and good governance in the business sector in Central Asian states began in Astana on 16 April 2013...
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