OSCE Mission in Kosovo

Rina Toprlak (r), a deaf person employed by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for three days, as part of an initiative to demonstrate the skills of people with disabilities to potential employers, discusses her tasks with Zana Preniqi, her interpreter, Prishtinë/Priština, 21 October 2011. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)
Rina Toprlak (r), a deaf person employed by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for three days, as part of an initiative to demonstrate the skills of people with disabilities to potential employers, discusses her tasks with Zana Preniqi, her interpreter, Prishtinë/Priština, 21 October 2011. (OSCE/Hasan Sopa)
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is the largest OSCE field operation. It is mandated with institution- and democracy-building and promoting human rights and the rule of law.
The Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Werner Almhofer, welcomes participants to a Mission press conference to present a report on the institutional and functional independence of the judiciary, Prishtinë/Priština, 24 January 2012.

Judiciary still not fully independent, concludes report by OSCE Mission in Kosovo

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 24 January 2012 – Despite improvements resulting from judicial reform in Kosovo, a number of challenges still affect independent functioning of the justice system, concludes the report by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo presented today...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo to present report on independence of judiciary

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 23 January 2012 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo will present a report on the institutional and functional independence of the judiciary at a news conference tomorrow...
Pupils of the "21 November" Primary School in Gojbulja/Gojbulë village in central Kosovo look at the OSCE Mission in Kosovo website, 11 November 2011.

OSCE Mission improves education for Kosovo communities

“It is fun to use computers at school,” exclaims nine-year-old Anđela. She and her peers Milan, Pavle and Strahinja attend the third and the fourth grades of the “21 November” Primary School in Gojbulja/Gojbuljë village in central Kosovo. “We use computers to learn how to type and calculate. We use different programmes but also play games, and even have Facebook profiles.”
Habib Tahiri demonstrates his welding skills after successfully completing a six-month vocational course organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Gjurkovc/Đurkovce, 29 December 2011.

OSCE Mission helps disadvantaged in Kosovo find jobs

Habib Tahiri, a 32-year-old Kosovo Roma from Gjurkovc/Đurkovce village in central Kosovo now has a job. After more than ten years of chasing any work and income that would help him support his family of nine he has become a welder, thanks to help from the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo invites civil society to submit project propoals

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo invites civil society organizations in Gjilan/Gnjilane and Prizren regions to submit project proposals on the empowerment of vulnerable groups, public participation in municipal decision making or improving access to municipal services...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports training in investigative journalism

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo supported a ten-day training course on investigative reporting for fifteen TV, radio and print journalists, which concluded on 19 December 2011 in Prishtinë/Priština.

OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps improve youth participation in decision making

PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 16 November 2011 – The OSCE Mission and the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in Kosovo organized today a conference on youth participation in decision making for youth action councils, municipal staff and civil society representatives...

OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police in human-rights compliant riot control

A graduation ceremony for 35 police officers who attended a two-week training course on crowd and riot control, organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, concluded on 16 December 2011 in Vushtrri/Vučitrn...
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