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Model OSCE Conference in Yerevan brings together Armenian youth to practice their negotiating skills
Publishing date: 17 November 2016
YEREVAN, 17 November 2016 – Some 58 young people from Armenia gathered today in Yerevan for the start of a two-day simulation of the OSCE’s Permanent Council, one of the key decision-making bodies of the Organization, to build their skills in negotiation, diplomacy, conflict prevention and to learn more about the OSCE...
OSCE enhances legal and human rights education in Armenia
Publishing date: 8 July 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education, Youth
The OSCE Office in Yerevan supported a summer school focusing on public international law from 30 June to 9 July 2016 which also included a two-day training course on international human rights law at the Russian-Armenian (Slavonic) University in Yerevan (RAU)...
OSCE organizes youth debates in Armenia
Publishing date: 27 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 27 November 2015 – A national debate contest on the role of the OSCE in ensuring security was launched today in in Yerevan, marking the 40th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act...
OSCE presents report on the student perspective of education reforms in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
YEREVAN, 17 September 2015 – The findings and recommendations of an OSCE-supported survey exploring the awareness and attitude of students towards the educational reforms being implemented in Armenia were presented today in Yerevan. The so-called Bologna reforms are aimed at bringing quality of higher education system to the level of compatibility with the international standards...
Model OSCE encourages youth debating in a simulation exercise
Publishing date: 1 May 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
GYUMRI, Armenia, 1 May 2015 – Sixty young, aspiring Ambassadors gathered today in Gyumri to discuss the challenges addressed by a simulation of the OSCE Permanent Council. The Model OSCE Conference organized by the Office in Yerevan brought together young people from Armenia’s Shirak province in an effort to find solutions to a wide range of issues, including environmental threats, migration pressures, economic instability and political conflict.
OSCE and Unison NGO present report on access to higher education in Armenia for people with disabilities
Publishing date: 24 February 2015
YEREVAN, 24 February 2015 – The findings and recommendations of an OSCE-supported survey exploring the main obstacles encountered by people with disabilities in accessing Armenia’s higher education system, was presented today in Yerevan...
OSCE supports Armenian students to debate trafficking issues
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Education, Youth