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OSCE supports annual general meeting of Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network
Publishing date: 27 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Policing
The OSCE supported the annual general meeting of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) on 26 November 2020, bringing together representatives of national asset management and asset recovery offices of sixteen jurisdictions (14 BAMIN member and three guest jurisdictions), together with officials from the BAMIN Secretariat and the OSCE...
Importance of social re-use of assets recovered from organized crime and corruption focus of OSCE workshop in Albania
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Policing
The importance of the social re-use of assets recovered from organized crime and corruption as a public good, and the potential lever it creates to reduce crime and corruption was the focus of an online workshop the OSCE held for participants from Albania on 24 November 2020. The event brought together law enforcement practitioners and representatives of the Agency for the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets, local and international civil society organizations and academia...
OSCE and UNECE hold consultations on the operationalization of Euro-Asian transport corridors
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
Enhancing economic connectivity perspectives and the operationalization of Euro-Asian inland transport links (EATL) were the focus of virtual consultations held by the OSCE and the UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) on 26 November 2020...
Time to rethink current energy production and consumption patterns, urge participants of Third Vienna Energy Strategy Dialogue
Publishing date: 25 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to an immediate reduction in energy demand and carbon emissions and has curbed investments across the sector with uncertain consequences for the energy transition, state participants of the Third Vienna Energy Strategy Dialogue titled “Implications of the global energy transition” held virtually on 24 November 2020 from Vienna...
OSCE supports Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors in assessing impact of COVID-19 on prosecutors’ work
Publishing date: 20 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Economic activities, Policing, Rule of law
The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the work of prosecutors’ offices was the focus of the fifth meeting of the Executive Board of the Permanent Conference of Organized Crime Prosecutors (PCOCP) on 12 November 2020. The meeting was held online with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
Efficient monitoring, analysis and use of data crucial for effective good governance processes say participants at OSCE event
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
The potential of data, its effective monitoring and use in creating a culture of evidence-based decision-making centred on needs of citizens and the community was the focus of a virtual seminar organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) on 10 November 2020...
Economic consequences of COVID-19 on national minorities and importance of post-pandemic recovery policies focus of OSCE discussion
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, National minority issues
National minorities and other vulnerable groups are at risk of paying the highest costs of COVID-19’s economic consequences, said participants of an online discussion hosted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) on 30 October 2020...