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OSCE, EU and UNODC support income-generation activities in Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary system
Publishing date: 16 May 2013
BISHKEK, 16 May 2013 – How to develop income-generation activities for prisoners was the topic of a training seminar on 14 to 16 May 2013 in Bishkek. The event was held in the training centre of the state penitentiary service (GSIN) and was co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the European Union, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)...
What doctors can do to prevent trafficking and domestic violence, assist victims, in focus of OSCE workshop in Kosovo
Publishing date: 16 May 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
A series of six training workshops organized by the OSCE Mission and Ministry of Health for 180 doctors in Kosovo on how to identify and treat victims of trafficking and domestic violence concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 16 May 2013...
OSCE Presence, USAID hold conference to promote court leadership in Albania
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
Promoting leadership in the management of courts was the focus of a conference organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania together with the USAID’s Justice Sector Strengthening Project (JuST) and in partnership with the Ministry of Justice and the High Council of Justice on 15 May 2013 in Tirana...
OSCE trains Tajik and Afghan experts on energy diplomacy
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities
DUSHANBE, 15 May 2013 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan jointly with the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities organized a training course on energy diplomacy for Tajik and Afghan officials and experts that concluded today...
OSCE/ODIHR opens observation mission for parliamentary elections in Albania
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
TIRANA, 15 May 2015 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today formally opened an election observation mission to monitor the 23 June parliamentary elections in Albania...
OSCE media freedom representative concerned about increasing pressure on media in Azerbaijan following online defamation provisions
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
WARSAW, 15 May 2013 – The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, today expressed deep concern about the increasingly hostile situation for the media in Azerbaijan following moves to extend the criminalization of defamation to the Internet...
Afghan, Tajik customs officers complete OSCE, Austrian Finance Ministry training on customs risk management
Publishing date: 15 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management
DUSHANBE, 15 May 2013- Today, seventeen senior and mid-level Afghan and Tajik customs officers successfully completed a week-long training course on customs risk management in prevention of smuggling trends and money laundering...