Publications
Protection Checklist: Addressing Displacement and Protection of Displaced Populations and Affected Communities along the Conflict Cycle: a Collaborative Approach
Publishing date: 18 February 2014
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Protection Checklist is intended as a tool to be used by OSCE field staff, as well as other OSCE actors involved in a range of situations along the conflict cycle. It provides guidance with a view to enabling staff in recognizing relevant issues, and interface where appropriate with specialized agencies with a protection mandate.
Enhancing Gender-Responsive Mediation
Publishing date: 28 October 2013
Collections: OSCE documents and publications on mediation
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This guidance note is for mediators and professionals engaged in formal third-party mediations across the OSCE region and beyond. It note aims at raising awareness of how gender-responsive mediation can potentially lead to more sustainable agreements and proposes concrete measures for gender-aware interventions.
Developing Guidance for Effective Mediation: Consultation with Regional, Subregional and Other International Organizations
Publishing date: 26 February 2013
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report summarizes the outcomes of a two-day Consultation on “Developing Guidance for Effective Mediation”, which was held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia on 3 and 4 April 2012. It captures lessons learned and best practices on effective mediation from the past and on-going mediation experiences of regional and subregional organizations.
OSCE Guide on Non-military Confidence-Building Measures
Publishing date: 30 April 2013
Collections: OSCE documents and publications on mediation
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This guide is provided for policymakers and practitioners who seek to develop and implement effective Confidence-Building Measures.
OSCE Mechanisms and Procedures: Summary/Compendium
Publishing date: 14 September 2011
Collections: OSCE documents and publications on mediation
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Summary and compendium of the main mechanisms and procedures available within the OSCE related to early warning, conflict prevention and crisis management.
Applied Issues in International Land Boundary Delimitation/Demarcation Practices
Publishing date: 22 November 2011
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
At the request of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship, the Borders Team organized a Seminar on “Applied Issues in International Land Boundary Delimitation / Demarcation Practices”, which gathered experts, border officials, lawyers and diplomats from over 20 participating States.
Border Security and Management National Focal Point Network Newsletter, Issue 9, April 2011
Publishing date: 30 April 2011
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Education and Training Series: Latvian border guard training system; Romanian border police training system; the training system of the state border committee of Belarus; DCAF border security programme; CEPOL training activities
Perspectives of the UN & Regional Organizations on Preventive and Quiet Diplomacy, Dialogue Facilitation and Mediation
Publishing date: 10 March 2011
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report reflects the main issues discussed during a two-day workshop on “Preventive and Quiet Diplomacy, Dialogue Facilitation and Mediation – Best Practices from Regional Organizations,” held in Vienna, Austria on 6 and 7 December 2010. The Workshop brought together senior representatives from the UN and key regional organizations to foster closer co-operation and knowledge-sharing on preventive and quiet diplomacy, dialogue facilitation and mediation. Key issues addressed include: regional aspects of mediation, common challenges to mediation faced by regional organizations, good practices from regional organizations, as well as the operationalization of mediation support capacities.
Border Security and Management National Focal Point Network Newsletter, Issue 6, October 2009
Publishing date: 30 October 2010
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Focus on South-Eastern Europe
Border Security and Management National Focal Point Network Newsletter, Issue 8, October 2010
Publishing date: 30 October 2010
Content type: Periodical / journal / magazine
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe