Publications
Educational package for strengthening the capacity of youth-led civil society organisations, organisations for youth and local youth offices for social inclusion of young people from vulnerable groups
Publishing date: 17 December 2020
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The educational package before you builds upon lessons learned and insights gathered through the wider consultative process and initiatives implemented, aiming to offer possible practical steps toward a more inclusive youth policy and to promote the common values of the main youth policy actors in Serbia. It consists of three parts: the first chapter deals with the general legal and regulatory framework of the Republic of Serbia in terms of anti-discrimination; the second chapter gives a closer look at the standards in this context that exist within the scope of youth policy, focusing on the practices of the three pillars of youth policy; the third chapter offers practical approaches and examples of good practice for inclusion of young people from vulnerable groups. The publication is available in Serbian language.
Sexual harassment in Serbia
Publishing date: 9 December 2020
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication gives a comprehensive overview on the legal and strategic framework on sexual harassment in Serbia together with specific data on prevalence of sexual harassment deriving from the vast of data collected in the OSCE-Wide Survey on Well-being and Safety of Women in 2019. The analysis serves as a baseline for developing policy dialogue between civil society, academia and relevant state institutions on this serious topic that primarily affects working women. The position paper contains a set of recommendations for relevant stakeholders responsible to combat sexual harassment in Serbia.
Handbook on Monitoring Freedom of Peaceful Assembly: Second Edition
Publishing date: 11 December 2020
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
ODIHR handbook on monitoring freedom of peaceful assembly This second edition of the handbook provides a conceptual and methodological framework to guide the independent monitoring of assemblies, based on ODIHR's methodology. It also incorporates key information gathered in the course of
Analysis of the security sector related legislation from the perspective of personal data protection
Publishing date: 8 December 2020
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Mission to Serbia supported the Analysis of the security sector related legislation from the perspective of personal data protection. The publication is the first of its kind in this particular area after the entry into force of the Law on Personal Data Protection, covering more than 90 laws and by-laws. The publication is available only in Serbian language.
Young Policy Advisers Course: Brochure
Publishing date: 30 September 2020
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Education, Good governance, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Call for applications for Master and Doctoral scholarships for 2020/2021 academic year
Publishing date: 27 August 2020
Content type: Poster
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Mission to Serbia will sponsor up to ten selected students for the post-graduate master studies (MA) at the Belgrade University’s Faculty of Political Sciences and Faculty of Security Studies, and up to five selected students for one academic year of their doctoral studies at the Belgrade University’s Faculty of Political Sciences and Faculty of Security Studies. For more information please download the document.
Toolkit for judges: Domestic violence
Publishing date: 12 September 2020
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
In the framework of its “Family Crime Prevention” project, the PCUz developed a toolkit for the judiciary on the methodology of working with victims of domestic violence and with potential offenders to protect the rights of victims to handle domestic violence cases more efficiently. The toolkit determines what domestic violence is, what its specific signs and patterns are. This toolkit covers international standards and national legislation to counter domestic violence, women's access to justice and specific court cases along with international good practices on tackling domestic violence. Available in Uzbek and Russian languages.
Study on the Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities in Courts and Prosecutor’s Offices in the Republic of Serbia
Publishing date: 28 August 2020
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Study on the Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities in Courts and Prosecutor’s Offices in the Republic of Serbia explores the implementation of selected HCNM Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities in Serbia. The Study, covering the period of 2016 – 2018, examines the use of languages and scripts of national minorities in basic, higher, misdemeanour courts, and basic and higher prosecutor’s offices and contains a series of recommendations regarding the improvement of the current situation. It was developed in 2019 by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Available only in Serbian.
Serbian as a Foreign Language in Theory and Practice IV- Thematic Collection of Papers
Publishing date: 5 August 2020
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Education, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Broadening its efforts in the field of improvement of teaching and learning Serbian as a non-mother tongue and a related conference organized by the Centre for Serbian as a Foreign Language at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade with Mission support in October 2018, the OSCE Mission supported printing of collection of papers produced as a result of the conference. The collection contains academic papers written by university professors and teachers of Serbian (Serbian as a mother tongue, Serbian as a non-mother tongue and Serbian as a foreign language) with regards to practices in teaching and learning of official language, observed shortcomings and proposed recommendations, especially at the level of teaching methodologies, improvement of teachers’ capacities and work with students. The collection of papers published in Serbian with summaries in English, also provides a useful tool for teachers of Serbian as non-mother tongue, a subject taught to those national minorities that avail of schooling in their mother tongue.
Reports of Civil Society Dialogue Forums 2018-2019
Publishing date: 23 July 2020
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Good governance, Gender equality, Youth, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This is a publication that brings together a variety of perspectives, ideas and challenges identified by the partners of OSCE Presence in Albania from the non-government organizations and community activists at the local level.