Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

OSCE Mission to Serbia

The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard, at an exhibition of drawings created by Roma children living in the Roma container settlement in Kijevo, Belgrade, 17 April 2013. (OSCE/Milan Obradovic)

Under its mandate, the Mission advises on the implementation of laws and monitors the proper functioning and development of democratic institutions and processes in Serbia. It assists law enforcement bodies and the judiciary in training and restructuring.

Women leaders from Belgrade and Pristina collaborate on women’s empowerment

Eighteen women, members of the Serbian women’s parliamentary network and of the Assembly of Kosovo women’s caucus, as well as female representatives of other decision-making institutions and women leaders from academia, civil society and media came together in an OSCE-facilitated meeting in Budva, Montenegro, to exchange experiences and identify joint initiatives to foster women’s empowerment in all sectors of society.

A high school student from Novi Pazar puts together the components of a solar panel during an educational camp on environmental issues, Sremski Karlovci, Serbia, 28 June 2013.

OSCE Mission to Serbia supports educational camp on environmental issues

Thanks to organizational and financial support from the OSCE Mission to Serbia, and in co-operation with the Vojvodina Environmental Movement, 16 youth leaders from high schools through southwest Serbia were able to take part in an educational camp on energy security and environmental democracy in the town of Sremski Karlovci 22-30 June...

OSCE supports public participation in flood management practices in Serbia

On 27 and 28 June 2013, in partnership with Serbia’s Government Office for Civil Society Co-operation, the OSCE Mission to Serbia organized a seminar for 20 human rights...

OSCE Mission to Serbia promotes application of modern tools of criminal procedure

BELGRADE, 20 June 2013 – An OSCE-facilitated regional conference on the simplified forms of criminal procedure, which started today in Belgrade brought together some 130 participants...

The National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade.

Consolidation of Serbian legislation and ensuring better public access to laws in focus at OSCE/ODIHR workshop

Better public access to domestic Serbian laws, the consolidation of national legislation, and its harmonization with international standards were the focus of a workshop in Belgrade organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), the Serbian National Assembly and the OSCE Mission to Serbia on 17 and 18 June 2013...

Transitional justice, reconciliation key for restoring confidence in South Eastern Europe, say OSCE mission heads

SARAJEVO, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17 May 2013 – The heads of the OSCE Missions in Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia today called for further efforts in transitional justice and reconciliation to ensure regional stability and prosperity ahead of a two-day conference in Jahorina in Bosnia and Herzegovina...

OSCE Mission supports exchange between Serbian and Finnish women parliamentarians’ networks

From 14 to 17 May 2013, members of the newly established Serbian Women’s Parliamentary Network travelled to Helsinki to exchange experiences with representatives from the Finnish Women’s Parliamentary Network and other institutions working in the field of gender equality...

OSCE Mission to Serbia supports development of prison administration

BELGRADE, 14 May 2013 – Ways to improve the rights of persons deprived of liberty and introduce new prisoner aftercare services that will facilitate their reintegration into society and reduce overcrowding in prisons are the focus of a two-day conference that opens in Belgrade today...

Upcoming events

Aarhus Public Outreach Campaign

Vršac, Novi Sad, Pirot, Prokuplje, Leskovac, Knjaževac, Sremska Mitrovica, Valjevo, Niš, Sombor, Zrenjanin, Kikinda, Šabac, Novi Pazar, Kruševac, Čačak, Smederevo, Belgrade, Kragujevac, Subotica, Serbia, 1 August 2013 - 23 August 2013