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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports e-governance forum
LVIV, Ukraine, 16 November 2012 – An international e-governance forum organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) together with local authorities concluded today in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv... ()
OSCE Mission to Skopje holds regional conference on preventing corruption
SKOPJE, 6 November 2012 – Exchanging best practices among anti-corruption agencies from South Eastern and Eastern Europe on the introduction of systems of integrity in public institutions is the aim of an OSCE-supported regional conference that started in Ohrid today...
Head of OSCE Presence welcomes restriction of MPs’ and judges’ immunities in Albania
TIRANA, 18 September 2012 - The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, welcomed today the approval of amendments to the Constitution by the Albanian Assembly, restricting the general immunity from criminal prosecution of Members of Parliament, judges and other high-level officials... ()
Closer international co-operation needed to close gap between assets stolen and recovered, say participants at OSCE conference
VIENNA, 3 September 2012 - The need for greater exchange of expertise and international co-operation in identifying and seizing stolen assets was highlighted by participants at a three-day OSCE seminar that started today in Vienna...
Experts to discuss recovering stolen assets at OSCE seminar next week in Vienna
VIENNA, 30 August 2012 – Ways of identifying and recovering stolen assets will be the focus of an OSCE seminar in Vienna from 3 to 5 September...
Using asset declarations by public officials to fight corruption in Central Asia focus of OSCE seminar
BISHKEK, 14 May 2012 – Requiring public officials to declare their assets as a way of increasing transparency and trust in public administration and preventing conflicts of interest and corruption is the theme of a two-day OSCE expert seminar that started today in Bishkek...
Second Model OSCE in Azerbaijan on organized crime and corruption
BAKU, 20 April 2012 - More that 60 students from 12 universities across Azerbaijan will take part in the second Model OSCE conference, which starts in Baku on Sunday... ()
Anti-money laundering practices focus of OSCE workshop in Turkmenistan
ASHGABAT, 2 April 2012 – Prevention of money-laundering by applying international mechanisms, tools and best practices is the focus of an OSCE -supported workshop for experts and civil servants that opened in Ashgabat today... ()
OSCE Mission to Serbia helps improve transparency of Security-Information Agency
BELGRADE, 27 March 2012 – Serbia’s Security-Information Agency (BIA) launched a new website today, developed with support from the OSCE Mission to Serbia...
OSCE Mission announces 2011 ‘People of the Year’ awards
BELGRADE, 14 December 2011 – In recognition of the contribution made by Serbia’s independent agencies and bodies in protecting and advancing human rights, equality, government accountability and citizens’ participation in the country, the heads of three institutions will receive the OSCE Mission to Serbia’s “People of the Year” awards at a ceremony in Belgrade today... ()