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OSCE civil society conference on challenges facing Mediterranean democracies in transition
VILNIUS, 4 December 2011 – Encouraging international co-operation between civil society groups from OSCE participating States and Mediterranean Partners at a time of rapid change and transition in the Middle East and North Africa was highlighted at the start of a two-day conference in Vilnius today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator promotes transparency through e-governance in Ukraine
ODESSA, Ukraine, 26 November 2011 – The use of e-governance in enhancing the transparency of state institutions in dealing with domestic and foreign investors is the focus of a national conference that was held in Odessa today with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU) in Ukraine... ()
OSCE Mission to Skopje helps strengthen Interior Ministry’s human resources management
SKOPJE, 3 November 2011 – Strengthening the human resources management of the Interior Ministry is the aim of an OSCE-supported seminar taking place today in the south-western town of Ohrid...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports municipality to promote good governance in local economic strategic planning
SKOPJE, 3 November 2011 – More than fifty representatives from the business community, schools, municipal administration and civil society from Skopje’s Ilinden municipality will participate in the drafting of a new strategy for local economic development through a project supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje launched today...
Awards supported by OSCE Mission to Montenegro on local-self government to be presented tomorrow
PODGORICA, 28 September 2011 - Local governments using innovative and successful ways to deliver services will receive awards at a ceremony tomorrow in Becici under the OSCE-supported Best Practices Programme...
OSCE Mission kicks off campaign to boost public participation in municipal budget planning
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 1 September 2011 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched today a public information campaign to help municipalities increase public participation in the 2012 municipal budget planning process...
OSCE emphasizes civil society role in fighting corruption
VIENNA, 5 July 2011 – Raising awareness of the importance of building a well-informed and engaged civil society in the fight against corruption is the focus of a roundtable meeting today, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA)...
OSCE promotes transparency in Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 29 June 2011 – Transparency and accountability in the management of oil, gas and other extractive industries revenues in the western Caspian Sea region of Kazakhstan is the topic of a one-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion organized today in Uralsk... ()