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OSCE-supported conference promotes contact between Armenian and European civil society groups
YEREVAN, 14 April 2011 – Civic participation in decision making, protecting the environment, increasing government transparency and combating corruption, and promoting free media as well as good governance were among the topics discussed at a two-day conference that started in Yerevan today... ()
OSCE, EU organize conference in Albania to fight corruption at local level
TIRANA, 14 April 2011 – The civil society’s role in fighting corruption at the local level will be discussed tomorrow at a national conference organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and financed by the Delegation of the European Union in Albania...
Head of OSCE Presence, Dutch Ambassador visit Assembly to mark milestone in parliamentary support project
The Head of the OSCE Presence in Albania, Ambassador Eugen Wollfarth, and the Ambassador of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, Henk van den Dool, visited the Albanian Assembly on 5 April 2011. They were received by Speaker Jozefina Topalli to mark the conclusion of the Dutch funded phases (2002-2010) of a parliamentary support project implemented by the Presence... ()
OSCE Presence provides Albania’s electoral body with computers ahead of local government elections
The OSCE Presence in Albania provided 35 computers to the Central Election Commission (CEC) on 30 March 2011. The computers will be used in the preparation and administration of the 8 May local government elections... ()
Fight against corruption focus of OSCE co-organized seminar in Vilnius
VILNIUS, 23 March 2011 – A three-day expert seminar on anti-corruption policy and integrity training, a joint initiative of the OSCE and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), started in Vilnius today...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports municipalities in modernizing archives
As part of an OSCE-supported project to modernize municipal archives, refurbished offices will be inaugurated in Mitrovicë/Mitrovica and Skenderaj/Srbica and on 15 March and in Vushtrri/Vučitrn on 16 March.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports standardization of municipal regulations
A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on improving the quality of municipal acts concluded on 1 March 2011 in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...
Head of OSCE Office and Yerevan Mayor discuss regulatory system reform
The Head of the OSCE Office in Yerevan, Ambassador Sergey Kapinos discussed Armenia's regulatory reform with Yerevan Mayor Karen Karapetyan in a meeting on 24 February 2011... ()
Judges, government officials and NGOs discuss how to promote an independent judiciary during OSCE-supported meeting
ASTANA, 25 February 2010 – How to apply international standards of judicial independence in the selection, promotion and evaluation of judges as well as in the co-operation among the judicial, legislative and executive branches was in focus today during an OSCE-supported event held at the Supreme Court...
Montenegro Mission supports local youth action plan
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro will assist Cetinje municipality in developing a Local Youth Action Plan, which will identify and address the needs of young people in the municipality.