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OSCE supports trip of Ukrainian experts to Norway to learn about ways of ensuring equal rights of men and women, combatting gender-based violence
Publishing date: 11 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
Representatives of Ukraine’s Interior and Social Policy Ministries and the Ukrainian Ombudsperson’s office visited Oslo from 4 to 8 November 2013 to learn about the experience of their Norwegian counterparts ensuring equality of men and women, and about the mechanisms for combating gender-based violence. The study trip was organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
Online journalism the focus of OSCE-organized training course for journalism students in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 8 November 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASHGABAT, 8 November 2013 – Twenty-five journalism students from the Magtymugly Turkmen State University completed an OSCE-organized course on online journalism today
OSCE helps Ukrainian demining experts to learn safe clearance standards
Publishing date: 5 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Twenty-two senior and field managers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s headquarters, training institutions, and 15 regional emergency departments learned about International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) at a workshop in Kyiv, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 29 to 31 October 2013...
Positives and shortcomings in electoral legislation and practice in OSCE area highlighted in OSCE/ODIHR review
Publishing date: 31 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Election laws and their application in the OSCE participating States demonstrate many positive elements, but there is a number of areas where improvements are needed to meet commitments those countries have undertaken, and international standards, says a review presented at an OSCE event in Vienna on 31 October 2013...
OSCE Chair, in Germany, opens conference on confidence-building, meets Moldovan and Transdniestrian leaders
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
LANDSHUT, Germany, 30 October 2013- OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Leonid Kozhara opened the conference on confidence-building measures in the Transdniestrian settlement process today...
Election commissioners trained using OSCE-developed online system as Ukraine prepares for repeat vote in December
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Elections
Fifty-eight district election commissioners were trained to administer electoral procedures for the upcoming repeat election in Ukraine at a session organized from 29 to 30 October 2013 in Kyiv by the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU).
OSCE-organized conference on confidence-building measures in Transdniestrian settlement to take place in Germany
Publishing date: 29 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
A two-day conference on confidence-building measures organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova with the support of the German Foreign Ministry will be held from 30 to 31 October 2013 in Landshut, Germany. The conference will be attended by participants of the 5+2 negotiations on the Transdniestrian settlement process, and experts who will discuss issues related to economy, trade and infrastructure; environment; freedom of movement and law enforcement co-operation...