News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission in Kosovo promotes local ownership of digital tools to support civil society
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
The OSCE Mission handed over today its Kosovo Funding Portal – a source of funding and training opportunities for civil society organizations (CSOs) – to the CSOs network ‘Platforma CiviKos’, in a move aimed at increasing local ownership and long-term sustainability of digital tools to support
OSCE Presence in Albania organizes regional meeting in support of police canine units in Western Balkans
Publishing date: 28 February 2023
From 22 to 24 February 2023, the OSCE Presence in Albania hosted a regional expert meeting on advancing the regulatory framework of police canine units, in Korça. The event brought together representatives of such units from Tirana, Sarajevo, Podgorica, Belgrade, Skopje, Pristina, and canine
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes training course on gender budgeting for 10 ministries
Publishing date: 28 February 2023
On 27 February, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro delivered advanced training course complimented with mentoring to participants coming from 10 ministries on how to implement the guidelines for gender-responsive budgeting and reporting, developed in 2022 with the Mission’s support.
Digitalization and development of women’s business focus of the IV Forum of Women Farmers co-organized by the OSCE in Tashkent
Publishing date: 28 February 2023
The development of women’s business in agriculture was the focus of the Forum of Women Farmers “Digitization and New Technologies – Success Way of Farmer Women” co-organized today by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) together with the International Business Women Association of Uzbekistan (IBWA) and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation.
OSCE and Ombudsperson of Uzbekistan co-host International Human Rights Conference in Samarkand
Publishing date: 24 February 2023
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis (National Parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsperson), as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan, co-hosted the International Conference titled “Interaction and Cooperation in the Field of Reliable Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms.” The event took place on 23 February 2023 in Samarkand.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Police Directorate and its Forensic Centre in fight against serious and organized crime
Publishing date: 22 February 2023
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro continues to support of the Police Directorate in its fight against cyber and organised crime. On 21 February, Dominique Waag, Head of the Mission, and Zoran Brđanin, Police Director signed an agreement providing equipment and software which will enhance the investigative capacity of the Cybercrime/Intelligence Unit and the Forensic Centre to counter serious and organized crime.
Use of technology to combat trafficking in human beings focus of an OSCE roundtable
Publishing date: 14 February 2023
The efforts of the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings to advance the dialogue on combating the misuse of technology by traffickers to exploit victims are being complemented by OSCE field operations. In this view, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Office of the OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, and the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office of Kazakhstan organized a regional roundtable on combatting tech-facilitated trafficking for the purpose of sexual exploitation.