News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports development of e-learning platform for Ministry of Interior
Publishing date: 2 October 2023
Fifteen officials from the Ministry of Interior are equipped with the knowledge and skills to create and upload training content to the police e-learning platform, developed with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro. This was the outcome of two training cycles the Mission organized this year- from 3 to 7 July and from 25 to 29 September.
OSCE Presence trains Albanian State Police on latest trends in production, illicit trafficking and distribution of new synthetic drugs
Publishing date: 29 September 2023
Fourteen members of the Albanian State Police (ASP) participated in a training programme titled “Synthetic Drugs Trafficking- A Global Growing Threat” from 27 to 29 September 2023. The training was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania with the support of the US Justice Department International
OSCE Presence in Albania introduces mock-trial methodology for human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 28 September 2023
On 27 September 2023, the OSCE Presence in Albania and the School of Magistrates organized a training-of-trainers workshop with the academic staff of the School of Magistrates, judges and prosecutors to introduce a methodology for the development and delivery of mock trial-based training for human
OSCE supports the development of the five-year youth strategy for the Canton of Sarajevo
Publishing date: 28 September 2023
The OSCE Secretariat Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in co-operation with the Ministry of Science, Higher Education and Youth of the Canton of Sarajevo and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, held a multi-stakeholder event on 27 and 28 September in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, to support the development of the 2024-2028 Youth Strategy.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports Protector of Human Rights and freedom Office and organization of regional conference of ombudspersons
Publishing date: 28 September 2023
Ombudsperson offices have been playing a critical role in enforcing a better respect of human rights, international conventions and democratic values in the region, their landmark being the trust of citizens. This was one of the conclusions of a regional conference organized on the occasion of 20 years of existence of the institution of the Montenegrin Ombudsman, with the support of the OSCE Mission.
OSCE supports a broadcast on improving community-police relations
Publishing date: 28 September 2023
On 28 September 2023, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (the Office) provided its support in the form of a talk show dedicated to the topic of “Law on public participation in ensuring public order”.
First students of OSCE Presence in Albania-supported Master’s Programme in Criminology graduated
Publishing date: 27 September 2023
A ceremony to celebrate the first 30 graduates of the Master’s degree in Criminology and to thank all those that made possible this programme took place at Tirana University’s Law Faculty on 27 September 2023. The Master’s Programme – established in December 2020 upon the initiative and support of