News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Utilization of findings of international education assessments, focus of OSCE-supported education expert meeting in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
Over 50 education experts, representatives of ministries of education, pedagogical institutes, universities and academia gathered at the expert meeting and workshop on International Assessments in the Area of Education and Utilization of Their Findings for Education Improvement. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Hercegovina (BiH) on 17 and 18 October 2019 in Sarajevo...
OSCE brings together youth and international organizations to promote gender equality in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
Tajik youth discussed the promotion of women’s rights and gender equality at an OSCE-organized roundtable discussion on 17 October 2019 in Dushanbe. The event was dedicated to the International Day of Rural Women. Some 60 members of the Gender Champions network took part in the discussion, as well as representatives of civil society and the international community...
OSCE-organized lecture series on ethics in law enforcement takes place in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
The OSCE Centre organized a series of lectures on codes of conduct and ethical standards in law enforcement from 14 to 19 October 2019 in Ashgabat. The Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Institute of International Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Border Institute of the State Border Service of Turkmenistan each hosted a programme of lectures. They were attended by police cadets, law students from the Institute of International Relations and the Turkmen State University and cadets of the Border and Military Institutes.
OSCE supports conference on the nature of modern military conflicts and their prevention
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
The first international scientific and practical conference on The Present Day Military Conflicts: Content and Lessons Learned took place on 15 and 16 October 2019 in Tashkent. The event was organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Academy of the Armed Forces of Uzbekistan.
Freedom of expression and prevention of disinformation in Kazakhstan focus of OSCE-organized workshop
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
A seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and policies to counter disinformation and fake news on the Internet, took place on 18 October 2019 in Nur-Sultan. The event was supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and co-organized with the International Centre for Journalism MediaNet.
OSCE supports training course on freedom of expression and prevention of hate speech on the Internet in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 October 2019
A seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and policies to counter hate speech on the Internet took place on 18 October 2019 in Atyrau, Kazakhstan. It was supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and co-organized with the NGO “Legal Media Centre”...
OSCE hosts 2019 Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting
Publishing date: 17 October 2019
The 2019 Aarhus Centres Annual Meeting concluded on 17 October 2019today in Vienna...