News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE co-organized co-ordination meeting with Municipal Gender Focal Points in Podgorica
Publishing date: 17 July 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights, organized a co-ordination meeting with municipal gender focal points on 11 July in Podgorica. The participants evaluated accomplishments and activities carried out by the municipalities in the last period and discussed and co-ordinated future activities.
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine’s statement to media allegations
Publishing date: 16 July 2018
The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine is aware of the reporting of the ARD programme «Fakt» on Tuesday, 17 July. The Mission is concerned about any alleged breach of its security and is determined to examine all the allegations thoroughly in accordance with established procedures...
Stronger collaboration between researchers and practitioners focus of first Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy organized by ODIHR and European Consortium for Political Research
Publishing date: 16 July 2018
The first Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), took place in Warsaw from 9 to 15 July 2018. The Summer School brought together MA and PhD
OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan addresses professional integrity and ethical standards in law enforcement
Publishing date: 16 July 2018
An OSCE-organized national seminar on professional integrity and ethical standards in law enforcement took place on 12 and 13 July 2018 in Ashgabat. Officials from the national security, interior, justice and defence ministries, the Supreme Court, the State Service to Combat Economic Crimes, the State Migration Service and other law enforcement bodies of Turkmenistan participated in the event.
Kyrgyz trainers, supported by OSCE and UNODC, deliver training course on countering terrorist financing
Publishing date: 16 July 2018
A five-day training course aimed at strengthening the capacity of government officials from Kyrgyzstan to counter terrorist financing was organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)’s Global Programme against Money Laundering, from 10 to 15 July 2018...
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe completes annual community resilience activities in Tajikistan’s Sughd region
Publishing date: 13 July 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe completed its activities aimed at building community resilience against terrorist radicalization and violent extremism at grassroots level in the Sughd region on 12 July 2018...
OSCE helps Ukraine’s civil society to improve access to public funding for social projects
Publishing date: 12 July 2018
More than 500 officials and civil society representatives from across Ukraine were trained on how state-funded social services can be delivered by non-governmental organizations, in a series of eight seminars organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from May to July. The last workshop in the series, which took place in Poltava, ended on 12 July 2018. The others were held in Kyiv, Odesa, Vinnitsa, Chernivtsi, Lviv, Kramatorsk and Dnipro.