News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Gender responsive budgeting in focus at OSCE-supported training course in Podgorica
Publishing date: 21 June 2017
The basic concepts of gender responsive budgeting, its importance and implementation at the municipal level were discussed during an OSCE-supported training course held on 15 and 16 June 2017in Podgorica...
OSCE supports gender mainstreaming in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 June 2017
Gender mainstreaming the work of local governments and election campaigns was the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar for some 45 high-level local government executives and local district legislators from Kazakhstan’s Atyrau Region on 21 June 2017...
OSCE Mission to Moldova continues to equip young people from both banks with essential debating skills
Publishing date: 21 June 2017
A training event held in Vadul-lui-Vodă by the OSCE Mission to Moldova from 16 to 18 June 2017 has equipped some 40 high school students and their teachers with essential debating techniques...
Parliamentary, government, civil society experts explore how to make good laws at ODIHR round table in Warsaw
Publishing date: 20 June 2017
Good practices in lawmaking, including public consultation and a balanced relationship between legislative and executive bodies, were the focus of a roundtable discussion hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 19 and 20 June 2017 in Warsaw. The event
Regional conference co-organized by OSCE/ODIHR in Tbilisi focuses on effective regulation of money in politics
Publishing date: 20 June 2017
Some 80 participants from more than 20 countries, including state officials, civil society representatives, international experts and academics, shared good practices and debated practical steps to improve political finance regulations in Eastern and Central Europe during a regional conference
OSCE Mission to Moldova trains police in Moldova’s north and south to investigate hate crimes
Publishing date: 20 June 2017
Between 13 and 16 June 2017, the OSCE Mission to Moldova organized two training events in the north and south of Moldova, during which a total of 37 police officers learnt how to effectively identify and investigate bias-motivated crimes, otherwise known as hate crimes...
Austrian OSCE Chairmanship organizes visit for participating States delegations to AUTINT-run SMM predeployment training in Götzendorf, Lower Austria
Publishing date: 19 June 2017
Vienna, 19 June 2017- High level representatives of more than 20 delegations of OSCE participating States and senior OSCE officials visited on 9 June 2017 the site of the predeployment training for the Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine conducted by the Austrian Armed Forces International Centre (AUTINT) in Götzendorf, Lower Austria. The visit was organized by the Austrian OSCE Chairmanship.