News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Special Representative urges enhanced role for NGOs in promoting empowerment and social inclusion of trafficked persons
Publishing date: 10 March 2011
The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, called for full recognition of the role of NGOs as major actors of anti-trafficking action, during the launch of the United Nations Voluntary Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking in London on 8 March...
ODIHR consults with stakeholders on e-voting proposals in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 9 March 2011
Following a visit to Tajikistan in February, ODIHR provided comments to the country’s Central Commission for Elections and Referenda (CCER) on the proposed introduction of e-voting in the country. The visit followed a request from the CCER for support from the OSCE Office in Tajikistan in implementing electronic voting...
OSCE-supported women's network in Albania seeks presidential support for electoral gender balance
Publishing date: 9 March 2011
A group of 40 Albanian women participating in an OSCE Presence in Albania project on gender equality asked Albanian President Bamir Topi for support in ensuring women’s inclusion in electoral candidates’ lists for the upcoming local elections during a meeting on 8 March 2011 in Tirana...
OSCE Mission to Moldova promotes women’s participation in upcoming local elections
Publishing date: 8 March 2011
The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the International Center for the Advancement of Women in Business NGO (ICAWB), will conduct training seminars on running for public office for 150 women from all over Moldova. The project is being implemented ahead of upcoming local elections and marks the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day on 8 March 2011...
Student teachers and social workers complete OSCE-supported practicum placements in multi-ethnic classrooms
Publishing date: 7 March 2011
Eighty student teachers and social workers received certificates at the end of February from the acting Head of OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Natalya Drozd, and the Minister of Education and Science Nikola Todorov for completing an OSCE-organized practicum placement in multi-ethnic classrooms, at a ceremony in Skopje.
OSCE Presence, Albanian NGO present reports on anti-trafficking
Publishing date: 4 March 2011
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the non-governmental organization the Albanian Centre for Legal Civil Initiatives presented on 3 March three reports related to the situation for victims of trafficking in Albania at an event organized in Tirana
OSCE Mission in Kosovo supports standardization of municipal regulations
Publishing date: 1 March 2011
A workshop organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo on improving the quality of municipal acts concluded on 1 March 2011 in Ohrid, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia...