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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on Tajikistan’s draft Information Code
Publishing date: 20 October 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized a public discussion and presentation of the draft Information Code of Tajikistan on 14 October 2021 in Bokhtar, the Khatlon region.
OSCE Programme Office supports a series of seminars on enhancing the role and capacity of local self-governance bodies
Publishing date: 20 October 2021
An OSCE-supported series of seminars on enhancing the role and capacity of maslikhats (local self-governance bodies) was launched, in a blended format, from 19 October to 23 November 2021. The event covers all fourteen provinces and the three major cities – Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Shymkent. Some 140 deputies of the district, city and province-level maslikhats of the Kostanay province attended the first event.
OSCE organizes networking event for members of the Gender Equality Platform on Border Security
Publishing date: 18 October 2021
Members of the OSCE Gender Equality Platform on Border Security and Management and representatives of border agencies from the OSCE region and beyond discussed the importance of an inclusive approach to gender equality in the security sector on 18 October 2021.
Seventh Dialogue Academy for Young Women, co-hosted by OSCE Mission in Kosovo and OSCE Mission to Serbia, concludes in Mavrovo
Publishing date: 18 October 2021
The seventh OSCE Dialogue Academy for Young Women concluded on 16 October 2021 in Mavrovo, North Macedonia. Eighteen participants from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade attended the Academy...
North Macedonia’s local elections were competitive with fundamental freedoms respected but legal shortcomings remain a concern, international observers say
Publishing date: 18 October 2021
SKOPJE, 18 October 2021 – Candidates could campaign freely and fundamental freedoms were widely respected in North Macedonia’s local elections, but numerous gaps in the law and legislative changes close to election day undermined legal stability and the largest parliamentary parties enjoy systemic advantages in the distribution of public resources for campaigning, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement today...
OSCE-organized training courses further strengthen operational criminal intelligence analysis in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 18 October 2021
The OSCE’s Strategic Police Matters Unit, in co-operation with six OSCE field operations in South-Eastern Europe and the Shortest Path Training Company from the United Kingdom, held on 4 to 6 October 2021 the advanced round of a series of online training courses focused on utilizing IBM’s i2 software packages Analyst’s Notebook and iBase for criminal intelligence analysis.
Young journalists from Western Balkans come together under OSCE Presence in Albania’s ‘Youth Trail’ to tackle media issues
Publishing date: 15 October 2021
Eighteen young journalists from the Western Balkans gathered in Tirana from 10 to 14 October 2021 to discuss media challenges across the region and brainstorm on ways of tackling them...