News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and UNODC deliver training course on countering terrorist financing in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 22 November 2018
A three-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Tajikistan to counter terrorist financing was organized in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, from 19 to 21 November 2018...
Best practices in effective anti-corruption legislation focus of international conference co-organized by OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 21 November 2018
Implementing effective anti-corruption legislation was the focus of an international conference organized by the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan with the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on 21 November 2018 in Tashkent...
OSCE supports Tajikistan in identifying corruption risks in legal acts
Publishing date: 21 November 2018
A two-day OSCE-supported training course on the anti-corruption screening of legal acts for 20 representatives from Tajikistan’s government authorities, education institutions, and civil society concluded on 21 November 2018 in Dushanbe...
OSCE/ODIHR final report on Sweden’s parliamentary elections recommends measures to enhance campaign finance transparency, guarantee secrecy of the vote
Publishing date: 21 November 2018
While noting that there is public confidence in the election administration, the final report on the 9 September 2018 parliamentary elections in Sweden by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) recommends taking measures to ensure the secrecy of the vote and the
ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in Germany
Publishing date: 21 November 2018
A team of election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) visited Berlin and Karlsruhe from 19 to 21 November 2018 to present the final report of ODIHR’s election expert team for the 24 September 2017 elections to Germany’s federal parliament (Bundestag).
Business ethics and compliance mechanisms in the healthcare sector focus of two-day training seminar organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
Business ethics and compliance mechanisms in the healthcare sector were the topics of a two-day training seminar for healthcare regulators and professionals organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz) on 19 and 20 November 2018 in Tashkent, in support of the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Uzbekistan.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro trains municipal focal points on delivering training courses on gender equality and mainstreaming
Publishing date: 20 November 2018
The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the Ministry for Human and Minority Rights and the Department for Gender Equality, delivered three two-day workshops during October and November 2018 to gender equality focal points from 12 Montenegrin municipalities on how to train their colleagues on understanding gender equality and gender mainstreaming...