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Good Governance Resource Centre opens in Ashgabat with OSCE support

Publishing date: 2 May 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Good governance
An OSCE-supported Good Governance Resource Centre launched its activities on 1 May 2014 on the premises of the Ministry of Finance of Turkmenistan.

Weak governance perceived as a threat by many participating States, OSCE think tank network study reveals

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: Networks
The results of the first joint study conducted by the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions, “Threat perceptions in the OSCE area”, was presented to participating States in Vienna on Tuesday, 29 April 2014.

OSCE/ODIHR supports dialogue on gender equality and women’s political participation in Malta

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Gender equality
Measures to advance gender equality in Malta were the focus today at a conference in Sliema, Malta.

OSCE Mission to Montenegro, Eco-centre Dolphin NGO raise awareness on composting

Publishing date: 30 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Environmental activities
The Municipality of Tivat hosted the launch of an awareness-raising campaign on the benefits of composting green waste on 25 April 2014. The campaign will be conducted over the course of 2014 by the Eco-centre Dolphin NGO in partnership with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...

OSCE media freedom representative denounces continuing attacks, kidnappings of journalists, forced switching of TV channels in Ukraine conflict areas

Publishing date: 29 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 29 April 2014 – OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović today denounced new cases of kidnapping and attacks on journalists, the recent takeover of a regional television station in Donetsk and illegal switching of broadcasts...

OSCE Secretary General visits Kazakhstan, discusses Ukraine, challenges in Central Asian context

Publishing date: 29 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretary General
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier visited Astana from 27 to 28 April 2014 where he met with Speaker of the Senate of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, and Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov. Zannier was accompanied during his visit by the Head of the OSCE Chairmanship Task Force in the Swiss Ministry of Foreign Affairs Heidi Grau...

OSCE publishes manual on budget oversight for Kosovo Assembly committees

Publishing date: 29 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Good governance
The OSCE Mission published on 29 April 2014 a Manual on Budget Oversight for Kosovo Assembly Committees to assist 120 Assembly members in performing their financial oversight function over the line ministries and the government...