News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Addressing anti-Semitism through education the focus of OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Belgrade
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
Education professionals joined up with representatives of government and civil society to explore policies and tools to address anti-Semitism within educational systems, as well as how to address needs and gaps in existing policies and resources, at a workshop and meetings organized in Belgrade
Albanian public broadcaster presents statute and editorial guidelines drafted with OSCE Presence and European Broadcasting Union assistance
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
The Albanian public broadcaster held on 18 November 2016 a consultation meeting on the new draft statute with the Parliamentary Committee on Education and Media, the Audio-Visual Media Authority, media organizations and academia. A final draft of the first ever editorial guidelines for the Albanian public broadcaster was also presented at the meeting, before undergoing a final vote by the Albanian Radio Television’s Steering Board...
OSCE/ODIHR brings together Central Asian reform leaders at Tashkent forum to develop human-rights based criminal justice systems
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
Around 100 policy- and lawmakers, academics, justice professionals and civil society representatives from Central Asia and other parts of the OSCE region discussed current challenges and good practices in criminal justice reform at a forum organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions
OSCE Mission to Moldova organizes workshop on reviewing justice sector reform
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
The OSCE Mission to Moldova, in co-operation with the country’s Ministry of Justice, held a practical workshop on 15 November 2016 for 34 representatives of state institutions, civil society and international organizations on how to accurately evaluate progress on justice reforms...
Ukraine’s government adopts OSCE-supported Concept for developing E-services
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 16 November 2016 adopted a Concept for the development of E-services, which was elaborated with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE supports training seminar on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for some 40 representatives of Kazakhstan’s government authorities, self-regulatory bodies as well as Designated Non-Financial Businesses and Professions took place on 18 November 2016 in Astana...
Quality data essential to countering hate crime and intolerance against Muslims, say Austrian civil society participants in OSCE/ODIHR training
Publishing date: 17 November 2016
Enhancing the capacity of Austrian civil society groups working on intolerance against Muslims to monitor, report and respond to hate crimes was the focus of training organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) on 15 and 16 November in Vienna. “Good qualitative