News and press releases

Gender responsible budgeting is not just a matter of social justice, but a necessary precondition for sustainable development and social cohesion. This was one of the conclusions of a workshop on gender responsive budgeting, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in co-operation with the Secretariat of the Competitiveness Council and the Ministry of Finance and Social Welfare on 19 November 2021 in Podgorica.

The OSCE’s Border Management Staff College (BMSC) held a roundtable discussion on 19 November 2021 to examine the security and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan and the current and potential threats it poses to the Central Asian Region and beyond.

On 19 November, the Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) organized a technical briefing to discuss the impact of a regional project “Strengthening the fight against transnational organized crime in South-Eastern Europe through improved regional co-operation in asset seizure, confiscation, management and re-use”.

About three quarters of citizens perceive the Police more positively as compared to last year, while 41% of citizens claim that the police have experienced changes for the better in the previous 12 months. These are key findings from a Perception of the Police in Montenegro survey commissioned by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, conducted by the Consultancy Agency DeFacto.

A five-day OSCE-supported refresher course for 20 border service’s document security instructors concluded in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 12 November 2021.

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with the National Commission for Women, Family and Demographic Policy under the President of Kazakhstan (National Commission) organized a training seminar for regional secretaries of the Commission in Nur-Sultan on 18 and 19 November 2021.

Tajik youth increased their understanding and knowledge about negative impacts of corruption and how they can prevent corruption in Tajikistan at an OSCE-organized workshop on 16 and 17 November 2021 in Dushanbe.