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OSCE Office in Baku boosts micro-finance activities in Azerbaijan

Publishing date: 5 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 5 December 2003- Over 120 specialists from Azerbaijan will discuss the best results of micro-finance activity and the strategies for its further promotion in Azerbaijan, at a two-day OSCE-organized conference which opened today in Baku...

OSCE media freedom representative asks for release of Azeri journalist from prison

Publishing date: 4 December 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 4 December 2003- A leading European media watchdog, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Freimut Duve, has requested Azeri authorities to release a journalist from prison. In a letter he sent to Foreign Minister Vilayat Guliyev...

OSCE holds third roundtable on civil procedural code in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 28 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
ASHGABAD, 28 November 2003- As part of its efforts to assist Turkmenistan in bringing its civil legislation into line with international standards and best practices, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad held a third roundtable on the draft...

Sustainable business development is best conflict prevention, say OSCE seminar participants

Publishing date: 17 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
VIENNA, 17 November 2003- The importance of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in transition economies and their role in economic development and employment is the topic of an international OSCE seminar that takes place in Armenia today...

Nobel economist talks to Kazakhstani journalists about oil revenue transparency

Publishing date: 17 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
ALMATY, 17 November 2003- Opening a three-day OSCE co-financed workshop for Kazakhstani journalists on reporting on oil wealth and its impact on development, the Nobel laureate, Joseph Stiglitz, said that managing oil wealth was a great challenge...

OSCE in Bishkek hosts meeting on dispute resolution for small enterprises

Publishing date: 12 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 12 November 2003- More than 70 participants from Central Asia took part in an OSCE Conference in the Kyrgyz capital, dealing with the importance of dispute resolution in the creation of a favourable business environment for SMEs in

OSCE Kosovo Mission begins specialized police and public safety training programmes

Publishing date: 11 November 2003
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Policing
PRISTINA, 11 November 2003- The OSCE-run Kosovo Police Service School this week begins advanced training programmes for the Kosovo Police Service and public safety agencies. Specific curricula for courses in special weapons and tactics (SWAT)...