News and press releases

In preparation for a repeat election in Ukraine, fifty administrative court judges were trained in reviewing election-related disputes at a session organized by the Higher Administrative Court of Ukraine and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) from 18 to 19 November 2013 in Kyiv.

A discussion of the draft Criminal Procedure Code recently introduced to the Parliament of Kazakhstan topped the agenda of an international conference, supported by the OSCE Centre and held on 15 November 2013 in Astana.

Some 150 experts from government, NGOs, and international organizations gathered in Kyiv today at the all-Ukrainian Gender Forum to discuss gender equality issues. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU), UN Women and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.

KYIV, 14 November 2013 – Representatives of academia and professional community gathered to discuss the quality of legal education and science in Ukraine and ways of improving it at an OSCE-supported conference that started in Kyiv today...

Representatives of Ukraine’s Interior and Social Policy Ministries and the Ukrainian Ombudsperson’s office visited Oslo from 4 to 8 November 2013 to learn about the experience of their Norwegian counterparts ensuring equality of men and women, and about the mechanisms for combating gender-based violence. The study trip was organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...

ASHGABAT, 8 November 2013 – Twenty-five journalism students from the Magtymugly Turkmen State University completed an OSCE-organized course on online journalism today

Twenty-two senior and field managers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s headquarters, training institutions, and 15 regional emergency departments learned about International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) at a workshop in Kyiv, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 29 to 31 October 2013...