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OSCE Mission, Education Ministry, launch education legislation website

Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education
The OSCE Mission to Skopje, together with the Ministry of Education and Science, launched a series of presentations in Struga on 17 November 2011 to promote a new website providing easy access to education-related legislation...

OSCE promotes discussion on human trafficking challenges in southern Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The results of an OSCE-supported survey to address vulnerability to human trafficking in the south of Kyrgyzstan were presented at a roundtable discussion on 18 November 2011...

Turkmenistan military officials visit UK to review small arms and light weapons and stockpile management practices

Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Arms control
ASHGABAT, 18 November 2011 – Four representatives of Turkmenistan's Presidential Administration and the Ministry of Defence participated in a five-day study visit to the United Kingdom that concluded in London today...

Vilnius Ministerial Council an opportunity to set clear course for security of OSCE region, says Lithuanian Chairmanship

Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Permanent Council
VIENNA, 18 November 2011 – The forthcoming Ministerial Council in Vilnius offers OSCE States the chance to consolidate progress and chart a way forward to address urgent security matters in the region, said Ambassador Rytis Paulauskas, the Head of the Lithuanian OSCE Chairmanship Task Force, at a reinforced Permanent Council session in Vienna today...

OSCE promotes democratic principles of public order management in Armenia

Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Policing
YEREVAN, 18 November 2011 – Two OSCE-supported guidebooks on police conduct, use of force and negotiation techniques in public order management were presented today in Yerevan...

OSCE helps schools to monitor water quality in Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 18 November 2011 – Teachers from 20 schools in Kyrgyzstan will learn about “green chemistry” as part of a two-day training course in measuring water quality organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Regional Ecological Centre for Central Asia that started in Bishkek today...

OSCE Mission in Kosovo helps improve public participation in municipal decision making

Publishing date: 18 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization
A workshop on public participation in municipal affairs concluded in Mavrovo, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, on 18 November 2011. The event was organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo...