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Annual Donors Forum organized by OSCE Mission to Moldova held in Chisinau

Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization
The OSCE Mission to Moldova held its traditional Donors Forum for Transdniestrian civil society organizations on 29 November 2016 in Chisinau. This annual event gives donors and civil society organizations the opportunity to exchange information about their upcoming plans and priorities. It was attended by more than 80 participants and brought together a wide-range of initiative groups and non-governmental organisations from Transdniestria, with international agencies and embassies that are actively engaged as donors in Moldova.

OSCE and UK Home Office promote good practices on preventing slavery in supply chains

Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
LONDON, United Kingdom, 29 November 2016- Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking and Sarah Newton, Minister for Vulnerability, Safeguarding and Countering Extremism of the government of the United Kingdom, opened today a workshop on preventing modern slavery in supply chains.

OSCE PA’s economic and environmental committee leaders applaud historic effort to contain Chernobyl contamination

Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
COPENHAGEN, 29 November 2016 – Welcoming the unveiling of a giant new dome being placed over Chernobyl nuclear power plant’s fourth reactor in Ukraine – the site 30 years ago of the worst accident in the history of nuclear power in the world – the leadership of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly’s General Committee on Economic Affairs, Science, Technology and Environment today issued the following statement...

OSCE Mission to Serbia supports constitutional reform on enhancing judicial independence

Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
BELGRADE, 29 November 2016 – More than 200 judges and experts from Serbia discussed the constitutional reform process during a conference organized by the Supreme Court of Cassation, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Council of Europe today in Belgrade...

Expert meeting on strengthening independence of national human rights institutions in OSCE region concludes in Warsaw

Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
More than 30 representatives of national human rights institutions (NHRIs), international organizations and academia took part in an expert meeting on the independence of NHRIs hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 28 and 29 November 2016.

Judges trained on environmental matters at OSCE event in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
An OSCE-supported training seminar on the judicial application of environmental legislation in civil cases took place on 29 November 2016 in Astana, Kazakhstan...

OSCE promotes community-policing approach in countering violent extremism in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 29 November 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism
TASHKENT, 29 November 2016 – A two-day national seminar on community-policing approach to counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT), organized by the OSCE, began today in Tashkent...