News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
The OSCE Border Management Staff College concluded its second four-week course overseas
Publishing date: 9 September 2022
On September 9, 2022, the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) concluded a four-week Staff Course in Vienna, Austria. The enterprise represented the 33rd such offering conducted by the College since its founding in 2009 and the second held outside its home campus in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
OSCE Special Representative visits Norway, calls for new anti-trafficking strategy and improved coordination of victim assistance
Publishing date: 8 September 2022
OSLO, 8 September 2022 – Valiant Richey, OSCE Special Representative for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, concluded his four-day visit to Norway today. He highlighted the country’s progress made in establishing specialized institutions to protect child victims of crime and noted a need for update of the anti-trafficking strategy and improved national co-ordination of victim assistance.
OSCE supports visit to Georgia by Regional Anti-corruption Platform members from the Western Balkans, Ukraine and Moldova
Publishing date: 8 September 2022
From 6 to 8 September, the OSCE Transnational Threat Department’s Border Security and Management Unit organized a working visit to Georgia, with the support of the Georgian Revenue Service and Ministry of Internal Affairs. This visit was an opportunity for members of the Platform, which focuses on preventing and countering corruption at the border, to improve their skills and learn from the Georgian experience.
Kyrgyz authorities trained on requesting electronic evidence from abroad
Publishing date: 8 September 2022
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the OSCE Transnational Threats Department piloted a new training-of-trainers course on requesting electronic evidence across borders on 5 to 8 September in Kyrgyzstan. The course, developed jointly by the UNODC, Interpol, and the OSCE with the financial support from the European Union, is based on the United Nations Practical Guide on Requesting Electronic Evidence Across Borders.
Enhancing the role of equality bodies for better prevention and protection from discrimination at the focus of the OSCE regional conference in Skopje
Publishing date: 7 September 2022
SKOPJE, 7 September 2022 – State bodies for equality in the region play an important role in the fight to create more equal societies, free of discrimination. These bodies in North Macedonia and throughout the region face numerous challenges in relation to resources, inter-institutional
OSCE Mission to BiH welcomes BiH membership in the European Union (EU) Civil Protection Mechanism
Publishing date: 7 September 2022
SARAJEVO, 7 September 2022- The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) welcomes BiH accession to the European Union (EU) Civil Protection Mechanism.
OSCE and IPER train female professionals from Caspian and Black Sea Region in Le Havre, France
Publishing date: 7 September 2022
From 5-9 September, the OSCE, jointly with the Institute for Teaching and Port Research of the Normandy Business School (IPER) is conducting a week-long training for female professionals of the ports of Baku (Azerbaijan), Aktau and Kuryk (Kazakhstan), Constantza (Romania) and the Maritime Agency of Georgia at the port of Le Havre, France. The event is part of the hybrid course, OSCE-IPER Women in Port Management.