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OSCE organizes workshop for civil society representatives on Open Government Partnership initiative in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
An OSCE-organized workshop for 20 representatives of civil society on the Open Government Partnership (OGP) initiative took place on 15 November in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
Good governance in public administration discussed at OSCE-supported event in Bishkek
Publishing date: 15 November 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supported a round-table discussion, on 14 November 2018 in Bishkek, where Kyrgyzstan’s draft Unified Register of Functions of Ministries and State Agencies was brought for discussion to the public. The register is meant to systematize functions and bringing them into one coherent list...
OSCE Programme Office starts its new patrol field capacity building project to train Tajik border troops
Publishing date: 15 November 2018
On 12 November 2018, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe started a new project “Patrol Field Capacity Building of the Tajik Border Troops through promotion of Regional Co-operation”. The project is supported by the Federal Republic of Germany and was launched in the Regional Training Centre of Khalkayor, some 230km south of Dushanbe.
Latest from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM), based on information received as of 19:30, 13 November 2018
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The SMM recorded fewer ceasefire violations in Donetsk and Luhansk regions, compared to the previous reporting period. It observed for the first time anti-tank mines inside the Zolote disengagement area. The SMM’s access remained restricted in all three disengagement areas. It observed weapons in violation near Volnovakha. The Mission facilitated and monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to houses and essential civilian infrastructure, as well as to enable demining near Nyzhnoteple and the clearance of unexploded ordnance near Marinka...
OSCE/ODIHR toolkit to help states, civil society adopt comprehensive approach against hate crime presented at Vienna event
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
A toolkit developed by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) to assist participating States in adopting a comprehensive approach to countering hate crime was presented to government officials and civil society representatives at a conference organized by ODIHR in
OSCE assists Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry in establishing second model police station
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe and Tajikistan’s Interior Ministry inaugurated a second model police station in Tajikistan at a ceremony in the Esanboy community of the Rudaki district on 9 November 2018. The station will serve as a community policing centre where local community members can meet and discuss legal and strategic documents on police reform, and provide their recommendations to the Interior Ministry on improving community policing...
OSCE representatives on gender conduct country visit to Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 14 November 2018
From 6 to 9 November, the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Gender, Melanne Verveer and OSCE Senior Adviser on Gender Issues, Amarsanaa Darisuren conducted a country visit to Uzbekistan. The visit was organized by the Italian OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office.