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ODIHR experts discuss electoral recommendations in North Macedonia
Publishing date: 28 June 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the final report and recommendations of the observation mission to the 17 and 31 October 2021 local elections in North Macedonia during a visit to Skopje from 20 to 23 June. The ODIHR experts met
Women, youth, must be an integral part of solutions in times of crisis, say participants at OSCE Mediterranean Partners meeting
Publishing date: 28 June 2022
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation
VIENNA, 28 June 2022 – Integrating women and youth to be part of solutions to challenges in times of crisis was at the centre of the OSCE Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation Group meeting that took place in Vienna today.
OSCE launches its latest report on processing of war crimes in BiH
Publishing date: 28 June 2022
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) today presented, in Sarajevo, the report A Race Against Time: Successes and Challenges in the Implementation of the National War Crimes Processing Strategy of BiH.
Bulgaria presidential and early parliamentary elections 2021: ODIHR election assessment mission final report
Publishing date: 24 June 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
The November 2021 presidential and early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria were administered efficiently, but took place in an atmosphere of disillusionment towards the political establishment and voter fatigue from two previous parliamentary elections held within the same year. The roll-out of
OSCE supports fourth Annual General Meeting of Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network
Publishing date: 24 June 2022
The fourth Annual General Meeting of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) was held with the support of the OSCE between 22 and 24 June 2022 in Budva, Montenegro. The Annual General Meeting brought together 50 participants from 21 jurisdictions, as well as a representative from the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), to discuss the responsibilities, tasks and powers that constitute an effective asset management agency.
OSCE continues training Central Asian law enforcement experts to combat cybercrime through digital forensics
Publishing date: 24 June 2022
The second part of a two-week training programme on open-source digital forensics for law enforcement experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan took place from 20 to 24 June in Nur-Sultan. The course, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in close co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan and the Law Enforcement Academy under the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan, follows the first part, which took place in May.
OSCE supports training seminar on open data for government officials in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 24 June 2022
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
Improving national capacities of government institutions on open data and digitalization was the focus of a series of training seminars organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in co-operation with the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan (ACA) from 22 to 24 June 2022.