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Two years of the OSCE and IOM simulation exercise equipped hundreds of Ukrainian practitioners to fight human trafficking
Publishing date: 7 June 2024
Content type: News
On 27- 30 May 2024, the final simulation-based exercise on combating human trafficking took place in the Lviv region, concluding the comprehensive 2-year training initiative by the OSCE Support Programme for Ukraine and IOM Representation in Ukraine.
Public officials start mastering conflict management skills under the OSCE-supported training programme
Publishing date: 13 May 2024
Content type: News
The first group of civil servants and local self-government officials has enhanced their qualifications under the programme “Conflict Management in Public Institutions” developed by the National Agency of Ukraine on Civil Service and the High School of Public Governance with the support of the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine. The programme consists of an online course and a 3-day on-site practical training event.
Clearance of affected lands from explosive hazard: Ukrainian officials, regional authorities and humanitarian demining operators discussed strategic approaches to efficient mine action
Publishing date: 14 December 2023
Content type: News
Within primary financial support from the European Union, the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU) organised a roundtable “Priority Setting in Mine Action and Draft National Strategy” in Kyiv on 14 December 2023.
OSCE-supported seminar provides Ukraine’s media community leaders a space for in-depth review of journalistic ethics and challenges to media freedom in times of war
Publishing date: 5 December 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Media freedom and development
Ukrainian journalists, editors, media managers, communication experts from governmental and public sectors spent four days in a Carpathian resort to withdraw from day-to-day work hassle and war-related trials in order to take a critical look at the state of affairs in country’s media sphere at a seminar organized by Aspen Institute Kyiv and the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU). The event "Media and Reality: Dimensions of Responsibility," that took place in Polyana, Zakarpathia oblast on 29 November – 3 December 2023, involved 24 media community leaders selected through an open call for applications.
OSCE helps Ukrainian rescuers and border guards to practice response to radiological threats
Publishing date: 1 November 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities, Environmental good governance
Seventy-five representatives from Ukraine’s State Emergency Service (SESU) and State Border Guard Service had a chance to improve knowledge and practice skills needed to respond to radiation-related emergencies at a series of two three-days training sessions, organized by the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU) in Kyiv on 23-28 October 2023.
OSCE supports of legal professionals’ discussions on adapting Ukraine’s criminal justice to war-time needs and challenges
Publishing date: 30 October 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Human rights, Rule of law
While international justice tools to deal with war-related crimes are high on the agenda, national institutions can and should pursue investigation and prosecution of those who commit them, as synergy of domestic and international efforts is an important precondition for justice to effectively respond to violations of human rights in the course of ongoing war. The needs of adapting national practices and legislation in criminal justice were in focus of IX Lviv Criminal Justice Forum, organized by the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine (SPU) together with State Bureau of Investigations and Lviv University of Internal Affairs on 26-27 October 2023.
OSCE and IOM help Ukrainian officials and experts to build practical skills for handling human trafficking cases
Publishing date: 18 October 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Policing
A series of four three-day simulation exercises organized jointly by the OSCE Secretariat Extra-Budgetary Support Programme for Ukraine and IOM Mission in Ukraine in September and October helped officials, experts, and practitioners from 12 regions of Ukraine to enhance their practical skills in investigating cases of trafficking in human beings and assisting survivors of the crime.