News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Gender equality priorities defined at all-Ukrainian Gender Forum supported by the OSCE
Publishing date: 15 November 2013
Some 150 experts from government, NGOs, and international organizations gathered in Kyiv today at the all-Ukrainian Gender Forum to discuss gender equality issues. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU), UN Women and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung.
OSCE promotes improvement of legal education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 November 2013
KYIV, 14 November 2013 – Representatives of academia and professional community gathered to discuss the quality of legal education and science in Ukraine and ways of improving it at an OSCE-supported conference that started in Kyiv today...
OSCE supports trip of Ukrainian experts to Norway to learn about ways of ensuring equal rights of men and women, combatting gender-based violence
Publishing date: 11 November 2013
Representatives of Ukraine’s Interior and Social Policy Ministries and the Ukrainian Ombudsperson’s office visited Oslo from 4 to 8 November 2013 to learn about the experience of their Norwegian counterparts ensuring equality of men and women, and about the mechanisms for combating gender-based violence. The study trip was organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
OSCE helps Ukrainian demining experts to learn safe clearance standards
Publishing date: 5 November 2013
Twenty-two senior and field managers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s headquarters, training institutions, and 15 regional emergency departments learned about International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) at a workshop in Kyiv, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 29 to 31 October 2013...
Election commissioners trained using OSCE-developed online system as Ukraine prepares for repeat vote in December
Publishing date: 30 October 2013
Fifty-eight district election commissioners were trained to administer electoral procedures for the upcoming repeat election in Ukraine at a session organized from 29 to 30 October 2013 in Kyiv by the country’s Central Election Commission (CEC) and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator (PCU).
OSCE educates schoolchildren about threats of unsafe military ammunition ahead of autumn vacations in Ukraine
Publishing date: 28 October 2013
As schoolchildren in Ukraine prepare to start their autumn vacations on 28 October 2013, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) helped the State Emergency Service of Ukraine to conduct awareness-raising lessons on the dangers of unsafe military ammunition...
OSCE helps Ukraine enhance radiation control at borders
Publishing date: 16 October 2013
Two new reference publications on radiological control developed with the help of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine were presented to Ukraine’s State Environmental Inspectorate on 15 October 2013...