News and press releases

Lobbying against corruption was the topic of a training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Serbia from 16 to 18 April in Belgrade. The event gathered 52 participants (36 women and 16 men) from the Serbian Anti-Corruption Agency, the Embassy of the United States and civil society organizations...

BELGRADE, 15 September 2017 – On the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the International Day of Democracy, the OSCE Mission to Serbia, in partnership with the CSO Centre for Research, Transparency and Accountability (CRTA) and the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia organized a forum on democracy and citizens’ participation held today at the Parliament in Belgrade...

Some 350 newly-elected councillors from local self-government units received certificates marking their successful completion of an online course on the system of local self-governments and good governance, at a ceremony held on 14 December 2016 in Belgrade. The course, supported by the OSCE Mission to Serbia, is designed for councillors who took up seats in local assemblies for the first time after the April elections...

A two-day conference- Women Promoting Dialogue and Reconciliation- organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia concluded on 9 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština. The conference gathered prominent women from politics, civil society, academy and media who comprise the “Follow Us” initiative from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, as well as alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy...

A five-day training course on use of digital skills to promote OSCE values for young people from Albania and Serbia concluded on 22 September 2016 in the Albanian city of Durrës. The course was organized by the OSCE Mission to Serbia in partnership with the OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Serbia’s Ministry of Youth and Sport, Albanian Ministry of Social Welfare and Youth and the National Youth Council of Serbia...

Twenty young women, alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy, met in Belgrade from 6 to 8 April 2016, to continue co-operation and agree on joint projects for 2016...

BELGRADE, 4 March 2016 – The Head of the OSCE Mission to Serbia, Ambassador Peter Burkhard and the Deputy Head of Mission, Michael Uyehara visited the House of Human Rights (HHR) in Belgrade today, and met representatives of the Civic Initiatives and the Policy Centre, two of the five civil society organizations based at the House...