News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports bilateral co-operation on countering human trafficking between North Macedonia, Bulgaria and Greece
Publishing date: 3 July 2019
The OSCE Mission to Skopje supported a series of bilateral meetings that took place between North Macedonia and Bulgaria, most recently on 28 June 2019, to work out an agreement to set up more streamlined procedures and direct channels of communication to exchange information regarding trafficking cases...
First workshop on OSCE-wide identification guidelines for migrants and refugee victims of trafficking concludes in Skopje
Publishing date: 28 March 2018
Skopje, 28 March 2018 –The first in a series of OSCE workshops on the development of guidelines and a training module for better co-ordinated, harmonized and victim-centred identification of human trafficking cases among mixed migration flows concluded in Skopje today. The one-day event was organized jointly by the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB) and the OSCE’s field operations in South-Eastern Europe.
OSCE hosts conference in Skopje on addressing human trafficking along Western Balkan migration routes
Publishing date: 27 October 2016
SKOPJE, 27 October 2016- Some 60 representatives of national authorities, civil society and OSCE field operations from South-Eastern Europe called for an enhanced regional response to human trafficking at the start of a two-day OSCE regional conference in Skopje on promoting synergies and common approaches in addressing human trafficking along the Western Balkan migration routes...
OSCE Special Representative, in Skopje, welcomes authorities’ latest efforts in combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 26 March 2015
SKOPJE, 26 March 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, praised the country’s authorities for its efforts, supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje, to combat modern-day slavery at the conclusion of a four-day visit to the country...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports efforts to tackle child trafficking
Publishing date: 24 January 2012
SKOPJE, 24 January 2012 – Strengthening regional co-operation and dialogue for an effective response to human and child trafficking is the aim of an OSCE-supported regional workshop that started in Skopje today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports social inclusion of street children
Publishing date: 24 November 2009
SKOPJE, 24 November 2009- A workshop supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje to promote the social inclusion of street children and their families started in Strumica today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports training on identifying cases of trafficking for labour exploitation
Publishing date: 23 November 2009
SKOPJE, 23 November 2009- An OSCE Mission-supported workshop on identifying cases of trafficking in human beings for the purpose of labour exploitation started in Bitola today...