News and press releases

The OSCE has announced the winners of the 13th edition of the basin-wide creativity contest "Colours of the Dniester". This competition helps raise children and youth’s awareness of environmental protection and water management, particularly in the Dniester River basin, in Moldova

About twenty police officers, prosecutors, and representatives of the National Security Service and Investigative Committee of Armenia attended a training course on open-source IT forensics and network investigations held from 20 to 24 December 2021 at the Academy of Justice in Yerevan. The OSCE and the Council of Europe jointly organized the event, with the support of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Armenia.

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat jointly organized the online training course “Utilizing i2 Analyst’s Notebook and i2 iBase in criminal intelligence analysis” from 14 to 17 December 2021.

Data driven decision-making in municipal governance and key indicators for sustainable urban development in Ukraine were among the main topics of a two-day expert roundtable discussion organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) in co-operation with the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in Kyiv on 16 and 17 December 2021.

A three-day online training course on “Strengthening Capacities of the Service on Countering Illicit Drug Trafficking of the Ministry of Interior of the Kyrgyz Republic in Combating the Spread of Illicit Drugs Facilitated by the Internet” concluded on 15 December 2021 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Four OSCE diplomats received the OSCE’s White Ribbon award for their work promoting gender equality. The awards went to Annika Söder (Sweden), Marina Wyss (Switzerland), Fiel Vanthemsche (Belgium) and Sebastian Gahnström (Finland). The winners were announced in Vienna on 9 December and the awards were handed over at the OSCE Permanent Council in Vienna on 16 December 2021.

The OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Presence in Albania jointly organized the online training course “Implementing Intelligence-Led Policing on Strategic and Operational Levels” on 9 and 10 December.