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OSCE supports enhanced inter-agency co-operation on asset seizure in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Publishing date: 5 July 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance
Over 40 representatives from the Seized Property Management Agency (FAZUOI) and the Judicial Police in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina met to discuss the challenges in executing court decisions and orders regarding the benefits of property confiscation.

OSCE workshop upskills Ukrainian regulators on best practices for virtual assets supervision and anti-money laundering tactics

Publishing date: 20 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
From June 18 to 20, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities organized a workshop titled "Navigating the Virtual Asset Landscape" in Warsaw, Poland. The workshop, which was hosted by the Ministry of Finance of Poland, targeted Ukrainian supervisory

Balkans Asset Management Interagency Network defines strategic priorities for asset recovery

Publishing date: 7 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance
On 28 and 29 May, the Heads of Asset Management Agencies from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Moldova, North Macedonia and Ukraine gathered in Skopje, North Macedonia for a meeting of the Steering Group of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN).

Empowering youth to foster positive change: OSCE launches “Crime Prevention and Lawful Behaviour” training course in schools of Kyrgyzstan

Publishing date: 24 August 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Good governance, Youth
The OSCE, in co-operation with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and the Ministry of Education and Science of Kyrgyzstan, held a training course from 21 to 25 August 2023 in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan to help teachers use an OSCE-developed curriculum on crime prevention and lawful behaviour for students in grades 5 to 11.

OSCE Presence presents Baseline Assessment on Inspection, Investigation and Punishment of Environmental Contraventions and Crimes in Albania

Publishing date: 26 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
What we do: Climate change, Economic activities, Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities, Energy security, Good governance, Environmental good governance, Hazardous waste management, Water management
On 26 June, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a workshop to unveil the findings of the Baseline Assessment on Inspection, Investigation and Punishment of Environmental Contraventions and Crimes in Albania. The baseline assessment for environmental governance, which is based on the analyses of

OSCE organizes awareness raising event for civil society on re-use of confiscated assets in Montenegro

Publishing date: 3 November 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism
On 2 November, OSCE concluded the series of national workshops in Montenegro on social re-use of confiscated illicit assets. The event highlighted the key role civil society organizations play in the fight against organized crime and corruption. It also raised the awareness on the possibility to assign assets confiscated from criminal groups to civil society, contributing thus to social, cultural and socio-entrepreneurial activities and reintegrating confiscated illicit assets into communities and the legal economy.

OSCE launches Open Data e-learning platform for Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 23 September 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
On 23 September 2022, the Office of the Co-ordinator of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) participated in the Second Tashkent Anti-Corruption Forum, organized by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) of the Republic of Uzbekistan, jointly with international partner organizations. The event gathered more than 100 participants representing national and foreign anti-corruption authorities, civil-society organizations and other stakeholders to discuss transparency and integrity measures in the public sector, assessing anti-corruption risks, as well as anti-corruption education...