News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE expands its support to Ukraine in combating illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives
Publishing date: 21 January 2020
KYIV, 21 January 2020 – The OSCE today expanded its support to Ukraine in strengthening its response to the illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives, with the launch of another two extra-budgetary projects. Some 50 representatives of Ukrainian governmental agencies and the donor community participated in the projects’ first Programme Governance Board meeting today in Kyiv, which marked the beginning of the OSCE’s multi-year assistance to the Ukrainian authorities in this area...
Proactive approach to targeting transnational organized crime focus of OSCE regional workshop in Kyiv
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
An OSCE regional training workshop dedicated to proactive and intelligence-led approaches to targeting transnational organized crime groups took place on 12 and 13 December 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine to enhance chemical security by expanding capacities for identification of substances
Publishing date: 10 December 2019
The Ukrainian National Reference Centre for Identification of Controlled and Toxic chemicals, established and equipped with OSCE support, was presented to the country’s expert community on 10 December 2019 in Kyiv...
OSCE presents results of the Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women in Ukraine during 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence
Publishing date: 27 November 2019
KYIV, 27 November 2019 – On 25 November the OSCE launched an awareness-raising campaign entitled “End the Silence” that is taking place during the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence. Today, as part of the campaign, the Gender Section of the OSCE Secretariat and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine organized the conference “Gender Based Violence: From Data to Action” where the results of the 2018 OSCE-led Survey on the Well-being and Safety of Women in Ukraine were presented.
Redoubling of efforts required to eliminate violence against women, says OSCE in Ukraine
Publishing date: 25 November 2019
KYIV, 25 November 2019 – “Gender inequality and violence against women and girls remain core problems of our times. This concerns us all, and we all need to redouble our efforts to address them in line with OSCE commitments,” Ambassador Yaşar Halit Çevik, Chief Monitor of the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission (SMM) to Ukraine, and Ambassador Henrik Villadsen, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU), said today on the occasion of International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women...
Ukraine’s Central Elections Commission improves transparency of its work with OSCE support
Publishing date: 6 November 2019
For the first time, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine streamed live on the web a meeting of its members on Tuesday, 5 November 2019. This was made possible by the conference system that was provided and installed by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine earlier this year. The streaming was a pilot project with the Commission intending to make its meetings available online on a regular basis.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine’s National Agency of Civil Service sign memorandum to integrate dialogue into government officials’ organizational culture
Publishing date: 29 August 2019
Henrik Villadsen, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) and Kostiantyn Vashchenko, the Head of the National Agency of Civil Service of Ukraine, signed a memorandum of understanding to promote wider use of conflict management approaches in public service. The signing ceremony took place on 29 August 2019 at a ceremony in Kyiv