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OSCE Presence supports voter education and information campaign ahead of 2025 elections in Albania

Publishing date: 12 July 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Education, Elections, Gender equality, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Youth
From 9 May to 10 July 2024, the OSCE Presence supported the Central Election Commission’s (CEC) informative, educational, and awareness-raising campaign aiming to inform and engage young voters, women and minorities across Albania on various aspects of the electoral process. The first phase of the

OSCE Presence in Albania empowers newly-elected women councillors in Vlora, Shkodra and Tirana through Women Municipal Excellence Programme

Publishing date: 14 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
About 45 women councillors from Vlora, Shkodra and Tirana regions participated in three tailored information sessions organized by the OSCE Presence as part of its Women Municipal Excellence Programme #WoMEP, during the first two weeks of December 2023. The primary objective of these activities was

OSCE Presence empowers women councillors in Albania through Women Municipal Excellence Programme

Publishing date: 10 October 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Elections, Gender equality
On 7 and 8 October 2022, the OSCE Presence in Albania awarded 20 motivated women members of municipal councils who completed the Women Municipal Excellence Programme (WoMEP), and also organized the second training module for 22 other women councillors, WoMEP’s third generation. WoMEP assists women

Youth activists from Western Balkans come together under OSCE Presence in Albania’s ‘Youth Trail’ to reinforce inter-generational dialogue through cultural heritage

Publishing date: 31 August 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Good governance, Gender equality, Youth, Tolerance and non-discrimination
From 24 to 28 August 2022, twenty young activists from the Western Balkans gathered in Tirana and traveled to Gjirokastra to discuss, learn and explore approaches on social interaction and promote democracy, peace and security through inter-generational dialogue. Since 2017, the OSCE Youth Trail

OSCE Presence launches project for reducing risk of weapon proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons in Albania

Publishing date: 9 June 2022
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Arms control, Conflict prevention and resolution, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Youth
The OSCE Presence in Albania, in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior, launched today a three-year project, which aims to assist the national authorities to decrease the risk of weapon proliferation and misuse of small arms and light weapons. The project is part of a regional project

OSCE Presence organizes high-level conference on Women, Peace and Security in Albania

Publishing date: 1 November 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Gender equality
A high-level conference on Albania’s achievements under the agenda on Women, Peace and Security and the way ahead took place in Tirana on 1 November 2021. The OSCE Presence, UN Women Albania and the Dutch Embassy organized the event to mark the 21st anniversary of the UN Security Council’s Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security (WPS).

OSCE Presence promotes inclusion of gender perspective in Albania’s Parliament’s work

Publishing date: 2 July 2021
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Gender equality
On 1 and 2 July, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a concluding workshop with the Alliance of Women Parliamentarians and the Subcommittee on Gender Equality and Prevention of Violence against Women, in view of the end of the current Albanian legislature...