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OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organizes workshop for civil society on convention on eliminating discrimination against women

Publishing date: 26 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
TASHKENT, 26 May 2009- A workshop for civil society representatives on how to report on compliance with the UN Convention on Eliminating all forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan...

OSCE Mission to Skopje launches project to promote interethnic tolerance in schools

Publishing date: 26 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 26 May 2009- The OSCE Mission to Skopje launched a project today that includes awareness-raising, education and recreation activities for secondary-school students in Struga to promote interethnic tolerance and combat juvenile delinquency...

OSCE promotes media self-regulation with training seminar for Moldovan journalists and editors

Publishing date: 21 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, OSCE Mission to Moldova
What we do: Democratization, Media freedom and development, Media self-regulation
CHISINAU, 21 May 2009- Raising awareness about the importance of media self-regulation as a credible and viable mechanism to guarantee editorial independence and uphold journalistic ethics is the aim of a two-day training seminar...

OSCE Presence in Albania promotes public consultation in decision-making with workshop for officials

Publishing date: 21 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Environmental activities, Education
TIRANA, 21 May 2009- More than 30 officials from the private sector and government institutions discussed how to fulfil obligations to consult the public on environmental aspects of national and local planning processes...

Kyrgyz prison staff visit Poland on OSCE Centre-supported study tour

Publishing date: 18 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education, Policing
BISHKEK, 18 May 2009- A group of prison system representatives from the Kyrgyz Justice Ministry traveled to Poland today for a one-week study visit on penitentiary system reform supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...

Tajik journalists create and sign ethics code at workshop organized by the OSCE Office

Publishing date: 15 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Media freedom and development
DUSHANBE, 15 May 2009- An ethics code for Tajik journalists was presented and signed in Dushanbe today as the main outcome of a two-week media self-regulation workshop initiated by three Tajik media associations and facilitated by the OSCE Office...

OSCE meeting closes with call to pay more attention to upholding rule of law principles

Publishing date: 14 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Rule of law
WARSAW, 14 May 2009- Participants in an OSCE meeting on the rule of law that ended today stressed the need for participating States to increase efforts to keep the judiciary independent and to ensure a transparent and accountable administration...