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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Strengthening OSCE-EU co-operation discussed at first annual high-level meeting held in Brussels
Publishing date: 13 December 2018
Improving institutional interaction and furthering co-operation between the OSCE and the EU in areas of common interest across all three OSCE security dimensions – politico-military, economic and environmental and human – was the focus of the first-ever EU–OSCE annual high-level meeting, held on 12 December in Brussels.
International standards, national legislation for prevention of domestic violence in Belarus discussed at OSCE/ODIHR seminar
Publishing date: 7 December 2018
International rule of law standards related to the prevention of domestic violence were the topic of a seminar organized on 6 December 2018 in Minsk for participants from across Belarus. The seminar was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the
Experts discuss migrant integration practices at OSCE/ODIHR workshop in Tbilisi
Publishing date: 30 November 2018
Challenges and good practices in the field of integrating migrants were the focus of an expert workshop held by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Tbilisi on 29 November 2018. Experts from ten OSCE participating States took part in the discussion. The
Experts examine national practices of public participation in lawmaking at OSCE/ODIHR event in Warsaw
Publishing date: 30 November 2018
A roundtable discussion to explore practical ways of ensuring meaningful public participation in lawmaking was hosted by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 30 November 2018. The event brought together 24 experts (14 women and ten men) from 11
Central Asian criminal justice experts gather in Bishkek for bi-annual OSCE/ODIHR forum
Publishing date: 29 November 2018
Some 120 criminal justice experts from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Mongolia, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan gathered in Bishkek from 27 to 29 November 2018 for the Seventh Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia. The event was organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions
Members of Parliament and parliament staff conduct oversight simulation during event in Mavrovo, organized by OSCE Mission to Skopje and National Democratic Institute
Publishing date: 26 November 2018
Members of Parliament, parliament service staff and representatives from the government and civil society organizations participated in an oversight simulation in Mavrovo from 23 to 25 November 2018 to learn about and practice how to organize public hearings in the parliament...
Montenegrin parliamentary services attend OSCE workshop on performance management
Publishing date: 22 November 2018
Aims and principles of performance management processes and steps to define key performance indicators was a focus of a two-day OSCE Mission to Montenegro workshop for officials from Montenegro’s parliamentary services, held on 19 and 20 November 2018 in Podgorica...