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Parliamentary staff receive expert support from OSCE Mission to Montenegro in preparing budget circulars from gender perspective
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
How to draft a gender responsive budget was the focus of a two-day workshop for staff of parliamentary committees and units, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 15 and 16 May in Podgorica.
Combating corruption, improving quality education and Roma status, high on the agenda of Ambassador Aggeler’s visit to Mostar
Publishing date: 12 April 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mostar, 12 April 2023- Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ambassador Brian Aggeler, visited Mostar today where he met with range of Cantonal, religious, media and NGO partners.
A push to strengthen regional co-operation on parliamentary oversight of defence and security in Southeast Europe
Publishing date: 23 March 2023
Content type: News
Sarajevo, 23 March 2023 – As current Chair of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC), and in partnership with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 22 March in Vienna, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) organized a side event Strengthening Regional Co-operation on Parliamentary Oversight of Defence and Security in Southeast Europe.
Ambassadors Aggeler and Murphy hand over ICT equipment to anti-corruption bodies across the country
Publishing date: 23 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
Ambassador Brian Aggeler, Head of the OSCE Mission to BiH, and Ambassador Michael J. Murphy, U.S. Ambassador to BiH, handed over ICT equipment to anti-corruption bodies from Republika Srpska, the Federation of BiH, Brčko District BiH and nine cantons. The donation is worth around 126,000 EUR and
Current trends and challenges to the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association in the OSCE region the focus of ODIHR Panel of Experts meeting
Publishing date: 8 March 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Democratization
At a time when the fundamental freedoms of peaceful assembly and association are under increased threats in many parts of the OSCE region, the members of ODIHR Panel of Experts on Freedom of Assembly and Association met in Warsaw on 6 and 7 March 2023 to discuss how their expertize can be
OSCE Mission in Kosovo promotes local ownership of digital tools to support civil society
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
The OSCE Mission handed over today its Kosovo Funding Portal – a source of funding and training opportunities for civil society organizations (CSOs) – to the CSOs network ‘Platforma CiviKos’, in a move aimed at increasing local ownership and long-term sustainability of digital tools to support
OSCE and Ombudsperson of Uzbekistan co-host International Human Rights Conference in Samarkand
Publishing date: 24 February 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Democratization, Human rights
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Authorized Person of the Oliy Majlis (National Parliament) of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights (Ombudsperson), as well as the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Uzbekistan, co-hosted the International Conference titled “Interaction and Cooperation in the Field of Reliable Protection of Human Rights and Freedoms.” The event took place on 23 February 2023 in Samarkand.