News and press releases

A two-day conference- Women Promoting Dialogue and Reconciliation- organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia concluded on 9 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština. The conference gathered prominent women from politics, civil society, academy and media who comprise the “Follow Us” initiative from Prishtinë/Priština and Belgrade, as well as alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy...

Young policy advisors from six OSCE participating States developed their policy-making skills at two training courses organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Poland and Sweden in November and December 2016, respectively.

Students from Gavar, Vanadzor, Gyumri, Goris, Kapan, Idjevan and Yerevan gathered in the capital on 3 December 2016 to take part in the final competition of the national university debate clubs, organized by the Jinishian Memorial Foundation (JMF) with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a roundtable discussion in the Kyrgyz capital on 2 December 2016 focusing on the results of a needs assessment study by the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic (APAPKR) to identify the training requirements of parliamentary staff. It is first time Kyrgyzstan has conducted this kind of assessment since the country’s independence...

A civil society forumwith representatives of non-governmental organizations on public participation and active citizenship, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Kosovo, was held on 1 December 2016 in Prishtinë/Priština...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova held its traditional Donors Forum for Transdniestrian civil society organizations on 29 November 2016 in Chisinau. This annual event gives donors and civil society organizations the opportunity to exchange information about their upcoming plans and priorities. It was attended by more than 80 participants and brought together a wide-range of initiative groups and non-governmental organisations from Transdniestria, with international agencies and embassies that are actively engaged as donors in Moldova.

Twenty-two representatives of the Ukrainian Ministry for Social Policy participated in a workshop on mainstreaming gender into communication organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights in Kyiv on 25 November 2016.