News and press releases

The OSCE Mission to Serbia invites civil society organizations, research and academic institutions to submit project proposals addressing a variety of aspects of security sector reform...

More than 65 policy-makers, academics, justice professionals and civil society representatives from Central Asia and the wider OSCE region came together on 24-25 November 2014 to discuss reform initiatives, current challenges and good practices for criminal justice systems at the Fifth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

Empowering youth participation in democratic life is the focus of a seminar supported by the OSCE Mission to Skopje that will take place from 20 to 22 November 2014, in Bitola...

YEREVAN, 20 November 2014 – Mediating tensions between countries, negotiating territorial disputes and protecting ethnic minorities are among the topics of discussion at this year’s Model OSCE Conference, taking place on 20 and 21 November 2014, in Yerevan...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized on 13-15 November a seminar for civil society representatives from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River, on establishing and developing partnerships with local authorities, media and businesses...

Young politicians, journalists, civil servants, civil society and media representatives from Eastern Europe, Central Asia and the South Caucasus discussed the use of technology in fostering young people’s political participation in the OSCE region at the second Youth Leadership Forum, organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) in Warsaw on 13 and 14 November 2014.

ASTANA, 6 November 2014 – Government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of regional and local bodies of power, international organizations and civil society gathered at a roundtable discussion today in Astana to discuss the status of implementation of ongoing local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan...