News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducts special module for OSCE Academy students
Publishing date: 29 September 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a module from 21 to 25 September 2015 for about 50 students of the OSCE Academy’s two master’s degree programmes focusing on the historical background of the OSCE and the nature of its political commitments...
OSCE Mission to Moldova organizes first youth debate tournament
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized the first in a series of three debate tournaments for 35 selected high school students from Bender, Cahul, Ceadîr-Lunga, Comrat, Taraclia, Tiraspol and Vulcănești. During the event, which took place on 26 September 2015 in Comrat, the young participants deliberated on the positive impact of increasing the number of women in politics...
OSCE presents report on the student perspective of education reforms in Armenia
Publishing date: 17 September 2015
YEREVAN, 17 September 2015 – The findings and recommendations of an OSCE-supported survey exploring the awareness and attitude of students towards the educational reforms being implemented in Armenia were presented today in Yerevan. The so-called Bologna reforms are aimed at bringing quality of higher education system to the level of compatibility with the international standards...
OSCE Mission to Skopje signs Memorandum of Understanding with Bitola Municipality
Publishing date: 25 August 2015
The OSCE Mission to Skopje and Municipality of Bitola signed a Memorandum of Understanding on raising capacities of the Local Youth Council on 25 August 2015 in Bitola...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine trains teachers on educating about human rights principles
Publishing date: 21 August 2015
More than 60 school teachers were trained on teaching about human rights to children and youth during events organized in Odesa and Kharkiv by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 11 to 20 August 2015...
Civil society from both banks gain essential project-writing skills at OSCE Mission to Moldova workshop
Publishing date: 4 August 2015
Between 31 July and 2 August 2015, the OSCE Mission to Moldova gathered civil society representatives from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River for a workshop to enhance their project-writing skills when applying for donor funding. The event was held in Vadul-lui-Vodă, a town by the river, and focused both on the technical aspects of writing proposals as well as on identifying common issues on which participants could create equitable and sustainable partnerships...
Students from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River took part in OSCE Mission to Moldova-supported Youth Summer School
Publishing date: 20 July 2015
A celebration to mark the end of a ten-day summer school for youth was held on 19 July 2015 in Molovata Noua, a town by the Dniester/Nistru River. Local officials and inhabitants from both banks of the river attended the event, as did the 80 participants of the summer school...