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Ethnic segregation in education must be prevented, OSCE Minorities Commissioner urges policymakers in Skopje

Publishing date: 30 January 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 30 January 2009- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), Knut Vollebaek, today warned the authorities in Skopje about the negative consequences that increasingly segregated education will have on the society...

EU backs continued OSCE work in Georgia, Czech Foreign Minister says

Publishing date: 29 January 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Gender equality
VIENNA, 29 January 2009- The European Union supports efforts by the OSCE to find ways to enable the Organization to continue its important work in Georgia, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told the OSCE Permanent Council today...

OSCE Office in Yerevan supports anti-corruption campaign in high schools

Publishing date: 23 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Education, Rule of law
YEREVAN, 23 December 2008- High school students from eight schools in Yerevan and the Kotayk region learned about fighting corruption during an OSCE-supported pilot course that ended with a closing ceremony today...

OSCE Centre supports English, IT lessons for Turkmenistan research institutions

Publishing date: 23 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Education
ASHGABAD, 23 December 2008- Fifty-five employees of research, educational and medical institutions in Turkmenistan received certificates today for completing English-language training supported by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabad...

OSCE launches channel on YouTube

Publishing date: 27 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 27 November 2008- The OSCE today launched its own channel on the popular video-sharing website YouTube...

OSCE Mission to Georgia holds workshop to reduce oil spill risks and improve responses

Publishing date: 26 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education
TBILISI, 26 November 2008- An OSCE Mission to Georgia workshop on how to reduce the risk of oil spills- and improve the response when they occur- opened in Batumi, Georgia, today...

OSCE Mission organizes parliamentary simulation for high school students in Serbia

Publishing date: 21 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Education
BELGRADE, 21 November 2008- Some fifty students from high schools across Serbia will simulate a parliamentary session at the Serbian National Assembly in Belgrade tomorrow...