News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains Montenegrin municipalities on gender responsive budgeting
Publishing date: 24 June 2015
PODGORICA, 24 June 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Montenegro today concluded a three-day training course on gender responsive budgeting for members of the Municipal Gender Focal Point Network...
OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and UN Women promote gender-responsive budgeting in Prijedor City and municipalities of Lukavac, Odžak and Šamac
Publishing date: 16 June 2015
As a part of their effort to improve status of women and girls, including through Gender Responsive Budgeting, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina and the UN Women signed a Memorandum of Understanding today, on 16 June 2015, with Mayors and representatives of the Prijedor City and municipalities of Lukavac, Odžak and Šamac...
OSCE-supported Regional Forum in Cetinje highlights importance of parliamentary diplomacy in strengthening women entrepreneurship
Publishing date: 10 June 2015
The 18th annual Cetinje Parliamentary Forum on Women in Business was held on 8 and 9 June 2015 bringing together parliamentarians from Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. The Forum was organized by the Parliament of Montenegro and supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Gender Task Force of Montenegro and the Regional Co-operation Council...
OSCE to organize Summer Dialogue Academy 2015
Publishing date: 9 June 2015
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo and the OSCE Mission to Serbia will organize a Summer Dialogue Academy 2015 as part of the “Follow Us” initiative, which gathers prominent women from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Pristina...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro and Albania support bilateral meeting on women entrepreneurship
Publishing date: 8 June 2015
The first bilateral meeting on gender equality issues of Parliamentary Committees from Montenegro and Albania took place on 7 June 2015 in Budva, Montenegro...
OSCE organizes training event on gender mainstreaming in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 5 June 2015
KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan 5 June 2015 – The OSCE Programme Office in Astana launched a series of training seminars on gender mainstreaming for local officials in the country’s regions by holding its first event today in Kokshetau, Akmola Region...
ODIHR Director Link and Ukraine Human Rights Commissioner Lutkovska sign agreement to enhance co-operation in human dimension
Publishing date: 3 June 2015
WARSAW, 3 June 2015- Michael Georg Link, Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), and Valeriya Lutkovska, Ukraine’s Human Rights Commissioner, signed an agreement in Warsaw today for greater co-operation between ODIHR and Lutkovska’s office in a broad range of activities in Ukraine, including the promotion of tolerance and gender equality and building greater capacity to monitor the protection and promotion of human rights...