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OSCE Mission to Skopje fosters inter-community dialogue through municipal cooperation

Publishing date: 18 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues
SKOPJE, 18 August 2009- The OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje announced today that it had awarded grants to three consortia of multi-ethnic municipalities as part of an initiative to support the units of local self-government...

OSCE minorities commissioner discusses amendments to Slovakia's language law

Publishing date: 22 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
THE HAGUE, 22 July 2009- The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, Knut Vollebaek, received delegations from Slovakia (on 21 July) and Hungary (on 22 July) to discuss the amendments to the "Law on the State Language of the Slovak Republic"...

OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes training for teachers working in multi-ethnic environments

Publishing date: 10 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 10 July 2009- Twenty pedagogy students from Skopje University had the opportunity to learn teaching techniques in an intercultural context and acquire knowledge of Roma culture through an OSCE-supported workshop which ended in Bitola today...

OSCE rights office, Lithuanian education ministry launch anti-Semitism teaching tools for Lithuanian schools

Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Education, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VILNIUS, 2 July 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science today launched a Lithuanian-language version of teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism...

OSCE Centre conference promotes efficient migration management in CIS region

Publishing date: 24 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Migration, National minority issues, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ASTANA, 24 June 2009- A OSCE-supported conference that started today in Astana aims to promote efficient migration policies in Kazakhstan and other countries in the region through dialogue and exchange of good practices...

Neglect of Europe's Roma not an option, OSCE's Roma adviser tells US Helsinki Commission

Publishing date: 9 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti, Tolerance and non-discrimination
WASHINGTON, 9 June 2009- The recent wave of violence against Roma and Sinti makes clear that governments cannot afford to neglect the integration of Europe's largest minority population, Andrzej Mirga, the head of the OSCE Contact Point for Roma...

OSCE launches book to help countries create gender-sensitive labour migration policies

Publishing date: 18 May 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities, Human rights, Gender equality, Migration, National minority issues, Tolerance and non-discrimination
ATHENS, 18 May 2009- The OSCE launched a book today that aims to help countries adapt their labour migration policies to avoid gender-based discrimination...