News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Presence in Albania launches sports-based youth development programme
Publishing date: 9 May 2016
TIRANA, 9 May 2016- The OSCE Presence in Albania today launched a sports-based youth development programme in co-operation with Tirana Rugby Club, with the aim of promoting teamwork, sport ethics, camaraderie, and a sense of belonging among youth, helping them understand that there are always positive alternatives to anti-social behaviour and criminality...
Empowering youth at all levels key to countering violent extremism, conclude participants at OSCE-supported discussion in Tunis
Publishing date: 3 May 2016
TUNIS, 3 May 2016 – Preventing and countering violent extremism was the focus of a regional roundtable discussion for North African Youth, from OSCE Mediterranean Partner Countries Algeria, Morocco, Egypt and Tunisia, as well and Libya, which concluded today in Tunis...
Education of future journalists from Bosnia and Herzegovina in focus of OSCE-supported workshop
Publishing date: 26 April 2016
JAHORINA, Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), 26 April 2016 – The OSCE Mission to BiH, in co-operation with local NGO Munja Social Innovation Incubator, organized a three-day workshop for journalism students from the Universities of Sarajevo, Mostar and Banja Luka, to familiarize them with the Mission’s work, with particular focus on media freedom, preventing violent extremism and hate- and bias-motivated incidents...
OSCE Dialogue Academy alumni meet in Belgrade
Publishing date: 12 April 2016
Twenty young women, alumni of the OSCE Dialogue Academy, met in Belgrade from 6 to 8 April 2016, to continue co-operation and agree on joint projects for 2016...
Model OSCE conference in Bishkek engages youth in building consensus on managing trans-boundary waters
Publishing date: 9 April 2016
BISHKEK, 9 April, 2016 – Thirty-five young people gathered in Bishkek today for the start of a two-day Model OSCE conference, simulating a meeting of the OSCE Permanent Council, to discuss challenges to cross-border water management in Central Asia...
OSCE Presence, Italian Government and Albanian Government launch new project on protecting children from trafficking and exploitation
Publishing date: 3 March 2016
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the Italian Embassy in Tirana, in co-operation with the National Anti-Trafficking Co-ordinator, Elona Gjebrea, and the Head of the State Agency on the Protection of Children’s Rights, Ina Verzivolli, on 3 March 2016, launched a project which aims to protect children from trafficking, exploitation and irregular migration...
Educators’ role central in helping youth to challenge violent extremism, OSCE event concludes
Publishing date: 17 February 2016
SARAJEVO, 17 February 2016- The education sector can play a crucial role in preventing young people from succumbing to ‘pull factors’ leading to violent extremism and terrorism, participants said at an OSCE-sponsored event dedicated to countering violent extremism and radicalization through education, which concluded today...