News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro equips parliamentary staff with skills as trainers
Publishing date: 11 December 2020
With the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, from June to December 2020, six staff of Montenegro’s parliament acquired the knowledge and tools to organize and facilitate workshops on a range of skills for their colleagues within parliament...
Political will and good governance critical in fighting corruption, says OSCE PA Special Representative, marking International Anti-Corruption Day
Publishing date: 9 December 2020
COPENHAGEN, 9 December 2020 – Effectively preventing and combatting corruption requires co-ordinated responses at both national and international levels guided by strong political will, said Irene Charalambides (Cyprus), the OSCE PA’s Special Representative on Fighting Corruption, at an event today marking International Anti-Corruption Day...
Civil society recommendations presented to OSCE executive structures, institutions at an online handover meeting
Publishing date: 7 December 2020
The Civic Solidarity Platform, a coalition of civil society organizations from across the OSCE region, presented recommendations to the OSCE executive structures, institutions and participating States at an online event on 7 December 2020.
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan organizes international conference on combating corruption
Publishing date: 4 December 2020
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, jointly with the Anti-Corruption Agency of the Republic of Uzbekistan and international partners, organized an international conference on prevention of corruption in the activities of state bodies on 3 December in Tashkent, which was conducted in a blended format.
OSCE supports annual general meeting of Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network
Publishing date: 27 November 2020
The OSCE supported the annual general meeting of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) on 26 November 2020, bringing together representatives of national asset management and asset recovery offices of sixteen jurisdictions (14 BAMIN member and three guest jurisdictions), together with officials from the BAMIN Secretariat and the OSCE...
OSCE trains Tajik civil servants on preventing corruption risks in health sector and state procurement process during COVID-19 crisis
Publishing date: 27 November 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized three online training courses on how to prevent corruption risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The training courses took place online from 12 to 27 November with a special emphasis on risks in the health sector and in the state procurement process. Some 15 participants from Tajik government structures and civil society participated...
Importance of social re-use of assets recovered from organized crime and corruption focus of OSCE workshop in Albania
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
The importance of the social re-use of assets recovered from organized crime and corruption as a public good, and the potential lever it creates to reduce crime and corruption was the focus of an online workshop the OSCE held for participants from Albania on 24 November 2020. The event brought together law enforcement practitioners and representatives of the Agency for the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets, local and international civil society organizations and academia...