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OSCE signs partnership agreements to further strengthen good governance in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Good governance
SARAJEVO, 12 March 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina signed today in Sarajevo Implementing Partnership Agreements with the Associations of Municipalities and Cities of the Federation of BiH (FBiH) and Republika Srpska (RS)...
OSCE promotes development of good corporate governance within Uzbekistan’s state-owned enterprises
Publishing date: 22 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Good governance
TASHKENT, 22 December 2014 – An OSCE-organized national seminar aimed at facilitating discussions on how to improve corporate governance in the state-owned enterprises (SOEs) of Uzbekistan started today in Tashkent...
Prominent women from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština hold fourth meeting
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Good governance, Gender equality
Fourteen prominent women representing parliaments, academia, civil society and media from Belgrade and Prishtinë/Priština gathered for the first time in Belgrade on 15 and 16 December 2014 as part of the so-called “Budva Process,” aimed at enabling these women to engage in a direct dialogue...
OSCE, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry join forces to combat organized crime
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance, Policing
BISHKEK, 18 December 2014- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for 40 police investigators on how to effectively conduct EU Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessments (SOCTA), investigations based on intelligence-led policing, and combatting drug trafficking and violent extremism...
In Turkmenistan, OSCE PA Special Representatives underscore importance of engagement
Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Elections, Good governance
COPENHAGEN, 17 December 2014 – Special Representatives from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have completed a visit to Turkmenistan, where they emphasized the importance of engagement and dialogue with the OSCE in meetings with government and parliamentary leaders...
OSCE proves its value and ability as a forum for dialogue, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter as Basel Ministerial Council ends
Publishing date: 5 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
BASEL, Switzerland, 5 December 2014 – The OSCE proved its value and ability as a forum for dialogue while its key principles were defended, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter as the 21st Ministerial Council concluded in Basel today. Burkhalter welcomed decisions on Germany and Austria assuming the OSCE Chairmanships respectively in 2016 and 2017, and lauded decisions to further enhance the fight against terrorism and boost States’ preparedness against the threat of natural disasters...
OSCE Office supports training course for young people in Armenia on anti-corruption
Publishing date: 3 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Good governance, Youth
TSAGHKADZOR, Armenia, 3 December 2014- A four-day workshop to sum up an anti-corruption course on investigative journalism and photo reporting for 25 young people was launched today in Tsaghkadzor by the Future is Yours NGO with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.