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Right to Know Day: OSCE workshop participants call for increased transparency in Kosovo municipalities, abolishment of payment for information

Publishing date: 27 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Good governance
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 27 September 2013 – Public and civil society organizations still face challenges in accessing official documents at the municipal level, concluded participants of an OSCE-supported workshop held today in Prishtinë/Priština on the occasion of the International Right to Know Day...

OSCE welcomes decision to establish new Assembly Commissions in Brcko District on gender, anti-corruption and youth

Publishing date: 25 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Good governance, Gender equality, Rule of law
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes today’s decision by the Brcko District Assembly to establish new Commissions to address issues of gender equality, anti-corruption and youth...

Extractive industries transparency in Azerbaijan theme of OSCE-supported discussion

Publishing date: 24 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Good governance
BAKU, 24 September 2013 – An OSCE-supported meeting focusing on Azerbaijan’s compliance with the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI), a mechanism for disclosing oil and gas industry earnings to improve the transparency and accountability of public finance management, took place in Baku today...

OSCE Centre supports seminar on protection of intellectual property in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 23 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management, Good governance
ASTANA, 23 September 2013 – Some 40 Customs Control Officers representing all regions of Kazakhstan gathered today at a five-day National Seminar on Combating Counterfeiting and Pirated Products, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana...

OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes engagement of inter-ethnic youth in municipal decision making in Kumanovo

Publishing date: 20 September 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Good governance, National minority issues, Youth, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Some ten youngsters of different ethnic backgrounds together with representatives of Kumanovo municipality will discuss mechanisms how youth problems should be better addressed and actions jointly planned at an OSCE-supported seminar taking place in Mavrovo from 20 to 22 September...

OSCE supports anti-corruption policy development in Uzbekistan

Publishing date: 12 September 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Good governance
TASHKENT, 12 September 2013 – An OSCE-organized national training course for government officials and civil society representatives on increasing integrity and preventing corruption in public service started today in Tashkent...

Civil society oversight of municipalities necessary to improve public service, OSCE conference participants conclude

Publishing date: 17 July 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Good governance
More than 25 civil society representatives from south-eastern Europe met on 15 and 16 July 2013 at an OSCE conference in Prishtinë/ Priština to exchange best practices on municipal oversight and participation in local decision-making...