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OSCE helps Ukrainian military officers obtain new professional skills in civilian fields
Publishing date: 23 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
LVIV, Ukraine, 23 December 2013 – The last graduation ceremony of the year for military officers took place today in Lviv, bringing the total number of Ukrainian Armed Forces personnel retrained for civilian professions to 682 people for 2013. The OSCE-supported retraining campaign was conducted in twenty-two cities, towns and military garrisons throughout the country by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, in partnership with the Social Policy Ministry...
OSCE helps Ukrainian demining experts to learn safe clearance standards
Publishing date: 5 November 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
Twenty-two senior and field managers from the State Emergency Service of Ukraine’s headquarters, training institutions, and 15 regional emergency departments learned about International Mine Action Standards (IMAS) and International Ammunition Technical Guidelines (IATG) at a workshop in Kyiv, organised by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 29 to 31 October 2013...
OSCE supports discussion on social adaptation of discharged military personnel in Ukraine
Publishing date: 27 November 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 27 November 2012 – The state social adaptation programme for discharged military personnel was the focus of a roundtable discussion supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) in Kyiv today...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator donates equipment to help Ukraine eliminate remnants of war
Publishing date: 12 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 12 October, 2011 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (PCU) handed over 13 modern metal detectors to the Emergency Situations Ministry at a ceremony in Kyiv today...
First train that will transport toxic substance from Ukraine for safe disposal prepared for departure as part of OSCE-supported project
Publishing date: 18 November 2009
Content type: Press release
KALYNIVKA, Ukraine, 18 November 2009- A special train carrying more than 500 tonnes of a highly toxic and volatile rocket fuel component was assembled today ahead of its departure from the south-western Ukrainian town of Kalynivka...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps discharged Ukrainian military pilots and staff find new opportunities
Publishing date: 22 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
NIZHYN, Ukraine, 22 July 2008- A joint project by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator and the Ukrainian Defence Ministry for former military pilots and technical staff has helped the latest participants, who graduated today, to get jobs...
OSCE helps discharged Ukrainian military find new job opportunities
Publishing date: 4 September 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
NIZHYN, Ukraine, 4 September 2007-Former military staff are primed to find new work in the civilian sector thanks to a project to retrain and provide job assistance to discharged military personnel supported by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...