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OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine conduct its first national assessment of risks related to money laundering and the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism
KYIV, 15 December 2016 – The results of Ukraine’s first-ever national money-laundering and financing of terrorism risk assessment, conducted with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, were presented today to the country’s expert community at an event in Kyiv...
OSCE presents a new methodological tool for teaching human rights at schools in Ukraine
Publishing date: 9 December 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education
An OSCE-supported Human Rights Calendar was presented at Ukraine’s Ministry of Education and Science during the joint OSCE-Council of Europe event on 9 December 2016 in Kyiv...
OSCE helps Ukraine’s border guard and state security personnel enhance knowledge and skills on fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 25 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Countering terrorism
Thirty experts from Ukraine’s agencies responsible for border security refined their skills and knowledge of fighting terrorism by using risk and criminal analysis at a two-week course for trainers, organized in Khmelnytsky by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine from 14 to 25 November 2016...
Ukraine’s government adopts OSCE-supported Concept for developing E-services
Publishing date: 18 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Good governance
The Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine on 16 November 2016 adopted a Concept for the development of E-services, which was elaborated with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine...
Challenges of ensuring human rights in Ukraine’s detention facilities discussed at OSCE event
Publishing date: 9 November 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights
Civil society activists and officials from Ukraine discussed how to improve the functioning of the National Preventive Mechanisms, a tool to ensure monitoring of places of detention and to prevent the abuse of human rights there, at the 6th East European National Prevention Mechanisms Conference from 8 to 9 November 2016 in Lviv...
Concept on democratic control of Ukrainian armed forces discussed at OSCE event in Kyiv
Publishing date: 31 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
KYIV, 31 October 2016 – A first draft Concept on Democratic Control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was tabled for public discussion at an international workshop organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine jointly with the country’s Defence Ministry and Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) today in Kyiv...
OSCE-supported e-service for land plots registration is launched in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 October 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Good governance
An online service for state registration of land ownership developed with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine was launched in a pilot version on Monday, 10 October 2016. The digital tool, e.land.gov.ua, was developed at the request of and in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Geological Registry Service and the State Agency on E-Governance. The new service is currently being offered in Kyiv city and the Chernihiv region. It will be accessible for all Ukrainians as of 1 January 2017...