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OSCE supports States' efforts to develop gender-sensitive labour migration policies
Publishing date: 16 February 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
BRDO, Slovenia, 16 February 2009- Eighty senior government officials as well as representatives of workers' and employers' organizations and migrant associations met today for a seminar aimed at supporting gender-sensitive labour migration policies...
EU backs continued OSCE work in Georgia, Czech Foreign Minister says
Publishing date: 29 January 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Permanent Council
VIENNA, 29 January 2009- The European Union supports efforts by the OSCE to find ways to enable the Organization to continue its important work in Georgia, Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg told the OSCE Permanent Council today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek helps develop municipal services in Naryn and Talas
Publishing date: 26 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 26 December 2008- In order to help improve municipal waste management systems the OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over two garbage trucks to the towns of Naryn and Talas today...
OSCE Office, Armenia sign memorandum on opening four new Aarhus centres
Publishing date: 9 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
YEREVAN, 9 December 2008- Four public environmental information centres, known as Aarhus Centres, will open in Armenia's regions, according to a memorandum of understanding signed today...
OSCE launches channel on YouTube
Publishing date: 27 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Arms control, Combating trafficking in human beings, Democratization, Economic activities, Border management, Environmental activities, Human rights, Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Elections, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Media freedom and development, National minority issues, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector, Roma and Sinti, Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
VIENNA, 27 November 2008- The OSCE today launched its own channel on the popular video-sharing website YouTube...
OSCE Centre launches new training course on sustainable development for business in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ALMATY, 27 November 2008- How to integrate environmental and social factors into business strategies was the topic of a four-day training course that ended in Almaty today...
OSCE Mission to Georgia holds workshop to reduce oil spill risks and improve responses
Publishing date: 26 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Georgia (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education
TBILISI, 26 November 2008- An OSCE Mission to Georgia workshop on how to reduce the risk of oil spills- and improve the response when they occur- opened in Batumi, Georgia, today...