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OSCE Mission to Skopje-supported project brings together students from different communities through workshops on ecology and nature preservation
Publishing date: 5 June 2018
More than 100 students, teachers, and representatives of civil society and the international community gathered on 5 June 2018 in Skopje for an event of a project sponsored by the OSCE-supported grants programme, the Building Bridges Fund, aimed at increasing interaction among students of different communities...
NGO representatives strengthen trial monitoring skills at OSCE/ODIHR training event in Skopje
Publishing date: 15 May 2018
Content type: News
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Trial monitoring and fair trial rights were the focus of a two-day training event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Skopje, on 14 and 15 May 2018 in Skopje. The trainees – 18 women and five men – were
South East Europe Media Conference participants call for urgent action to protect journalists and improve media freedom
Publishing date: 11 May 2018
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development
STRUGA, 11 May 2018 – Over the past two days more than 160 participants, including media actors, governments and civil society organizations from across the South-Eastern European region gathered in Struga to discuss the most pressing media freedom challenges and provide recommendations for the improvement of press freedom and the media environment in the region.
First OSCE-supported national tabletop exercise in Skopje on handling cyber/ICT security incidents at national and international level
Publishing date: 8 May 2018
The first national tabletop exercise on handling cyber/ ICT security incidents, organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Agency for Electronic Communications (AEC), was held on 8 May 2018 in Skopje...
Call for young professionals, students, recent graduates from Western Balkans for 2018 OSCE scholarship programme at European Innovation Academy
Publishing date: 3 May 2018
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Mission to Serbia, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Economic activities, Education
VIENNA, 3 May 2018 – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) opens today a Call for Candidacies for 18 fully-paid scholarships at the European Innovation Academy (EIA), one of the world’s leading summer entrepreneurship programmes for young professionals, students, recent graduates and young start-uppers...
OSCE-supported public debate on new draft law on prevention and protection against discrimination held in Skopje
Publishing date: 24 April 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law, Tolerance and non-discrimination
Some 50 representatives of state institutions, civil society, and the international community gathered for a public debate, organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje and the Labour and Social Policy Ministry, on the new draft law on prevention and protection against discrimination on 23 April 2018 in Skopje...
OSCE Mission to Skopje signs memorandum of understanding with the Association of Journalists
Publishing date: 28 March 2018
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Human rights, Media freedom and development
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Skopje, Ambassador Nina Suomalainen, and the President of the Association of Journalists (AJM) Naser Selmani signed today in Skopje a memorandum of understanding, which envisages the organization of a series of activities aiming to improve the safety of journalists and to promote freedom of the media...