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OSCE Mission in Kosovo launches Guidelines for the Effective Performance of Municipal Coordination Mechanisms against Domestic Violence
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched today Guidelines for the Effective Performance of Municipal Coordination Mechanisms against Domestic Violence (MCMDV), a tool to facilitate more effective and co-ordinated responses to domestic violence cases. The MCMDVs aim to strengthen co-ordination,
Urgent collective response needed to safeguard media freedom and protect democracy, concludes Ninth South East Europe Media Conference
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
SKOPJE/VIENNA, May 17, 2023 – The ninth South East Europe Media Conference, "At a Crossroads: Safeguarding Media Freedom to Protect Democracy," concluded today. The conference was organized by the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) in collaboration with OSCE field operations from South East Europe.
Parliamentary staff receive expert support from OSCE Mission to Montenegro in preparing budget circulars from gender perspective
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Democratization, Gender equality
How to draft a gender responsive budget was the focus of a two-day workshop for staff of parliamentary committees and units, organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro on 15 and 16 May in Podgorica.
Empowering higher education institutions: OSCE launches "Crime Prevention and Culture of Lawfulness" university curriculum in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, Transnational Threats Department
On 16 May 2023, the OSCE and regional partners held a seminar in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan for higher education institutions to present the OSCE-developed "Crime Prevention and Culture of Lawfulness" curriculum.
First OSCE training on cybercrime and digital evidence in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 16 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Policing
From 9 to 12 May 2023, the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, organized an introductory training course on cybercrime and digital evidence at the Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan.
From Strategy to Action: Implementing SALW and CA Projects in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 16 May 2023
The inaugural event on launching these two projects, entitled “Improvement of SALW and CA life-cycle management capacity of Ministry of Defense of Kyrgyz Republic” and “Reducing risk of illicit SALW, ammunition and explosives proliferation across border of Kyrgyz Republic”, took place on 15 May 2023 in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.
State Election Commission with OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes training workshop for municipal electoral commissions
Publishing date: 15 May 2023
Building on a training course conducted in March, the State Election Commission together with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized a training session for municipal electoral commissions on how to train polling station staff ahead of 11 June parliamentary elections.