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OSCE Project Co-ordinator trains new Ukrainian neighbourhood police
Publishing date: 21 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Policing
KYIV, 21 April 2016 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine launched a series of re-training courses today for the new Ukrainian neighbourhood police force as part of its ongoing support to country-wide law enforcement reform. Some 10,000 officers who pass the re-attestation procedure will refine skills and knowledge during the hundred-hour courses to be held from April to December 2016...
OSCE donates equipment for the removal of the unexploded ordnance to State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 14 April 2016 – On behalf of the OSCE Secretariat and in close cooperation with the Project Coordinator in Ukraine (PCU), Deputy to the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine Jeffrey Erlich donated today to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SESU) the first lot of equipment for the removal of unexploded ordnances (UXO) in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
OSCE helps improve safety of movement for people and goods in conflict-affected areas of eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 7 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
SLOVIANSK, Ukraine, 7 April 2016 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, at a ceremony in Sloviansk, Donetsk region today, presented representatives of the Infrastructure Ministry’s State Special Transport Service with 15 sets of protective equipment, including vests and helmets, which are to be delivered to local deminers working along transport routes in the east of the country...
Demining, social issues, business climate and infrastructure discussed at OSCE-supported dialogue forum in Mariupol, eastern Ukraine
Publishing date: 23 March 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
MARIUPOL, Ukraine, 23 March 2016 – More than 200 participants, including officials of central and local government, civil society activists and experts gathered today at the East Ukrainian Forum “Reconstruction through Dialogue: Mariupol”, hosted by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine to
Ukraine introduces OSCE-supported national strategy on development of civil society
Publishing date: 1 March 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
Ukraine’s President Petro Poroshenko on 26 February 2016 approved a new national strategy for the development of civil society for 2016-2020, a document which was drafted with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine in partnership with the Presidential Administration of Ukraine...
OSCE promotes human rights protection though improving standards of judicial education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 23 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education
An international conference on safeguarding human rights through national standards for judicial education was co-organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine on 18 December 2015 in Kyiv, bringing together local judges, judges of the European Court of Human Rights, experts, and representatives of academia, international organizations and national NGOs...
OSCE supports training course on trial monitoring for civil society organizations
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Rule of law
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine and USAID’s “Fair Justice” project organized a two-day training course for 22 representatives of civil society organizations on trial monitoring, which concluded on 10 December 2015 in Kyiv...