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OSCE supports annual general meeting of Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network
Publishing date: 27 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Policing
The OSCE supported the annual general meeting of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) on 26 November 2020, bringing together representatives of national asset management and asset recovery offices of sixteen jurisdictions (14 BAMIN member and three guest jurisdictions), together with officials from the BAMIN Secretariat and the OSCE...
OSCE trains Tajik civil servants on preventing corruption risks in health sector and state procurement process during COVID-19 crisis
Publishing date: 27 November 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized three online training courses on how to prevent corruption risks during the COVID-19 pandemic. The training courses took place online from 12 to 27 November with a special emphasis on risks in the health sector and in the state procurement process. Some 15 participants from Tajik government structures and civil society participated...
Importance of social re-use of assets recovered from organized crime and corruption focus of OSCE workshop in Albania
Publishing date: 26 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Policing
The importance of the social re-use of assets recovered from organized crime and corruption as a public good, and the potential lever it creates to reduce crime and corruption was the focus of an online workshop the OSCE held for participants from Albania on 24 November 2020. The event brought together law enforcement practitioners and representatives of the Agency for the Administration of Seized and Confiscated Assets, local and international civil society organizations and academia...
OSCE Presence in Albania organizes online meeting to discuss situation assessment report on Albanian municipalities’ response to COVID-19 emergency
Publishing date: 23 November 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic reminds us all that the local government level is the closest to its citizens, and thus better positioned to respond to their specific challenges and needs, stated participants of an online discussion hosted on 19 November 2020 by the OSCE Presence in Albania, with support of the Ministry of Interior. The meeting was held to discuss the key findings of a situation assessment report on the response of 13 targeted municipalities to the COVID-19 pandemic...
OSCE Mission welcomes the launch of public registries in Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde
Publishing date: 17 November 2020
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina welcomes the launch of the registries of public employees and appointees in the Bosnian-Podrinje Canton Goražde (BPC). The Mission has supported the BPC Government in the development of the registries, as part of its efforts to continue assisting in establishing similar registries in the Canton Sarajevo and the Brčko District. The Mission would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the role of the BPC Anti-corruption team and commend its commitment to the accomplishment of this complex task...
Efficient monitoring, analysis and use of data crucial for effective good governance processes say participants at OSCE event
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
The potential of data, its effective monitoring and use in creating a culture of evidence-based decision-making centred on needs of citizens and the community was the focus of a virtual seminar organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) on 10 November 2020...
Economic and good governance challenges through lenses of open data and digital tools focus of OSCE webinar
Publishing date: 12 October 2020
The role of open data and digital tools in enhancing good governance and anti-corruption mechanisms in the context of current economic challenges was the focus of a virtual webinar organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) on 9 October 2020...