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OSCE conducts training course on countering the financing of terrorism in Kosovo
Publishing date: 19 April 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
On 16-18 April, the OSCE Secretariat's Transnational Threats Department, with the support of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo and in partnership with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), conducted a training course in Pejë/Peć aimed at enhancing the capacities of local entities in countering the financing of terrorism.
Digital Empowerment: Central Asian Women’s Entrepreneurship Programme Concludes Successfully
Publishing date: 19 April 2024
Content type: News
The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) celebrated the successful conclusion of the Central Asian Women Entrepreneurship Programme with a closing event and award ceremony held in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 18 April. The event highlighted the achievement of 20
Cyber Incident Classification System in focus of OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 19 April 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
The OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) organized a workshop on national cyber incident classification- a metric system for the classification of cyber incidents.
OSCE supports the OECD’s 5th monitoring round of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan
Publishing date: 19 April 2024
On 19 April 2024, in the context of Tajikistan’s ongoing review under the 5th monitoring round of the Istanbul Anti-Corruption Action Plan, the Programme Office in Dushanbe supported the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Anti-Corruption Network for Eastern Europe and Central Asia (ACN) monitoring team’s visit to Dushanbe.
With OSCE support, Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency provides firefighting training to instructors from Armed Forces of Montenegro
Publishing date: 19 April 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
The fire protection unit in the Army of Montenegro has been richer for eight firefighting instructors, after an intensive instructors training that took place from 8 to 19 April in Sweden, with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency.
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Borg and Secretary General Schmid respond to recent political developments in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 19 April 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship, OSCE Secretariat
VALLETTA/VIENNA, 19 April 2024 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Minister for Foreign and European Affairs and Trade of Malta Ian Borg and OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid made the following statement regarding the actions taken by the Republika Srpska National Assembly to unilaterally transfer competences from the State to the entity level with the aim of creating a parallel electoral system within the entity.
OSCE Webinar Highlights Climate Science's Role in Enhancing Energy Resilience
Publishing date: 19 April 2024
Content type: News
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities
Addressing the significant challenges climate change poses to energy resilience, the OSCE, in collaboration with Argonne National Laboratory, hosted a webinar on 28 March focused on leveraging climate science for energy planning. The event, part of the " Mitigating Climate Change Threats to