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Sustainable development and security are part of the same equation, note participants of OSCE 2020 Mediterranean conference
Publishing date: 3 November 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
STOCKHOLM/VIENNA, 3 November 2020 – In light of the COVID-19 pandemic and numerous other challenges, high-level political representatives of the OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation addressed today the complex link between sustainable development and security at the 2020 OSCE Mediterranean Conference fully held online...
Parliamentary oversight of the security sector discussed at OSCE workshop for deputies of Uzbekistan’s parliament
Publishing date: 9 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
The role of parliament in oversight of the security sector in Uzbekistan was the focus of an OSCE event in Tashkent on 8 October 2020. Twenty members of the Oliy Majlis (parliament), coming from both the Legislative Chamber and the Senate, took part in the event. The workshop was organized, in a blended format, jointly by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, and supported by speakers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly...
New national platform fosters inclusive dialogue on democratic oversight of security sector in Armenia
Publishing date: 27 February 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
At the invitation of the Standing Committee on Defence and Security of the Armenian National Assembly, some 50 representatives from oversight and government bodies, security sector institutions and civil society organizations gathered in Yerevan on 27 February 2020 to inaugurate the new national multi-stakeholder platform on democratic security sector oversight...
Foreign and Internal Affairs Ministers of Western Balkans discuss strengthening fight against illicit trafficking in weapons for the region in Berlin
Publishing date: 31 January 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
BERLIN, 31 January 2020 – The second high-level meeting of the Franco-German initiative for the comprehensive control of Small Arms and Light Weapons (SALW) in the Western Balkans, supported by the OSCE, was held today in Berlin. The meeting focused on progress evaluation and provided an occasion for Western Balkans representatives and their international partners to present the results reached thus far, as well as their proposals for further activities under the 2024 Roadmap...
OSCE expands its support to Ukraine in combating illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives
Publishing date: 21 January 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
KYIV, 21 January 2020 – The OSCE today expanded its support to Ukraine in strengthening its response to the illicit trafficking of weapons, ammunition and explosives, with the launch of another two extra-budgetary projects. Some 50 representatives of Ukrainian governmental agencies and the donor community participated in the projects’ first Programme Governance Board meeting today in Kyiv, which marked the beginning of the OSCE’s multi-year assistance to the Ukrainian authorities in this area...
Proactive approach to targeting transnational organized crime focus of OSCE regional workshop in Kyiv
Publishing date: 13 December 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
An OSCE regional training workshop dedicated to proactive and intelligence-led approaches to targeting transnational organized crime groups took place on 12 and 13 December 2019 in Kyiv, Ukraine...
OSCE train-the-trainer regional seminar aims to build capacities of women civil society leaders in South-Eastern Europe to prevent violent extremism
Publishing date: 18 November 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Serbia
Fifteen representatives of civil society and OSCE field operations from across South-Eastern Europe participated in a regional train-the-trainer seminar for future facilitators of courses tailored for women leaders on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism. The seminar, held in Belgrade from 11 to 16 November 2019, was organized by the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...