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OSCE grants awarded to two projects addressing disaster risk reduction in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 24 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
BAKU, 24 September 2014- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku has awarded two civil society organizations in Azerbaijan, working in the field of disaster risk reduction, with grants under the Civic Action for Environment and Security (CASE) Programme...
OSCE supports study visit of Azerbaijani experts to Hungary on combatting human trafficking
Publishing date: 22 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BAKU/BUDAPEST, 22 September 2014 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku, in co-operation with the Interior Ministry of Hungary is supporting a five-day visit to Hungary, which starts today, by representatives of Azerbaijan’s government and civil society working on preventing and combatting human trafficking...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office visits Baku, calls for intensified peace talks on Nagorno-Karabakh conflict and welcomes establishment of OSCE Project Co-ordinator’s Office
Publishing date: 2 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BAKU, 2 June 2014 – The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter, started his official trip to the South Caucasus today with a visit to Baku, where he discussed with President llham Aliyev new aspects of co-operation between the OSCE and Azerbaijan, and called for implementing tension-reducing measures regarding the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict...
French diplomat appointed OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku
Publishing date: 14 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
BAKU, 14 February 2014 – French diplomat Alexis Chahtahtinsky has been appointed OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku starting from 1 March 2014...
OSCE Office in Baku transforms into OSCE Project Co-ordinator
Publishing date: 31 December 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
As of 1 January 2014 the OSCE Office in Baku will transform into the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku. This is a result of a decision by the OSCE Permanent Council that brings together all 57 OSCE participating States...
Domestic violence in Azerbaijan: OSCE Office in Baku issues trial monitoring report
Publishing date: 30 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Gender equality, Rule of law
BAKU, 30 December 2013 – As part of its 2013 trial monitoring programme, the OSCE Office in Baku has today issued a report on domestic violence cases in the justice system of Azerbaijan...
OSCE Office trains Azerbaijani journalists on environmental reporting
Publishing date: 18 December 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities, Media freedom and development
BAKU, 18 December 2013 – The OSCE Office in Baku organized a three-day training course for Azerbaijani journalists on environmental investigative reporting, which began today. The course aims to increase the flow of environmental information in the country, as well as facilitate public participation and action on environmental matters...