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OSCE hosts roundtable on preventing sexual exploitation in the context of major sporting events
Publishing date: 18 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Promising initiatives to address risks of human trafficking for sexual exploitation in the context of major sporting events have been implemented in several OSCE participating States, including France, Germany, Ukraine, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
OSCE strengthens young people’s resilience to organized crime and corruption in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 18 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance, Policing, Youth
Strengthening youth resilience to organized crime and corruption in South-Eastern Europe was the aim of a civil society organizations’ regional grants programme, carried out by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime.
Experts convene to discuss migration governance ahead of International Migrants Day
Publishing date: 14 December 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
On 14 December 2023, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) organized an event in Vienna to celebrate International Migrants Day. The event took place in partnership with the International Labour Organization and the European University Institute.
Canada’s Chairpersonship of the OSCE Forum for Security Co-operation draws to a close
Publishing date: 13 December 2023
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Secretariat
VIENNA, 13 December 2023 – Today, Canada held its closing plenary meeting as Chair of the OSCE’s Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC).
OSCE-organized training courses build skills and knowledge of the State Emergency Services in Ukraine
Publishing date: 12 December 2023
The war against Ukraine is having a devastating impact on civilians and civilian infrastructures, with widespread destruction of housing, schools, medical facilities, and health care centers. In a series of three training courses, the OSCE, through the WIN Project, trained 76 employees of the State Emergency Services on gender-sensitive and disability-inclusive humanitarian response and women's leadership in humanitarian action.
Promoting good economic governance and anti-corruption measures in focus of OSCE-organized event on the sidelines of Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC)
Publishing date: 11 December 2023
Content type: News
On 11 December, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) organized a side event “Catalyzing change: Political will in fighting corruption” on the sidelines of the tenth session of the Conference of State Parties to the United Nations Convention against
OSCE supports training on cybercrime and digital evidence in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 8 December 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security
From 6 to 8 December, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supported the State Committee of National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic in delivering an introductory course on cybercrime and digital evidence to 20 representatives from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Kyrgyz Republic.