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OSCE welcomes the adoption of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Strategy for the Fight against Corruption 2024-2028 and the accompanying Action Plan for Implementation
Publishing date: 19 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mission) welcomes the adoption of the Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) Strategy for the Fight against Corruption 2024-2028 and the accompanying Action Plan for Implementation by the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Summer school visit to the OSCE focuses on preventing organized crime through whole-of-society approaches
Publishing date: 18 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
On 18 June, the OSCE Secretariat hosted a group of international students in Vienna, Austria, for a summer school visit on organized crime. The visit provided participants with hands-on experience of the Organization's programmatic activities, offering them a unique opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the OSCE's comprehensive whole-of-society approach to the prevention of organized crime.
The OSCE facilitated a study visit for an Uzbek delegation to Georgia on open governance
Publishing date: 18 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
From 17 to 18 June 2024, a delegation, headed by the Director of the Anti-Corruption Agency of Uzbekistan, carried out a study visit to Georgia to learn from its experience in accession to and membership in the Open Government Partnership (OGP).
OSCE Chair-in-Office Ian Borg reaffirms commitment to peace efforts at Summit on Ukraine
Publishing date: 16 June 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairpersonship
BÜRGENSTOCK, 16 June 2024 — “Since the beginning of the war, the OSCE has remained focused on addressing the situation in Ukraine," said OSCE Chair-in-Office, Foreign Minister of Malta Ian Borg at the Summit on Peace in Ukraine.
Regional co-ordination meeting on combating cybercrime in Central Asia held in Vienna
Publishing date: 14 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
On 13 June, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department organized a regional co-ordination meeting for 20 senior representatives of law enforcement and prosecutorial authorities and educational institutions from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in Vienna, Austria.
OSCE Media Freedom Representative calls for enhanced efforts to protect media freedom, democracy and security
Publishing date: 13 June 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development
VIENNA, 13 June 2024 – “The failure to guarantee media freedom and healthy information spaces is increasingly disillusioning and disenfranchising people throughout the OSCE region,” stated OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) Teresa Ribeiro in her address to OSCE participating States. Presenting her seventh and final bi-annual report to the Permanent Council, she highlighted escalating repression against the media and its detrimental impact on democratic principles and security across the OSCE region and urged States to bolster efforts to safeguard media freedom for the benefit of peace and security.
OSCE supports exchange of practices on asset recovery and asset management among participating States
Publishing date: 13 June 2024
Content type: News
Members of the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) and the French Agency for the Management and Recovery of Seized and Confiscated Asset met in Paris on 10 and 11 June 2024 to exchange experiences and good practices.