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OSCE helps improve border security of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: News
What we do: Border management
To help improve border security of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to BiH, held a training course on identifying forged travel documents for instructors at the Agency for Education and Professional Training of the BiH Ministry of Security, from 6 to 10 December 2021 in Mostar.
OSCE Presence in Albania brings together human rights institutions from Western Balkans
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
On the eve of International Human Rights Day, on 9 December 2021 the OSCE Presence in Albania organized a regional roundtable discussion for equality bodies and independent human rights institutions. Representatives from the Western Balkans discussed, in the hybrid-format meeting, their role and interactions with respect to judicial proceedings.
Best practices of the Operating Aarhus Centre discussed at an OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
An online seminar on how to make the work of Aarhus Centres sustainable was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat on December 9, 2021. Its participants presented best practices from OSCE participating States in implementing effective approaches for making them sustainable, taking into account their legal status
OSCE supports training on basic business skills for rural women in Aral Sea region of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
A three-day training course on basic business skills, organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, concluded on 27 November 2021 in Aralsk city in the Kyzylorda province of Kazakhstan. Some 15 rural women from the Aral Sea region attended the event.
OSCE promotes human rights standards during criminal proceedings and investigations
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
An OSCE-organized online course for law students on promoting international human rights standards in criminal proceedings and investigations took place in Ashgabat from 6 to 10 December 2021.
Strengthening youth crime and drug use prevention through OSCE-organized workshop
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
On 9 December, the Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in co-operation with the OSCE Academy in Bishkek organized a national workshop on strengthening youth crime and drug use prevention in Bishkek.
Press Statement of Special Representative Kinnunen after the regular Meeting of Trilateral Contact Group on 8 December 2021
Publishing date: 9 December 2021
Content type: Press statement
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
KYIV, 8 December 2021 – The Special Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office in Ukraine and in the Trilateral Contact Group (TCG), Ambassador Mikko Kinnunen, made the following statement to the press after the regular meetings of the TCG and its Working Groups held through video conferencing: