News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Civil society’s engagement in electoral reform in the Western Balkans promoted at ODIHR regional conference in Warsaw
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
Key challenges and opportunities for civil society in the follow-up on election observation recommendations were the focus of a conference that took place in Warsaw on 21 and 22 February 2023, as a part of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) “ Support to Electoral
Ensuring that gender is mainstreamed in public administration strategic documents the focus of an OSCE-supported workshop
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
Use of gender indicators to monitor the quality of new national strategic documents and their implementation was the focus of the workshop the OSCE Mission to Montenegro organized for the General Secretariat of the Government on 28 February.
Two new OSCE regional networks to amplify women’s work on combatting violent extremism and radicalization that leads to terrorism in Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
Women professionals in Central Asia and South-Eastern Europe now have two new regional networks for generating new ideas, learning from each other and amplifying their work on preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT).
OSCE Mission in Kosovo promotes local ownership of digital tools to support civil society
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
The OSCE Mission handed over today its Kosovo Funding Portal – a source of funding and training opportunities for civil society organizations (CSOs) – to the CSOs network ‘Platforma CiviKos’, in a move aimed at increasing local ownership and long-term sustainability of digital tools to support
ODIHR opens election observation mission in Bulgaria
Publishing date: 1 March 2023
SOFIA, 1 March 2023 – The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) today opened an election observation mission (EOM) for the 2 April early parliamentary elections in Bulgaria, following an invitation from the country’s authorities.
OSCE Presence in Albania organizes regional meeting in support of police canine units in Western Balkans
Publishing date: 28 February 2023
From 22 to 24 February 2023, the OSCE Presence in Albania hosted a regional expert meeting on advancing the regulatory framework of police canine units, in Korça. The event brought together representatives of such units from Tirana, Sarajevo, Podgorica, Belgrade, Skopje, Pristina, and canine
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes training course on gender budgeting for 10 ministries
Publishing date: 28 February 2023
On 27 February, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro delivered advanced training course complimented with mentoring to participants coming from 10 ministries on how to implement the guidelines for gender-responsive budgeting and reporting, developed in 2022 with the Mission’s support.