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OSCE Calls for Gender-Balanced Political Representation and the Elimination of Gender-Based Violence
Publishing date: 6 June 2024
The need for more gender-balanced political representation and the urgent need to end violence against women were key topics at the two-day regional expert conference titled Transforming Politics: Male Politicians as Critical Actors for Gender Equality and Eliminating Violence against Women. The conference, held on 5-6 June in Sarajevo, brought together over 70 participants, including parliament members, party leaders, government agency representatives, and civil society members from South-East Europe. It was jointly organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina.
OSCE-supported festival Create4 Caravan Osh brings togethers creators and entrepreneurs of Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
On 5 June 2024, the city of Osh hosted a festival Create4 Caravan Osh, bringing together creators and innovators to exchange ideas, and build network. The event was divided into two parts: day and evening sessions. During the day, 80 selected entrepreneurs from the creative industry developed roadmaps in a foresight session. The evening session was open to all city residents and included panel discussions, a buffet, live music, and a thematic film screening for over 150 participants.
OSCE and the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders mark a three-year partnership by bringing women peacebuilders to assess progress and discuss further steps
Publishing date: 6 June 2024
On 5 and 6 June, the OSCE Gender Issues Programme, in collaboration with the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders (GNWP), organized a regional meeting for women peacebuilders in Istanbul, Türkiye. The event that marked a milestone of the nearly three-year partnership brought together prominent women peacebuilders from Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and the South Caucasus and representatives from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR), UNFPA and UN Women.
Asset recovery and virtual assets in focus at Central Asia regional conference
Publishing date: 6 June 2024
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
A regional conference on “Effective strategies for recovering stolen assets; management and disposal of seized, confiscated and returned assets and current issues related to crypto assets in the context of asset recovery” took place in Tashkent on 20-21 May. The event convened delegations from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and the host country, Uzbekistan, and was co-hosted by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities Economic Governance Unit (OCEEA/EGU), the Transnational Threats Department Strategic Police Matters Unit (TNTD/SPMU) and the UNODC Regional Office for Central Asia.
Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities presents Socio-Economic Recommendations in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 6 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
On 4 and 5 June 2024, the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), in co-operation with the National Centre for Human Rights of Uzbekistan and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan (PCUz), organized two expert roundtables in Tashkent and Samarkand to share practical
Media and information literacy, gender equality, preventing violent extremism focus of OSCE training held in Tirana
Publishing date: 6 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
The OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in co-operation with the OSCE Presence in Albania, wrapped up an interactive training programme focusing on media and information literacy in the context of preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT) in Tirana, Albania, on 5 and 6 June 2024.
OSCE Mission launches joint and co-ordinated partnership between Montenegrin institutions on environmental crime
Publishing date: 5 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Environmental activities, Environmental good governance
Environmental crime is a growing challenge that requires joint action, improved co-ordination amongst state institutions and NGOs, and full awareness among private sector, the media and citizens. The OSCE Mission to Montenegro will support national stakeholders to jointly address this issue, as formation of joint working groups for environmental crime investigations has been agreed. These were conclusions from a roundtable organized by the Mission on 5 June to coincide with World Environment Day.