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To foster transboundary water co-operation, the OSCE’s Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities held a study tour in Geneva, Switzerland and Koblenz, Germany from 29 September to 4 October. It brought members of the Women in Water Management Network together with young water and environmental experts from Central Asia and the South Caucasus.

To support the next generation of journalists, business leaders and analysts in advancing transparency, innovation, and economic resilience in Ukraine, the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator of Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) conducted a roadshow training series on using open data for journalism and business students from 23 September to 6 October.

WARSAW, 6 October 2025 – As the OSCE marks the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki Final Act, we must recommit to the principles of democracy, human rights and the rule of law on which the organisation was founded in order to overcome global challenges, OSCE leaders said today as governments, international organizations, and civil society came together for a 10-day conference dedicated to the situation of human rights and fundamental freedoms across the OSCE area.

OSCE Secretary General Feridun H. Sinirlioğlu participated in the Seventh European Political Community (EPC) Summit, hosted in Copenhagen, Denmark.

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, in co-operation with the Commissioner of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan for Human Rights  and the Centre for Development and Justice International,  conducted a two-day training course focused on improving the monitoring of places of

A delegation of 29 Austrian judges- members of the European Association of Administrative Judges and the Austrian Association of Administrative Judges- carried out a two-day study visit to Albania, on 2 and 3 October 2025, with the support of the OSCE Presence. The programme introduced the delegation to key Albanian justice institutions and concluded with a high-level roundtable on comparative perspectives of administrative justice between Albania and Austria.

Bishkek, 3 october 2025 — The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek (POiB), in co-operation with the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic, welcomed donors and partners to an event highlighting progress under the extra-budgetary project “Reducing the Risk of