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OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes study visit to Amsterdam for representatives of media self-regulatory bodies
Publishing date: 4 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Media freedom and development
As part of the continuous efforts to strengthen the media self-regulatory bodies in Montenegro, the OSCE Mission organized a study visit to Netherlands for the representatives of the Technical Working Group on Self-Regulation on 30 and 31 May.
Special OSCE Asian Partners for Co-Operation Group Meeting Focuses on Afghan Women's Rights
Publishing date: 3 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Asian Partners for Co-operation
The OSCE Asian Partners for Co-Operation Group and OSCE participating States met in Vienna on 3 June to discuss the pressing issue of Afghan women’s rights, emphasizing the broader implications for regional and global stability. This event focused on exploring actionable strategies for empowering Afghan women and mitigating the challenges they face. The meeting brought together high-level representatives and experts to address the significant challenges faced by Afghan women and the global implications of their plight. This special meeting was organized by North Macedonia as Chair of the OSCE Asian Partners for Co-operation Group.
Serbia’s local elections were well organized but marred by unlevel playing field and reduced competitiveness, international observers say
Publishing date: 3 June 2024
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
BELGRADE, 3 June 2024 – Serbia’s local elections were well run and freedom of expression and assembly were respected, but the dominance of the ruling party as well as the fragmentation of the opposition reduced their competitiveness, while allegations of widespread pressure on public sector employees and misuse of public resources favoured the ruling coalition, international observers from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) said in a statement today.
OSCE Mission supports Kosovo Academy for Public Safety enhance internal quality assurance resources
Publishing date: 1 June 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
The OSCE Mission supported a delegation of six senior officials of the Kosovo Academy for Public Safety (KAPS) and its public safety agencies to conduct a visit to North Carolina Justice Academy (NCJA) in the United States (US) from 27 May to 1 June 2024. The visit was part of Mission’s continued
OSCE enhances Kazakhstan's Anti-Money Laundering Efforts within the Banking Sector
Publishing date: 31 May 2024
On 29-30 May, 2024, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, in collaboration with the Agency for Regulation and Development of the Financial Market (ARDFM), conducted a training seminar in Almaty. The seminar focused on combating money laundering arising from tax crimes, entrepreneurial activities, and public procurement offenses. This initiative is part of a broader, multi-year co-operation aimed at strengthening Kazakhstan’s capacity to counter money laundering and terrorist financing.
OSCE organizes training-of-trainer course on human rights and gender-sensitive approaches to investigating online terrorist-related crimes
Publishing date: 31 May 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Countering terrorism
Investigating online terrorist-related crimes in line with human rights and gender-sensitive approaches was the focus of a training-of-trainer course held in Tashkent, Uzbekistan from 28 to 31 May 2024 by the OSCE Secretariat Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan.
Protecting public spaces and soft targets focus of regional expert discussion in Central Asia
Publishing date: 31 May 2024
Content type: News
What we do: Countering terrorism
The OSCE Secretariat Transnational Threats Department and the Law Enforcement Academy under the Prosecutor General’s Office of the Republic of Kazakhstan held a regional workshop dedicated to protecting soft targets from terrorist attacks in Astana on 27 and 28 May 2024 with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana.