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Side-event on Women in Water Management
Publishing date: 15 June 2021
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities, Gender equality, Water management
The important role of women in water management was discussed on 10 June 2021 in an online side-event in the margins of the Second Preparatory Meeting of the 29th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. The Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) organized the event in collaboration with the Governments of Finland, Ireland and Japan...
Weekly Update from the OSCE Observer Mission at Russian Checkpoints Gukovo and Donetsk based on information as of 15 June 2021
Publishing date: 15 June 2021
Content type: Weekly report
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Kamensk-Shakhtinskiy, Russian Federation. The Observer Mission (OM) continues to operate 24/7 at both Border Crossing Points (BCPs). The overall number of border crossings by persons increased at both BCPs compared to the previous week...
OSCE conducts train-the-trainers courses for facilitators of Women Resource Centres and representatives of Committee on Women and Family Affairs in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 15 June 2021
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe concluded two rounds of three-day train-the-trainers courses on ‘Interactive methods of teaching adults on gender and domestic violence-related issues’ which were conducted from 7 to 12 June 2021 in Dushanbe. Some 40 representatives from Women’s Resource Centres and Tajikistan’s Committee on Women and Family Affairs from the Sughd, Khatlon, Rasht Valley regions, and Gorno-Badakhshan Autonomous Region participated in the courses.
Unveiling misperceptions, enhancing cohesion: the E-MINDFUL project officially launched in Vienna
Publishing date: 15 June 2021
Content type: News
What we do: Migration
“The way migration is communicated and perceived is a key pre-condition to create the necessary space for policy-making that can harness the economic potential of migrants. The aim is to foster a socio-economic eco-system where everyone feels welcome and valued, citizens and migrants alike,” said Vuk Žugić, Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, at the kick-off meeting of the E-MINDFUL project on 15 June 2021 in Vienna...
OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (SMM) Daily Report 136/2021 issued on 14 June 2021
Publishing date: 14 June 2021
Content type: Daily report
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Summary In Donetsk region, between the evenings of 11 and 13 June, the SMM recorded 84 ceasefire violations, including 25 explosions. In the previous reporting period, it recorded 51 ceasefire violations in the region. In Luhansk region, between the evenings of 11 and 13 June, the Mission recorded
The only way to defeat trafficking is to stop paying for it: OSCE Alliance Conference against trafficking in persons starts today
Publishing date: 14 June 2021
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 14 June 2021 – Confronting the demand that fuels and incentivizes human trafficking is the focus of the three-day 21st OSCE Alliance Conference against Trafficking in Persons, which opened today in Vienna...
OSCE and Permanent Mission of Turkey to the OSCE organize online training on countering transnational organized crime
Publishing date: 14 June 2021
From 14 to 18 June 2021, the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department’s Strategic Police Matters Unit and the Permanent Mission of Turkey to the OSCE organized an online training course for some 30 criminal justice practitioners from three OSCE participating States – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan – focusing on countering transnational organized crime...