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“Debating Perspectives 2030 Roadshow” continues to call on passionate young women and men to shape national and international action
Publishing date: 11 December 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Youth
On 11 December 2020, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, with the support of Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Polska, hosted the “Debating Perspectives 2030 Roadshow”, providing a platform for young women and men in Poland to make their voices heard.
Quality history education is crucial to fostering social cohesion, conclude participants at OSCE Ministerial Council side event
Publishing date: 3 December 2020
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Youth
TIRANA 3 December 2020 – The role of history education in fostering social cohesion in diverse societies was the focus of a side event held via video teleconferencing today on the margins of the 27th OSCE Ministerial Council in Tirana. The event was organized by the Albanian OSCE Chairmanship, the Permanent Mission of Spain to the OSCE, the OSCE Secretariat, the Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the office of the High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM).
OSCE “Debating Perspectives 2030 Roadshow” arrives in Central Asia
Publishing date: 13 November 2020
The OSCE’s “Debating Perspectives 2030 Roadshow” held its first event in Central Asia on 13 November 2020 bringing together 38 young women and men from Central Asia to discuss their vision for a safer future. The OSCE Academy, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, hosted the event...
OSCE launches the “Debating Perspectives 2030 Roadshow”, engaging young women and men in shaping a vision for a safer future
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
The OSCE and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) launched the “Debating Perspectives 2030 Roadshow” on 30 October 2020, a series of online and in-person events bringing together talented young women and men in shaping a vision for a safer future. The Roadshow, under which many events are planned across the OSCE region, held its first online discussion in Albania...
The rights of young people focus of the Samarkand Human Rights Forum
Publishing date: 13 August 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Youth
A two-day online high-level event focusing on the rights of young people, the Samarkand Forum on Human Rights, was held on 12 and 13 August 2020. The meeting, supported by the OSCE Project Co-Ordinator in Uzbekistan, was attended by representatives of the OSCE Secretariat, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and other OSCE field operations. The event was co-organized with the Government of Uzbekistan represented by the National Human Rights Centre of Uzbekistan, the UN Country Team and Friedrich Ebert Stiftung. The Samarkand Forum on Human Rights is the continuation of the Asian Forum which took place in 2018 in Samarkand.
OSCE online training aims to strengthen capacities of youth leaders in North Macedonia to prevent violent extremism
Publishing date: 2 June 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Countering terrorism, Youth
Seventeen young men and women from across North Macedonia participated in an online capacity-building training course for youth leaders on preventing violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT). The OSCE Mission to Skopje organized the course, held from 19 May to 2 June 2020, with technical support provided by the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department. The course builds on a module delivered in February...
Young people convey their perspectives for a safer future to Chairperson-in-Office Lajčák and Albanian 2020 Chair at the OSCE Ministerial Council
Publishing date: 6 December 2019
BRATISLAVA, 6 December 2019 – On the margins of the 26th Ministerial Council, the Slovak Chair, its Special Representatives on Youth and Security, Spain and Albania, supported by the OSCE, organized an event on young voices for a safer future in Bratislava.