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OSCE-supported Awards recognize best practices in local governance in Montenegrin municipalities
Publishing date: 29 December 2015
Awards recognizing best practices in local governance in Montenegro’s municipalities over the course of this year were presented at a ceremony organized on 28 December 2015 in Podgorica by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Union of Municipalities and the Ministry of Interior...
OSCE-supported conference on accessibility of public buildings for persons with disabilities organized in Budva
Publishing date: 18 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Good governance, Rule of law
The accessibility of municipal public buildings for persons with disabilities was the focus of a two-day conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in partnership with the Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism and the Union of Municipalities of Montenegro on 16 and 17 December in Budva...
OSCE-supported plan towards a gender-sensitive parliament in Montenegro presented in Podgorica
Publishing date: 14 December 2015
Content type: News
What we do: Gender equality
A roadmap towards a gender-sensitive parliament in Montenegro with the aim of better integrating gender equality in the legislature, was presented in Podgorica on 11 December 2015. The document was developed with support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports public discussion on implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information
Publishing date: 14 December 2015
Implementation of the Law on Free Access to Information was in focus of the public discussion organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Agency for the Protection of Personal Data and Free Access to Information, on 11 December 2015, in Podgorica...
Head of OSCE Mission in Montenegro stresses importance of human rights-based approaches in working with migrants and refugees
Publishing date: 11 December 2015
Responses by states to the arrival of migrants and refugees in the Western Balkans was the focus of a conference organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the European Union Delegation to Montenegro, the Ombudsperson’s Office and the NGO Civic Alliance on 10 December 2015 in Podgorica to mark International Human Rights Day...
Regional co-operation crucial in reducing disaster risk, conclude participants at OSCE-supported discussion in Montenegro
Publishing date: 10 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Mission to Montenegro, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
BUDVA, Montenegro, 10 December 2015 – A three-day regional disaster risk reduction training course, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, was completed today in Budva...
OSCE-supported training courses on fight against gender-based violence take place in five Montenegrin municipalities
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
Under the scope of the global campaign "16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence" the OSCE Mission to Montenegro had supported training course for multi-disciplinary teams in Pljevlja, Herceg Novi, Cetinje, Berane and Podgorica between 30 November and 9 December 2015...