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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Sebastian Kurz discusses future of Ukraine with youth
Publishing date: 17 January 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Youth
KYIV, 17 January 2017- Members of the Youth Contact Group, established by the OSCE to promote inter-regional dialogue in Ukraine, today shared their visions of the future with OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz during a walking tour of Kyiv today...
OSCE-supported e-service for land plots registration is launched in Ukraine
Publishing date: 10 October 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Good governance
An online service for state registration of land ownership developed with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine was launched in a pilot version on Monday, 10 October 2016. The digital tool, e.land.gov.ua, was developed at the request of and in partnership with the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Geological Registry Service and the State Agency on E-Governance. The new service is currently being offered in Kyiv city and the Chernihiv region. It will be accessible for all Ukrainians as of 1 January 2017...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator and Ukraine’s National Reforms Council discuss co-operation on improving reform efforts
Publishing date: 28 September 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Good governance
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, Vaidotas Verba and Dmytro Shymkiv, Deputy Head of Ukraine President’s Administration of President of Ukraine, who is also Secretary of the National Reforms Council (NRC), met on 27 September 2016 in Kyiv to discuss continuing support to the country’s reform agenda. National Reforms Council is a consultative body created under the President of Ukraine to plan, promote and track implementation of reforms...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator helps Ukraine conduct its first national assessment of risks related to money laundering and the financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 15 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism
KYIV, 15 December 2016 – The results of Ukraine’s first-ever national money-laundering and financing of terrorism risk assessment, conducted with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine, were presented today to the country’s expert community at an event in Kyiv...
Use of digital tools by human traffickers in focus of OSCE-supported meeting for law enforcers in Ukraine
Publishing date: 22 September 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Some 50 police officers, investigators, prosecutors and judges from six regions of Ukraine participated in a two-day roundtable discussion on the investigation and prosecution of human trafficking crimes committed with the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs), organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine on 21-22 September 2016 in Kharkiv...
OSCE presents concept for legal education reform in Ukraine
Publishing date: 20 September 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Education
An OSCE-supported concept for legal education reform in Ukraine was presented to parliamentarians, legal professionals, law students and representatives of lawyers associations at an event held on 14 September 2016 in Kyiv...
Ukrainian patrol police, anti-trafficking officers build skills and knowledge with OSCE support
Publishing date: 15 September 2016
An OSCE-supported series of re-training programmes for anti-trafficking and patrol police officers in Ukraine was launched on 14 September 2016 and will be implemented throughout the country. Some 200 anti-trafficking police officers passing the attestation process and over 3500 patrol police officers will participate in the 100-hour courses by the end of the year...
Five regional newspapers in Ukraine selected to participate in OSCE project on supporting reform of state owned and municipal media
Publishing date: 26 August 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
Five Ukrainian regional newspapers were selected on 23 August 2016 to benefit from assistance in their transformation from the state-funded to independent media outlets as part of a project implemented by OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine at the request of the State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting...
Concept on democratic control of Ukrainian armed forces discussed at OSCE event in Kyiv
Publishing date: 31 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Arms control
KYIV, 31 October 2016 – A first draft Concept on Democratic Control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces was tabled for public discussion at an international workshop organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine jointly with the country’s Defence Ministry and Verkhovna Rada (Parliament) today in Kyiv...
OSCE launches first distance human rights course in Ukraine for judges
Publishing date: 27 July 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Human rights, Education
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator on 15 July 2016 launched the first distance course in Ukraine on the application of the case-law of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR)...