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OSCE Office in Baku launches new call for proposals on environment and security projects
Publishing date: 7 February 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
BAKU, 7 February 2012 – The OSCE Office in Baku today invited civil society organizations working on environment and security challenges to submit concept papers for the Civic Action for Security and Environment (CASE) small grants programme...
OSCE Office in Baku trains judges and prosecutors to combat money laundering and terrorist financing
Publishing date: 27 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
GANJA, Azerbaijan, 27 December 2011 – The OSCE Office in Baku launched a training session today in Ganja, the second largest city of Azerbaijan, on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism...
OSCE Office in Baku trains social workers in combating domestic violence
Publishing date: 16 December 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Office in Baku organized a train-the-trainers workshop on the role of social workers in the prevention of domestic violence. More than 20 participants working in various shelters and family support centres attended the three-day event from 13 to 15 December 2011.
OSCE Office in Baku trains detention facilities staff on rights of suspects and accused
Publishing date: 15 December 2011
From 12 to 13 December, the OSCE Office in Baku held a training course for police and penitentiary officers in the city of Ganja in western Azerbaijan on international standards related to the treatment of suspects and accused in custody...
OSCE Office presents handbook in Azerbaijani on human rights for military personnel
Publishing date: 13 December 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Human rights
BAKU, 13 December 2011 – Today the OSCE Office in Baku presented an Azerbaijani-language version of the Handbook on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Armed Forces Personnel...
OSCE Office supports discussion on draft law on alternative and renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan
Publishing date: 30 November 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
BAKU, 1 December 2011 – A roundtable discussion on the draft law on alternative and renewable energy sources in Azerbaijan for policymakers starts today in Baku. The event is organized by the OSCE Office in Baku and the State Agency on Alternative and Renewable Energy Sources, in co-ordination with the Energy Reform Support Programme of the European Union in Azerbaijan...
OSCE supports Azerbaijan and Georgia talks on shared water resources
Publishing date: 28 November 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Baku (closed)
What we do: Environmental activities
Government representatives of Azerbaijan and Georgia met to discuss a draft bilateral agreement on the shared water resources of the Kura River Basin in Baku on 28 November 2011 as part of a joint OSCE-UNECE project under the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative...