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Analysis of the Situation with Education in the Languages of Smaller Communities
Publishing date: 13 November 2023
Content type: Report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report presents the current legislation, procedures, coordination and communication issues and key barriers in relation to the education in the languages of the smaller communities, but also brings to light key recommendations for improvement. The Directorate for Enhancement and Promotion of Education in the Languages of the Communities at the Ministry of Political System and Inter-community Relations investigates the complexities surrounding education in the languages of smaller communities – Bosnian, Romani, Serbian, Turkish and Vlach. Data collection, detailed analysis, and comprehensive interviews, provides deep insights into the challenges faced by the smaller communities, particularly in their access to quality education. Five smaller reports are available (one in each language – Bosnian, Romani, Serbian, Turkish and Vlach and a composite document in Macedonian, Albanian and English.
Address by Knut Vollebaek, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 16 March 2011
Content type: Statement / speech
What we do: Education
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Conference on “Creating vision and standards – the Role of Higher Education in Fostering Inter-cultural Dialogue and Understanding in a Multiethnic Society” Skopje, 16-17 March 2011
Interview with Head of Mission in Utrinski vesnik
Publishing date: 30 January 2010
Content type: Interview
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Interview with Ambassador Herrero, Head of the OSCE Spillover Monitor Mission to Skopje, about the learning of the state language.