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Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs Bert Koenders presents the the Max van der Stoel Award 2016 to Alev Tuğberk and Kyriakos Pachoulides, co-presidents of the Association for Historical Dialogue and Research, a Cyprus-based non-governmental organization that works on using history teaching as a tool for reconciliation in Cyprus, The Hague, 24 October 2016.

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Ms. Damira Orozbaeva provides consultation on content and language integrated learning (CLIL) methodology as part of an HCNM project at the pilot school "Sh. Rysmendeev" in Kochkor district, Naryn province, Kyrgyz Republic, October 2016.

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OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier awarding a certificate of participation to one of eight interns from Georgia’s national minority communities, Tbilisi, 1 July 2016.

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Participants at OSCE-supported roundtable study mechanisms to strengthen co-operation between the central and Gagauz authorities in Moldova, Chisinau, 24 June 2016.

Why is education a useful tool for conflict prevention?

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Education can play a key role in the preventing conflict and is therefore a key focus of the High Commissioner on National Minorities. Among other things, education can foster a sense of opportunity and belonging, accommodate diversity and languages, and allow for multiple views on history.

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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors at the Permanent Council in Vienna 2 June 2016. Photo: Micky Kröll/OSCE

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Kushtrim Bajrami from the Kosovo Education Center and co-ordinator of the Kosovo Education and Employment Network- KEEN project, presenting on technical support given to the Civil Society Platform in commenting the new policy for inclusion of Roma, Ashkali and Egyptian communities, Prishtinë/Priština, 31 May 2016.

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Alisa Feghiu and Liviu Rotaru from Elena Alistar Theatrical Lyceum in Chisinau, Moldova, placed second in the video contest Our school, our diversity.

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(l-r) OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors, and Srđan Verbić, Serbian Minister of Education, Science and Technological Development during the 20th anniversary of The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities, The Hague, the Netherlands, 20 April 2016.

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OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors at 20th Anniversary of The Hague Recommendations Regarding the Education Rights of National Minorities, The Hague, 21 April 2016. http://www.osce.org/hcnm/236191

Third place: winning video by Besim Bojadžija- Bosnia and Herzegovina

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OSCE HCNM video contest “Our school, our diversity: your story in 60 seconds”

Second place: winning video by Liviu Rotaru- Moldova

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OSCE HCNM video contest “Our school, our diversity: your story in 60 seconds”