Publications
Manual on data quality and standardization of the Albanian National Address System
Publishing date: 2 June 2009
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Manual on data quality for staff at the Albanian Urban Planning Offices. Not available in English.
Parliamentary bodies for gender equality — Overview and recommendations — Tool 3
Publishing date: 20 December 2024
Collections: Gender-responsive Governance Toolkit
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Good governance, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The concept of a gender-sensitive parliament rests on mainstreaming gender equality right across the work of a parliament, including in its representative, legislative and oversight functions. This tool shows how parliamentary bodies for gender equality are one of the key gender mainstreaming mechanisms available to national parliaments, and assesses their role and function within parliaments.
Election Observation Handbook: Fifth edition
Publishing date: 21 April 2005
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Elections
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This handbook provides a thorough overview of the ODIHR’s observation methodology and serves as a reference work for all members of an EOM. It also informs the OSCE community at large, including governments of participating States, political parties, candidates, voters, and civil society, about the planning, deployment, and implementation of an election observation mission.
Standing Strong for Youth and with Youth. Recommendations for the Operation of Youth Centres and Spaces during the War and Post-conflict Recovery Period
Publishing date: 25 November 2024
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Youth
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Currently, youth centres and spaces have become essential platforms for supporting young people and strengthening communities. The recommendations for their operations were developed collaboratively, based on the results of eight roundtables with representatives of youth centres, local authorities
Best Practice Guide on Procedures for Management of Stockpiles of Conventional Ammunition
Publishing date: 26 January 2024
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, Resources
What we do: Arms control
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This guide provides recommended best practices that will facilitate and enhance proper management of national stockpiles of conventional ammunition, explosive material and detonating devices. It contains information useful for those individuals currently working in ammunition storage locations and those managers involved in the chain of command over these facilities that are working to establish national policy and procedures. These practices will help participating States (pS) both use their resources more efficiently and to diminish the risk of dangerous situations involving theft, loss, or accident.
Toolkit for Managing Environmental Issues at the Local Level
Publishing date: 29 November 2006
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Standards of the European Court of Human Rights important for Administrative court
Publishing date: 30 December 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This manual available in Serbian language was designed to assist judges/trainers in teaching the standardized course ”Application of the European Convention on Human Rights and the Case Law of the European Court of Human Rights in Administrative Justice”. The publication aims to better acquaint the judges and judicial assistant of the Administrative Court with the case law of the European Court of Human Rights and the resulting standards, given the challenges they face due to the wide jurisdiction of the Administrative Court, large influx of cases and lack of time to independently investigate this practice and it will be used as a part of the educational material for Serbian Administrative Court’s judges and judicial assistants.
Aide-Mémoire on Gender Mainstreaming Projects
Publishing date: 1 January 2007
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Handbook for gender mainstreaming throughout the project cycle
Gender and Priority-Setting in Mine Action
Publishing date: 10 August 2021
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Gender equality
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This Issue Brief is focused on gender issues within the priority setting in mine action. It was developed by the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining, translated and published with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. Not available in English.
Manual for Writing Court Decisions in the Administrative Court
Publishing date: 1 June 2023
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Manual is designed as a tool for professional enhancement through improvement of legal writing skills for Administrative Court judges and judicial advisors and assistants. It presents rules and regulations on writing legal decisions and documents. It also focuses on legal writing of judgments with detailed explanations and presentations of all constituent parts of a judgment, as well as presentations of different types of judgments. The Manual is available in Serbian language.