Publications

The Manual for Local Youth Councils, prepared in close partnership with the Agency for Youth and Sport, is a practical and valuable tool for both municipal officials and young people regarding their engagement in the Local Youth Councils. It aims to encourage local youth participation in these bodies in compliance with the Law on Youth Participation and Youth Policies. The Manual contains practical steps how to establish Local Youth Council, roles and responsibilities for both municipal officials and youth council members and the handover process between the outgoing and incoming leadership. It was prepared in Macedonian language and translated into English, Albanian, Turkish, Serbian and Romani languages.

The OSCE Mission in Kosovo works to improve the protection of human and community rights, good governance and public safety standards in Kosovo. The Mission, established in 1999, is the largest field operation in the OSCE.

This report, made in collaboration with Mercy Corps Afghanistan and the Regional Environmental Center for Central Asia (CAREC), aims at providing a basic understanding of Water User Associations in Tajikistan and Afghanistan, including detailed information on activities, major issues and hurdles.

This publication contains theoretical background about conflicts and their management, analysis of the specificities of conflicts in the public service taking into account the results of sociological research on perception, attitude to conflicts and ways of  managing conflicts in Ukrainian

The OSCE Mission co-organized a workshop on climate change to support preparations by the Serbian delegation to the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen in December 2009. Available only in Serbian.

This Manual explains in the Q&A format the legal essence of the starosta’s post in the system of local self-governance, organization of routine activities, basic and additional responsibilities, provision of administrative services, and performance of residency registration by starosta in

The Master of Sciences in “Transitional Justice” program at the Faculty of Social Sciences of the University of Tirana is established to consolidate the conduct of research and teaching in the field of transitional justice in Albania. Through a comprehensive and integrated curriculum, the Master’s Programme will address those dimensions that are critical for understanding transitional justice in Albania, with specific reference to the social, political, institutional and legal context in which the transition from the communist past took place to the main actors and to what extent justice has been/can be achieved. The programme will draw lessons from comparisons with other societies transitioning from war-to-peace or authoritarianism-to-democracy.

The report comprises outcomes from the desk research of the best practices of dialogue evaluation conducted at the end of 2021. It is based on the analysis of academic and practitioner sources covering existing approaches, frameworks, and data collection methods used for evaluation of peacebuilding

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina produced a factsheet on an ExB project titled: Informed citizens and efficient mechanisms to prevent and fight corruption. The main objective of the Project is to support BiH’s efforts in diminishing corruption by raising awareness of the consequences of corruption for BiH citizens and strengthening the capacity of anti-corruption bodies in corruption prevention.

The purpose of the manual on torrential floods and community based flood risk reduction is to acquaint local and international stakeholders with national achievements and challenges in the field of torrential flood risk management in Serbia. The manual contains a comprehensive review of historically significant torrential floods in Serbia, existing flood management strategies, risk analysis and legal framework that stipulates the jurisdiction of local governments in the prevention and management of flood risks. It highlights the strategic importance of the role that local authorities have in creating flood resilient communities. A part of the manual is dedicated to the engagement of civil society in raising awareness of local communities in disaster risk reduction and the importance of their co-operation and partnership with elected officials, thus creating a "culture of preparedness".