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A regional three year project (2021-2023), financed and supported by the European Union, implemented by the field operations in Tirana, Sarajevo, Podgorica, Skopje and Pristina with the guiding support of ODIHR and project coordination from Secretariat/ Conflict Prevention Centre.

The OSCE report “Protection of Cultural Heritage in Kosovo” provides insight into the policy, legal and administrative frameworks of cultural heritage protection. The report analyses the close interconnectivity between heritage protection, security, infrastructure and spatial planning issues. Specific features of heritage protection in Kosovo, such as the Special Protective Zones (SPZs) and the Implementation and Monitoring Council (IMC), are also assessed. The report formulates recommendations to enhance the existing legislation and to improve the structural conditions in the field of heritage identification, preservation and promotion.

This document is only available in Azerbaijani.

The OSCE Secretary General’s Annual Report gives an overview of the Organization's activities and its co-operation with partner states and other organizations.

Online social networking sites have moved election campaigns into a new era of communication, in which voters have wider channels to express their opinions. While social networking sites provide space for voters to enhance their direct participation in campaigns and enable electoral contestants to better mobilize support, the use of social networks, especially during election campaigns, carries a wide array of challenges.

The Annual Progress Report on the Implementation of the 2004 OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality highlights the main achievements of the Organization regarding gender parity, capacity of staff, organizational culture and overall gender mainstreaming improvements within the

In this issue: the visit of OSCE Ambassadors to Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan; promoting access to INTERPOL databases; mediators in southern Kyrgyzstan; a day in the life of an OSCE Community Security Initiative Officer; articles on media freedom, including an interview with Dunja Mijatović, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media; and an obituary of Max van der Stoel.

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 Secretary General’s Annual Report gives an overview of the Organization's activities and its co-operation with partner states and other organizations.