Publications
Alternative voting methods and arrangements
Publishing date: 12 October 2020
Content type: Study / report
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 paper considers possible benefits and risk factors of conducting elections using methods and arrangements alternative to the predominant practice of voting in polling stations over the course of a single election day. Different voting methods and arrangements are analysed in light of the existing OSCE commitments, other international obligations, standards and good practice in the field of democratic elections. While the choice of voting methods rests with the OSCE participating States, this paper intends to provide information to benefit public discussion about alternative voting methods and arrangements, including in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Awareness of Media Community about Media Self-regulation Mechanisms in Ukraine, Their Attitude to These Mechanisms
Publishing date: 6 October 2020
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Media freedom and development
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This document summarises the outcomes of the research conducted within the framework of "Strengthening the Self-Regulation of the Ukrainian Media" project. The project is implemented with the financial support of the Governments of Germany, Norway, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Manual for teachers of civic education for primary school for the second cycle of education
Publishing date: 6 October 2020
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Education, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Mission supported the Institute for improvement of education in writing comprehensive Manuals that will help teachers in delivery of the new concept of the civic education, introduced in Serbian schools gradually, throughout 2018 and 2019. The Manuals covers four areas of the civic
Manual for teachers of civic education for primary school for the first cycle of education
Publishing date: 6 October 2020
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Education, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Mission supported the Institute for improvement of education in writing comprehensive Manuals that will help teachers in delivery of the new concept of the civic education, introduced in Serbian schools gradually, throughout 2018 and 2019. The Manuals covers four areas of the civic
Gender Mainstreaming in Water Governance in Central Asia
Publishing date: 1 October 2020
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
What we do: Environmental activities, Gender equality, Water management
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OCEEA strives to promote a gender perspective in its activities related to water governance and water diplomacy given the gender-specific impacts of water policies and the vast potential of the inclusion of gender in this field for more equitable and effective water management. The OCEEA has developed this guide to gender mainstreaming in water governance in Central Asia for the benefit of water practitioners in the region. Gender mainstreaming in water governance contributes to stability and security as it can lead to more effective policies and can work to reduce social imbalances and tension. When women and men equally decide on how to use water, decisions are better targeted and more representative of the needs of the entire population.
Heritage Lab Rediscovering the Heritage of Letnicë/Letnica- Development Workshop Report
Publishing date: 24 September 2020
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This report describes the results from a two-week Heritage Lab workshop on rural development held in Letnicë/Letnica in 2019, and outlines the process of creating a rural development plan from its early stage. Based on international experience and local knowledge, it offers an insight in the multifaceted aspects of rural development through the valorisation of cultural and natural heritage. The report also presents the key challenges that Letnicë/Letnica and the small Kosovo Croat community are facing, as well as the positive features and potential this multi-ethnic village has to contribute to its sustainable change. Based on the analysis of the local resources, the report offers broad recommendations for development which represent the four pillars of sustainable development: social, economic, environmental, and cultural. These recommendations should stimulate the elaboration of both a full rural development plan and an action plan to guide its implementation for Letnicë/Letnica and the communities that live there.
Trafficking in Human Beings for Organ Removal
Publishing date: 17 September 2020
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Alternative diagram for basic modes of trafficking in human beings for the removal of organs with a transnational dimension
Guidebook on Standards for Drafting Cultural Heritage Management Plans
Publishing date: 24 September 2020
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Guidebook on Standards for Drafting Cultural Heritage Management Plans is an outcome of intensive co-operation of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo with international experts and local stakeholders in the field of cultural heritage. Management plans are key instruments for the proper management of heritage sites, for their protection, presentation and their sustainable development. The Guidebook aims to contribute to the understanding of how a management plan functions, the principles that need to be taken into consideration during the drafting process, and an overview of instruments for drafting such a plan. The Guidebook is addressed to all stakeholders involved in the management of a heritage site, including the general public, and aims to contribute to a sustainable, human-rights based and long-lasting protection of cultural heritage in Kosovo.
Property Rights Monitor
Publishing date: 14 September 2020
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Human rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Property Rights Monitor is a bi-annual publication of the observations of OSCE field monitoring Kosovo wide and aims to provide an overview of the situation in the field of property and housing rights of non-majority community members and displaced persons.
Women on the Contact Line
Publishing date: 7 September 2020
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Read the remarkable stories of remarkable women – female community leaders and female monitoring officers from the OSCE SMM – who every day along the contact line, through small but incremental concrete steps, move eastern Ukraine towards an inclusive sustainable peace. Read their stories of resilience and hope here.