Publications

Since 2017, the OSCE Mission to Serbia through the DemSec project has been supporting the Public Policy Research Centre in launching annual competition for the best human security essays for students from Belgrade University. Given the global impact of Covid-19 on all aspects of social life, this year’s Call for Papers focused on the effects of the pandemic on human security and the threat posed by the virus on individuals in a variety of fields. All three papers chosen this year were written by women and all three examine Covid-19 as a global phenomenon and a threat to security. This publication is available in Serbian and in English.

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In the framework of its “Family Crime Prevention” project, the PCUz developed a toolkit for the judiciary on the methodology of working with victims of domestic violence and with potential offenders to protect the rights of victims to handle domestic violence cases more efficiently. The toolkit determines what domestic violence is, what its specific signs and patterns are. This toolkit covers international standards and national legislation to counter domestic violence, women's access to justice and specific court cases along with international good practices on tackling domestic violence. Available in Uzbek and Russian languages.

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.

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This manual is designed to assist dialogue practitioners in training representatives of local government, self-government bodies and civil society on how to plan, organize and conduct discussions, meetings, consultations to resolve problems and conflict situations of local importance. The manual includes theoretical background, practical exercises and cases dealing with dialogue approaches and tools of developing and implementing collaborative decisions in communities in the most effective and engaging way.

The methodology manual is designed to assist dialogue practitioners in training people from different backgrounds on skills and techniques for managing conflict situations, establishing mutual understanding, planning and conducting dialogue. The training itself complements the online course of that name developed by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.

The training workbook is designed to support practical learning of skills and techniques for managing conflict situations, establishing mutual understanding, planning and conducting dialogue by people from different backgrounds. The training itself complements the online course of that name developed by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine.

The training materials are designed to facilitate learning of representatives of local government, self-government bodies and civil society on how to plan, organize and conduct discussions, meetings, consultations to resolve problems and conflict situations of local importance. The publication includes theoretical background, practical exercises and cases dealing with dialogue approaches and tools for developing and implementing collaborative decisions in communities in the most effective and engaging way.

The document includes clarifications and recommendations for the use of the Guide and offers an optimized amount of indicators for regular monitoring and analysis of situation by local communities.