Publications
Max van der Stoel Award
Publishing date: 2 February 2024
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Max van der Stoel Award recognizes extraordinary and outstanding achievements in improving the position of national minorities in the OSCE participating States.
Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Social and Economic Life
Publishing date: 24 October 2023
Collections: Thematic Recommendations and Guidelines
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The inclusion of national minorities in economic and social life is a crucial element of democracy, particularly in multi-ethnic societies, as it fosters unity and breaks down societal divisions. The High Commissioner on National Minorities’ Recommendations on the Effective Participation of National Minorities in Social and Economic Life offer practical tools to facilitate social and economic participation at different levels and in various settings.
National Minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 9 May 2023
Collections: Bosnia and Herzegovina: Our projects in brief
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina works with relevant authorities and civil society partners to improve the political, economic, and social participation of the 17 recognized national minorities in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
The Max van der Stoel Award 2020 Programme
Publishing date: 8 December 2021
Collections: Max van der Stoel Award commemorative booklets
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Proceedings of the Max van der Stoel Award ceremony of 2020 (held in 2021).
Ethnobarometer Moldova 2020
Publishing date: 24 November 2021
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Ethnobarometer is a quantitative survey that measures, monitors and analyzes the perceptions, attitudes and beliefs of the major ethnic groups in Moldova.
Factsheet on the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities
Publishing date: 3 May 2021
Collections: Publications
Content type: Factsheet
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Information about the mandate and the activities of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities.
Research and Analysis of Perception of Socio-economic Position of Journalists and Media Workers in Vojvodina
Publishing date: 30 March 2021
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This research was implemented by the Independent Journalists' Association of Vojvodina (NDNV) with the OSCE Mission to Serbia's support. Paying particular attention to the goals of the Strategy of Development of System of Public Information in the Republic of Serbia (2020-2025), the research was conducted in order to better understand socio-economic position and working status of journalists and media workers in Vojvodina region, with special focus on position of female journalists, journalists working in minority language media, as well as freelancers and other journalists without permanent employment status.
Media Outlets in the Languages of National Minorities- Research and Analysis
Publishing date: 15 December 2020
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Media freedom and development, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The report Media Outlets in the Languages of National Minorities- Research and Analysis offers insight into the system of public information in languages of national minorities, presents the outlets and content they provide, ownership modalities, and panoply of issues such media and journalists working in them are facing.
Study on the Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities in Courts and Prosecutor’s Offices in the Republic of Serbia
Publishing date: 28 August 2020
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, National minority issues, Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Study on the Use of Languages and Scripts of National Minorities in Courts and Prosecutor’s Offices in the Republic of Serbia explores the implementation of selected HCNM Graz Recommendations on Access to Justice and National Minorities in Serbia. The Study, covering the period of 2016 – 2018, examines the use of languages and scripts of national minorities in basic, higher, misdemeanour courts, and basic and higher prosecutor’s offices and contains a series of recommendations regarding the improvement of the current situation. It was developed in 2019 by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. Available only in Serbian.
Serbian as a Foreign Language in Theory and Practice IV- Thematic Collection of Papers
Publishing date: 5 August 2020
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Education, National minority issues
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Broadening its efforts in the field of improvement of teaching and learning Serbian as a non-mother tongue and a related conference organized by the Centre for Serbian as a Foreign Language at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade with Mission support in October 2018, the OSCE Mission supported printing of collection of papers produced as a result of the conference. The collection contains academic papers written by university professors and teachers of Serbian (Serbian as a mother tongue, Serbian as a non-mother tongue and Serbian as a foreign language) with regards to practices in teaching and learning of official language, observed shortcomings and proposed recommendations, especially at the level of teaching methodologies, improvement of teachers’ capacities and work with students. The collection of papers published in Serbian with summaries in English, also provides a useful tool for teachers of Serbian as non-mother tongue, a subject taught to those national minorities that avail of schooling in their mother tongue.