Publications
Municipal Offices for Communities and Return (MOCRs) 2015
Publishing date: 12 August 2016
Collections: Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of Communities’ Rights - Information Sheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Deputy Mayors for Communities (DMCs) and Deputy Chairpersons of the Municipal Assembly for Communities (DCMACs) 2015
Publishing date: 12 August 2016
Collections: Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of Communities’ Rights - Information Sheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Communities Committees (CCs) 2015
Publishing date: 12 August 2016
Collections: Mechanisms for the Protection and Promotion of Communities’ Rights - Information Sheets
Content type: Factsheet
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Identification of New Market Opportunities within Eurasian Economic Union (EEU)
Publishing date: 22 July 2016
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Economic and environmental dimension
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The publication contains a study of new market and investment opportunities, recommendations on entrance into the identified “niche” markets within Eurasian Economic Union (EEU) area in relation to Armenia’s membership to EEU.
Practical application of plea bargaining for the type and the severity of the criminal sanctions in the first year of the application of the new Law on Criminal Procedure. Legal analysis
Publishing date: 21 July 2016
Content type: Book
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Rule of law
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The analysis represents a joint contribution of the Association of Public Prosecutors and the Rule of Law Unit of OSCE Mission to Skopje towards the process of establishing a standardized criminal policy and practice in the criminal justice system. The very analysis processes data which refer to plea agreements made in the four appeal districts: Bitola, Gostivar, Skopje and Shtip, in the period from 1stof December until 31st of March 2015.
OSCE/ODIHR Annual Report 2015
Publishing date: 23 June 2016
Collections: ODIHR Annual Reports
Content type: Annual report
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
Conflict Sensitive Journalism – Best Practices and Recommendations
Publishing date: 18 July 2016
Content type: Book
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 handbook is a compilation of recommendations for media professionals on how to cover conflict and its consequences. The book highlights issues journalists’ safety in a conflict environment, international standards and practices of conflict-sensitive journalism, it provides tips on media ethics
Urban Plans for Substandard Roma Settlements
Publishing date: 20 June 2016
Content type: Brochure
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Democratization, Roma and Sinti
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
“Urban Plans for Substandard Roma Settlements” provides an overview of 13 urban plans in 11 pilot municipalities, developed through the project of European Assistance to Roma Inclusion. Urban plans are a necessary first step in the process of improving the living conditions in substandard Roma settlements, providing a basis for any future intervention – regularization of settlement, construction of infrastructure, improvement and legalization of housing units. Plans were developed by local urban planning institutes and directorates, having a full participation of local resident communities and preservation of existing land-use and housing as main priorities. The publication is bilingual: in English and Serbian languages.
Practical guide on how to organize activities of counselling centres for migrants
Publishing date: 1 September 2016
Content type: Guide / manual / handbook
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Migration
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
This guide is based on the experience of migrant support centres in the framework of a regional program on labour migration from 2010-2014. It has been prepared with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in co-operation with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for experts of governmental bodies and representatives of non-governmental organizations who work in the area of migration and provide information, consultations, legal support and social help to migrants and their family members. The guide is not available in English.
Strategic Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Dniester River Basin
Publishing date: 18 August 2016
Content type: Study / report
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Environmental activities
Publisher: Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
The Strategic Framework for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Dniester River Basin brings together the data available today on the current and possible future trends in climate change in the Dniester basin. It offers a set of measures, the joint and coordinated implementation of which will make it possible to respond to the coming changes in a timely manner. The Strategic Framework is the result of joint efforts by international experts and organizations – the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) – and experts and organizations from Moldova and Ukraine with an interest in the protection and sustainable use of natural resources in the transboundary Dniester River basin under the conditions of a changing global climate. This publication was prepared under the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) with financial support from the Austrian Development Cooperation and the European Union Instrument for Stability.