Publications

This report presents an assessment of the 2012 municipal budget development process in Kosovo municipalities. It outlines the compliance of the municipalities with the requirements of this process, and aims to serve as a tool for all relevant stakeholders for formulating strategies for improving municipal compliance with the legal requirements of the process.

The report examines provision of humanitarian bus transportation and concludes that while the service enhances access to services, administrative non-compliance has resulted in a lack of transparency and inadequate complaints procedures.

From generation to disposal, waste is a by-product of societal dynamics, and all too often absent from our consideration. Vital Waste Graphics 3 seeks to put waste in context by: looking at some of the forces driving global trends; examining various concerns and the strategies developed to address them; considering the difficulties encountered in implementing these strategies.

This Annual Report of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings comprises of two main parts. Part I, An Agenda for Prevention: Activities and Challenges in 2011 is an overview of the main OSCE anti-trafficking activities. Part II has a special thematic focus on trafficking for labour exploitation and contains three experts’ essays which build upon the 11th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons Conference on “Preventing Trafficking in Human Beings for Labour Exploitation: Decent Work and Social Justice” (20- 21 June 2011). Both parts have a single conceptual framework: an agenda for prevention of trafficking in human beings.

Published in 2007

These guidelines for police officers were developed with OSCE assistance by David I’Anson, a community policing expert from the United Kingdom, to provide an easy-to-use tool, supported with practical examples, for understanding best international practice in community policing within the context of policing in Armenia.

This multimedia guide, on the code of conduct for local officials in Serbia, was produced by the OSCE Mission to Serbia. It consists of a documentary that presents the principles of the code of conduct, and the examples of best practices in monitoring public ethical standards, and mechanisms for improving public accountability at the local level.

The brochure was produced within the project, "Promotion of environmental activism in Šumadija and South-West Serbia“ and implemented by the Volunteer Centre Kragujevac with the support of the OSCE Mission to Serbia under the Environment and Security (ENVSEC) Initiative.