Publications

This handbook supports OSCE participating States in better protecting critical electrical energy infrastructure from natural hazards. By providing risk management options, tools and case studies, it is designed as a guide for policy-makers, state authorities, transmission networks operators and regulators in charge of protecting energy networks. In recent years the risk of supra-national power blackouts in the OSCE area causing significant economic losses has increased. One contributing factor is that extreme weather conditions occur more frequently. Another is an increased connectivity of power and telecommunication infrastructures and a higher technical complexity of the grid due to a changing energy mix, leaving industrial and commercial companies, the public and the private sector at risk.

The purpose of this handbook is to provide the 57 OSCE participating States and 11 Partners for Co-operation with a reference guide on available legal tools, the latest legislative and policy trends, and pertinent measures and practices to prevent and suppress corruption. It is aimed at raising awareness of the range of international instruments available to national policymakers and anti-corruption practitioners, and assisting them in developing and implementing effective anti-corruption policies and measures, thereby reducing the possibilities for corruption, instability and transnational crime. The handbook is produced by the OSCE in collaboration with UNODC, OECD and GRECO and other partners.

Compilation of consolidated summaries from the 23rd Economic and Environmental Forum

Annual report by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.

Compilation of consolidated summaries from the 22nd Economic and Environmental Forum

Recommendations on improving availability, quality and compatibility of migration data in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Tajikistan. Published by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration. Not available in English.

This report contains a survey, which aims at identifying the scope of corruption, its causes and negative effects, as well as the prevalence of corruption in the interaction of entrepreneurs with state authorities when receiving state and municipal services. It presents factors that influence the level of corruption, identifyies capabilities to combat corruption and offers recommendations for the anti-corruption policy implementation, based on the research results. Available in Russian only.

This 2014 Reference Manual is a first publication which contains all OSCE Economic and Environmental Dimension-related decisions adopted during OSCE Summits, Ministerial Council and relevant Permanent Council meetings. It primarily targets the delegations of the OSCE participating States to serve as a useful tool during their deliberations.

This publication, issued by the OSCE Office of the Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, and the OSCE Transnational Threats Department- Strategic Police Matters Unit, summarizes several years of joint efforts to bridge gaps in the knowledge and capacity of practitioners who are working to counter money laundering and trafficking in human beings. Much of the research contained herein was identified during the OSCE/UNODC Expert Seminar on Leveraging Anti-Money Laundering Regimes to Combat Human Trafficking, held in Vienna on 3-4 October 2011. This publication provides background and information to help practitioners to operationalize the intersection of human trafficking and money laundering.

Annual report by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities.