OSCE documents and publications on mediation

OSCE launches Toolkit on Inclusion of Women and Effective Peace Processes

BRATISLAVA, 5 December 2019 – The OSCE launched today a new toolkit focusing on the Inclusion of Women and Effective Peace Processes at the 26th Ministerial Council in Bratislava. The toolkit responds to the need for practicable measures to increase women’s inclusion in peace processes in the OSCE area.

Press release

5 December 2019

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Inclusion of Women and Effective Peace Processes: A Toolkit

This toolkit makes actionable proposals for OSCE mediation actors, the Chairmanship, participating States, and Executive Structures on how to increase women’s inclusion in official negotiation processes in the OSCE area in order to support conflict resolution efforts. The lack of women’s meaningful participation in peace processes remains a major challenge in global efforts to effectively resolve violent conflict. By including women’s perspectives in conflict resolution efforts, the diverse needs of affected societies can be better addressed, thereby reducing the likelihood of relapse into conflict.

Guide / manual / handbook
English

Русский
2 December 2019

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Good Read. OSCE Mediation and Conflict Management

The subtitle of this special issue of the journal Security and Human Rights is “Unraveling Complexities in OSCE Mediation”. And indeed, “complexity” is the word that best sums up the practice, challenges and potential of the OSCE’s role as a mediator described in the 15 articles of this last printed edition of the journal (formerly Helsinki Monitor) published by the Netherlands Helsinki Committee.

22 November 2017

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OSCE meeting in Baden, Austria, explores how to better utilize the nexus between effective peace processes and the inclusion of women

The link between effective peace processes and the inclusion of women was the focus of a meeting organized by the OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Secretariat on 25 and 26 April 2017 in Baden, Austria...

News

27 April 2017

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Role of inter-faith dialogue in peace building explored at expert workshop organized by OSCE and KAICIID in Vienna

The positive role religious figures and institutions can play in conflict prevention and peace building was the theme of an expert workshop co-hosted by the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) and the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) in Vienna on 3 and 4 April 2017.

News

4 April 2017

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Study on OSCE support to insider mediation launched in Vienna

The Mediation Support Team of the Conflict Prevention Centre’s Operations Service and the German Chairmanship launched a study on the OSCE’s support to insider mediation on Friday 16 December in Vienna. Conducted by the German Berghof Foundation, the study examines past, present and possible activities with insider mediators for the OSCE, in particular looking at cases from Ukraine, Kosovo and Kyrgyzstan. It provides recommendations for the OSCE and its field operations on how to make use of insider capacities in conflict prevention and resolution.

News

16 December 2016

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OSCE Support to Insider Mediation: strengthening mediation capacities, networking and complementarity

This study on the OSCE’s engagement with insider mediators has been conducted by the Berghof Foundation and commissioned by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre/Operations Service Mediation Support Team jointly with the German OSCE Chairmanship. Insider mediators enjoy an inherent legitimacy and authority to engage with conflict actors and possess potential advantages in comparison to mediators coming from outside a conflict context. They are highly relevant for the OSCE as peacemakers, yet engagement requires acute sensitivity and strategizing. The study deliberates on some conceptual and operational considerations for OSCE support to insider mediation.

Study / report
English
13 December 2016

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Key considerations: OSCE Support to Insider Mediation

These key considerations summarize the main points of the study on the OSCE’s engagement with insider mediators, which has been conducted by the German Berghof Foundation and commissioned by the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre/Operations Service Mediation Support Team jointly with the German OSCE Chairmanship. Insider mediators enjoy an inherent legitimacy and authority to engage with conflict actors and possess potential advantages in comparison to mediators coming from outside a conflict context. They are highly relevant for the OSCE as peacemakers, yet engagement requires acute sensitivity and strategizing. The study deliberates on some conceptual and operational considerations for OSCE support to insider mediation.

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English
14 December 2016

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