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OSCE launches regional project to strengthen transboundary water co-operation in the Dniester River Basin
Publishing date: 15 July 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
The OSCE organised a two-day inception workshop between 14 and 15 July in Chisinau, Moldova to officially launch the regional project “Advancing Transboundary Co-operation and Integrated Water Resources Management in the Dniester River Basin through Implementation of the Strategic Action Programme
OSCE leads regional effort to prevent youth violence across South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 7 July 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Policing, Youth
As peer violence and early criminal behavior among young people become growing concerns, the OSCE held an intensive two-day regional training in Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 2 and 3 July. The event brought together key frontline professionals from across South-Eastern Europe to strengthen
OSCE expands focus on virtual assets taxation in second workshop in Moldova
Publishing date: 27 June 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
Building on insights from the first workshop held in May, the OSCE organized a follow-up event on the taxation of virtual assets on 26 and 27 June in Chisinau, Moldova. The workshop brought together eighteen representatives from Moldova’s State Tax Service and the Ministry of Finance to enhance
OSCE holds Summit on emerging challenges and practical solutions in virtual assets regulation
Publishing date: 26 June 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
How to stay ahead of the rapid evolution of virtual assets, such as cryptocurrencies, and ensure their effective regulation was in sharp focus at the OSCE Summit on Virtual Assets held in Warsaw from 24 to 25 June.
OSCE Presence presents feasibility study for Research Centre on Local Development at Gjirokastra University
Publishing date: 24 June 2025
Content type: News
On 24 June, the OSCE Presence in Albania, in partnership with the University of Gjirokastra, presented the findings of a feasibility assessment for a Research Centre for Local Development. The event convened academic staff, government representatives, civil society, students, and local stakeholders
Financial intelligence and law enforcement professionals in Armenia sharpen skills for tackling criminal use of virtual assets at OSCE workshop
Publishing date: 24 June 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
Financial intelligence and law enforcement professionals from Armenia completed an intensive training on investigating the misuse of virtual assets at a three-day, expert-level workshop organized by the OSCE, in co-operation with the Financial Monitoring Center (FMC) of Armenia, from 18 to 20 June in Yerevan.
Turkmen planning authorities build skills in strategic environmental assessment at OSCE seminar in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 24 June 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities
More than 50 representatives from Turkmenistan’s environmental, health, and sectoral planning authorities strengthened their skills in strategic environmental assessment (SEA) at a two-day seminar organized by the OSCE from 18 to 19 June in Ashgabat.