News and press releases

More than 25 civil society representatives from south-eastern Europe met on 15 and 16 July 2013 at an OSCE conference in Prishtinë/ Priština to exchange best practices on municipal oversight and participation in local decision-making...

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented its 2012 annual report on fulfillment of good governance principles in local municipalities in Montenegro on 5 June 2013 in Podgorica...

Over the past years, the awareness among political leaders, policy-makers and society at large of the damaging impact of corruption on social cohesion, economic growth, political stability, and security has increased. While many OSCE countries have introduced legal, institutional and policy measures to prevent corruption, the practical implementation and enforcement of these measures still remain a challenge...

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina signed partnership agreements with the Associations of Municipalities and Cities (AMC) of the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska on 19 June 2013 that will strengthen the Associations’ co-operation with municipal assemblies and councils, and intensify inter-municipal and inter-institutional co-operation in the country...

DUSHANBE, 18 June 2013 – A training on corruption disclosure and investigation techniques of corruption-related crimes ended at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan today...

ASTANA, 7 June 2013 – An OSCE-supported international conference aimed at enhancing the political party system and the work of parliamentary factions in Kazakhstan was held in Astana today...

The first in a series of meetings between the Assembly of Kosovo and civil society representatives on the improvement of co-operation and further inclusion of civil society in law-making concluded in Prishtinë/Priština on 21 May 2013...