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OSCE/ODIHR ready to support Mediterranean partners on path to democracy

Publishing date: 11 October 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Good governance
The OSCE can provide concrete support to its Mediterranean partners in the transition to democracy, Ambassador Janez Lenarčič, the Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) told a conference in Budva, Montenegro on 11 October...

OSCE, UNODC hold expert seminar on curbing money laundering to combat human trafficking

Publishing date: 3 October 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretary General, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance, Policing
VIENNA, 3 October 2011 – An expert seminar organized by the OSCE and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) on leveraging efforts to fight human trafficking through clamping down on money laundering started in Vienna today...

Winners of 2011 OSCE photo contest on sustainable transport and energy announced

Publishing date: 14 September 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
Finding environmentally-friendly ways to produce energy, and transport goods and people, is crucial in safeguarding our future. A photo contest organized by the 2011 Lithuanian Chairmanship of the OSCE and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities in May–July encouraged professional and amateur photographers to demonstrate their visions of the development of sustainable energy and transport—the theme of the 19th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum held in Prague on 14-16 September 2011...

OSCE Mission kicks off campaign to boost public participation in municipal budget planning

Publishing date: 1 September 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Good governance
PRISHTINЁ/PRIŠTINA, 1 September 2011 – The OSCE Mission in Kosovo launched today a public information campaign to help municipalities increase public participation in the 2012 municipal budget planning process...

OSCE promotes transparency in Kazakhstan’s oil and gas industry

Publishing date: 29 June 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
URALSK, Kazakhstan, 29 June 2011 – Transparency and accountability in the management of oil, gas and other extractive industries revenues in the western Caspian Sea region of Kazakhstan is the topic of a one-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion organized today in Uralsk...

OSCE supports public hearing on Osh and Jalal-Abad housing development

Publishing date: 24 June 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance
The second and final part of a public hearing on the activities of the State Directorate for Reconstruction and Development of Osh and Jalal-Abad took place in Bishkek on 24 June 2011. The hearing examined the recent work of the State Directorate in providing housing. Interbilim, a non-governmental organization, presented a report based on its monitoring of the Department’s recent activity.

OSCE helps evaluate local governance reform in Kosovo

Publishing date: 22 June 2011
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
A workshop to evaluate local governance reform in Kosovo, organized by the OSCE Mission, concluded on 18 June 2011 in Mavrovo in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.