November 2014
Training
Training on practical tools of online journalism and digital security
A series of workshops as part of the project on supporting the development of online journalism is aimed at journalists who are willing to improve their online media skills. The workshops will cover the following issues: Web-analytics…
Seminar
Seminar on life sentences and their impact on prisoners including young adults
This seminar will explore international perspectives on life imprisonment and the position of young adults in criminal law. Dr Goran Simic, Professor at Sarajevo University, will lead the seminar for his Armenian counterparts.
Roundtable
OSCE Café "Protracted Conflicts: the OSCE’s engagement in Georgia post-2008"
This OSCE Café on protracted conflicts and the OSCE’s engagement in Georgia post-2008 was held in Café Korb, Vienna, with Ambassador Angelo Gnaedinger, OSCE Special Representative for South Caucasus. The OSCE Café is an initiative that…
Meeting
Third UN Inter-Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatović will participate in the third UN Inter-Agency Meeting on the Safety of Journalists and the Issue of Impunity. The Representative will be one of the main discussants on how i…
Conference
Water Forum “Government-University-Industry”
The OSCE Centre in Astana in close co-operation with the Kazakh-German University organizes the Water Forum “Government-University-Industry” with a special focus on the principles of Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM). The Forum…
Conference
Ethical Issues in Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking
The 14th High-level Alliance against Trafficking in Persons conference “Ethical issues in Preventing and Combating Human Trafficking” aims to further enhance the coherence of the international action in this important field and continue to…
Roundtable
OSCE Cafe "Democracy Rising"
Training
OSCE Mission trains Kosovo police in the northern municipalities on crowd and riot control
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo will deliver a series of three training courses on crowd and riot control management for some 45 Kosovo Police officers in the four northern municipalities. Participants will be trained on how to plan crowd and…
Seminar
Seminar and Inter-regional Dialogue on the protection of journalists
The Director of the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Andrey Rikhter, will participate in an international seminar on protection of journalists. The seminar will address the need to improve legal protections for…
Training
Training on human rights
Some 30 representatives from military corps will participate in a training course aimed at advancing their knowledge of human rights and developing practical skills in exercising these rights.
Seminar
Revealing international channels for contraband of narcotic means and other forbidden materials
This national seminar will provide an overview of international practices in identifying and precluding international channels of/for the trafficking of drugs and their precursors, the types of precursors used in drug production, successful…
Conference
Enhancing Women's Share in Peace and Security
Ulrike Schmidt, Project Officer from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will participate in an international symposium focusing on good practice, gaps and challenges in the implementation of the women, peace and…
October 2014
Meeting
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting: Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Economic Crisis
The third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in Economic Crisis organized by the Swiss OSCE Chairmanship and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights will take place in Vienna…
General event
OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media visits United Kingdom
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will visit London to meet with Baroness Anelay, Minister of State with responsibility for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. The Representative will also meet with other…
Conference
Television and Radio: Current Challenges
Staff from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in an international conference on current challenges for television and radio. The conference will bring together regulators of the audiovisual…
Meeting
Parliamentary hearing on the role of standing committees in the legislative process
The purpose of this hearing is to facilitate a discussion on legislative process in the parliaments of European countries with respect to the role and functions of the standing committees in this process as well as to develop a model of…