December 2011

Conference
OSCE-Mediterranean Partner Countries’ Civil Society Conference
The Lithuanian Chairmanship-in-Office and the OSCE/ODIHR organized a joint OSCE-Mediterranean Partner Countries’ Conference for Civil Society in Vilnius, Lithuania, on 4-5 December, entitled Transparency and Pluralism in Electoral Good…

Conference
Annual Judicial Conference in Kosovo
Over 250 Kosovo judges will attend a one-day judicial conference on challenges in the implementation of a new legislative framework governing the work of judiciary. The participants will discuss judicial independence, as well as challenges…
General event
Signing of a Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Justice of Montenegro and the OSCE Mission
For the purpose of continuing to provide the support to the Government of Montenegro in the process of reforms in the field of judiciary, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro and the Ministry of Justice will sign a Memorandum of Understanding…
Roundtable
Annual meeting for consular officials on combating human trafficking
The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine will conduct an annual meeting for consular officials on combating trafficking in human beings. The roundtable will gather newly appointed representatives of visa sections of relevant foreign…
Conference
Final meeting of the Dniester-III project
A three-year project on transboundary co-operation and sustainable management in the Dniester River basin is to be over by the end of 2011. Aiming at the improvement of co-operation between Moldova and Ukraine on joint management of the…
Conference
Conference on media responsibility for war crimes in former Yugoslavia
The OSCE Mission to Serbia Media and Rule of Law departments are assisting the Office of the Public Prosecutor for War crimes in organizing a conference on the role of the media in committing war crimes during the war in former Yugoslavia…
Workshop
Business Baza Fair
The Mission will organize a panel discussion on the "Planning of Local and Regional Development". The panel discussion will take place at the Business Fair organized by the Ministry of Economy and Regional Development and the National…
General event
Certificate delivery ceremony and roundtable for the Community Policing Development Training attendees
The OSCE Mission to Serbia is organizing a ceremony of certificate delivery and a roundtable to mark the completion of the Community Policing Development Training for 60 representatives from 27 Ministry of Interior (MoI) regional police…
Training
Training for trainers for judges and prosecutors on alternative sentencing
In co-operation with the Judicial Training Academy, the Mission will train 10 judges and prosecutors who will deliver further training to their colleagues on the topic of implementation of alternative measures and sanctions. This will…
Conference
Promotion of the results of the analyses of environmental misdemeanour court cases and environmental criminal cases in Serbia
In 2011, the Mission supported two researches - the analysis of the environmental misdemeanour court cases conducted by the Association of Misdemeanour Judges and the analysis of the environmental criminal cases conducted by the Association…
Roundtable
Roundtable on increasing participation of women in political life
Around 30 women from a number of Armenian political parties will participate in a roundtable discussion on increasing women's participation in political life. A two-day intensive training will follow the discussion on the latest campaigning…
Training
Training course on Human Rights for south-western Serbian Youth Activists
As a follow up to the previous training programme, the Mission will organise a human rights training for the south-western Serbian youth offices. It will include and it is not limited to the issues of non-discrimination, development of the…
Conference
Regional conference on media self-regulation
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo is organizing a two-day regional conference for the representatives of press councils, media institutions, journalists associations and academia to discuss the importance of media self-regulation bodies, and their…
Roundtable
Roundtable meeting on local detention monitoring commissions
The half-day roundtable meeting will discuss the activities and findings of this year's OSCE Mission project to support the development of local commissions which monitor places of detention. The commissions, established under the 2008 Law…
Conference
Debate on inclusion of academia in the security related discourse
In support of the inclusion of academia in security related discourse, the Mission will organise four panel discussions at state universities throughout Serbia, including Belgrade. The panel debate in Belgrade will include students from…
Conference
Presentation of a movie "Untitled" by Boro Kon
The movie is about Ivo Andric and the producer of the movie will be present. The presentation will be attended by some 50 journalists, media professionals and civil society activists from Novi Sad.