November 2011
Conference
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Prevention of Racism, Xenophobia and Hate Crimes through Educational and Awareness-Raising Initiatives
The Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Prevention of Racism, Xenophobia and Hate Crimes through Educational and Awareness-Raising Initiatives will review implementation of OSCE commitments, examine contemporary forms of racist and…
Workshop
Elections Reporting Workshop
The OSCE Mission to Serbia’s Media Department and BBC trainers are organizing a workshop for journalists from East and Central Serbia. The aim of this event is to enhance the capacity of media professionals for objective and accurate…
General event
Presentation of a publication on security service control
A group of Serbian legal experts prepared an analysis of the existing legal framework in Serbia regulating all aspects of democratic control over the functioning of security services in Serbia, and provided recommendations for further…
General event
Internship programme for minority youth in state institutions
As part of an internship programme for minority youth in state institutions in Serbia that aims for the increased participation of national minorites in the public life of Serbia, 10 interns (5 Albanians, 3 Roma and 2 Bosniaks) will get a…
Training
Training of human rights activists
Training of members of civil society organizations on human rights standards and national legislative framework.
General event
Local self-government fair
The fair will gather more then 100 towns and municipalities from around Serbia and will host several panel discussions. The Mission will support the panel discussions on community policing and the importance of EU integration for local self…
Conference
50th Anniversary Congress of the European Newspaper Publishers' Association
Pincipal Adviser Roland Bless will speak on the panel discussing "The role of the press in a democratic society" at the 50th ENPA meeting which will focus on the future of the press in Europe.
Roundtable
Radio and Television Broadcasting: Commercial and Legal Reforms
Representative Mijatovic will participate in a round-table dicussion on eletronic media law reforms and the role of regulatory authorities in guaranteeing media pluralism.
General event
Signing of the MoU to launch feasibility study for Nubarashen toxic burial site
The MoU will give a start to the implementation of the feasibility study for the Nubarashen Toxic Burial Site in Armenia.
General event
Youth Forum
The Youth Forum is organized by the CiB/OFO and the NGO IRET in co-operation with the Osh Mayor’s Office Committee on Youth Policy. It is organized within the framework of the CiB project, “Establishing territorial youth councils in Osh…
Conference
Integrating Global Energy Markets – Providing Energy Security
Suggested topics at this conference include the review of various pipelines and trade routes: South Corridor, South Stream, SEE interconnectors, Trans-Afghanistan pipeline, Chinese pipelines, Qatari gas, Suez canal; general discussion of…
General event
Expert meeting on the use of interactive training rooms within the educational course on police response to domestic violence
The working group meeting will bring together professors of key Ukrainian law enforcement educational institutions from Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Lviv as well as heads of precinct police services from the above-mentioned regions…
Workshop
OSCE Mission to Skopje regional workshop to address issue of street children
The third and final workshop organized by the OSCE Mission to Skopje’s Police Development Department on the issue of children on the street will be held in Stip on 3 November 2011. The two previous workshops were held in October in Skopje…
Conference
Conference towards a national policy on human rights defenders
The goal of this conference is to discuss and analyse the challenges that human rights defenders face when standing up for the promotion and protection of human rights in Serbia, and to propose activities and mechanisms that would…
Conference
Human Rights Defenders Conference
This conference will look at forming a national policy on human rights defenders, and will address the main issues of concern for human rights defenders in Serbia, and possible redress mechanisms. Other topics of discussion will include…
Training
Legal instruments training course for Ombudsperson staff
The OSCE Mission will run a four-day advanced training course on European human rights legal instruments and case law for 35 professional staff of the Ombudsperson Institution in Kosovo, who investigate and handle cases of alleged human…