Event Archive
September 2016
Conference
Confronting discrimination against Roma and Sinti communities
This high-level OSCE event will focus on confronting increasing manifestations of racism and xenophobia against Roma and Sinti and strengthening coalition-building among political leaders to counter discrimination. The event will bring…
Conference
Open Societies under Attack: The Return of Ideology
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will participate in the high-level seminar Open Societies Under Attack: The Return of ideology. The seminar will bring together diplomats, academics, participants from…
Meeting
Informal Meeting of Foreign Ministers of OSCE Participating States: ‘Facing common challenges together’
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has invited the Foreign Ministers of all OSCE participating States as well as the OSCE Secretary General and Heads of OSCE institutions to the German city of…
August 2016
Meeting
OSCE supports expert meeting on Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support an extended expert group meeting on promoting Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) for some 40 representatives of government, private sector, non-governmental organizations…
Conference
OSCE supports Youth Forum on role of youth in peace-building and ensuring stability in Kyrgyzstan
Youth Forum on “Role of youth in peace-building and ensuring stability in Kyrgyzstan: means of collaboration and cooperation in combating violent extremism and radicalism among youth” will gather some 50 youth and public officials from…
Meeting
OSCE supports preventive visits of the staff of the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture to the detention facilities in Isykkul, Naryn and Talas provinces
Staff of the National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Prevention of Torture, with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek will conduct monitoring visits to the detention facilities in Isyk-Kul, Naryn and Talas provinces between 10 and…
July 2016
Conference
Gender Conference: Combating violence against women in the OSCE region
The OSCE Gender Section and the German Chairmanship of the OSCE are to hold a Conference bringing together key stakeholders from government (policy-makers and law enforcement agencies), international organizations), OSCE Field Operations…
Conference
13th South Caucasus Media Conference: Multi-faceted challenges to free media and freedom of expression
13th South Caucasus Media Conference
June 2016
Conference
2016 Annual Security Review Conference
The Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC) provides a framework for enhancing security dialogue and for reviewing security work undertaken by the OSCE and its participating States, to provide an opportunity to exchange views on issues…
Conference
Imprisoned for Thinking
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media , Dunja Mijatović, will participate in an internation human rights conference, Imprisoned for Thinking , in Geneva, Switzerland. The Representative will deliver keynote remarks for the panel…
Conference
Security Days: From Confrontation to Co-operation - Restoring Co-operative Security in Europe
This OSCE Security Days conference aimed at contributing to a strategic dialogue on how to overcome the current stalemate and diverging threat perceptions and return to co-operative security in Europe
Conference
Taking Stock of Research on Violent Online Political Extremism
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will participate in a conference on violent online political extremism and the responses to it. Mijatović will deliever a keynote speech at the conference on how to exercise…
Conference
Fundamental Rights Forum
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will participate in the Fundamental Rights Forum. Mijatović will be one of the speakers in the working group session The right to freedom of expression and the right to…
Conference
Central Asian Internet Governance Forum
Staff from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in Central Asian Internet Governance Forum. The forum will address issues related to cyber seciurity, Internet freedom and regulation, development of…
Meeting
Enhancing the OSCE long-term approach to migration governance
Migration governance is now at the centre of political debate in the OSCE area. The 2016 OSCE German Chairmanship has selected ‘good migration governance’ as one of the priorities in the Economic and Environmental dimension in line with the…
Conference
Implementing the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction at the Local Level
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier will participate in a conference on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the devastating Florence floods, hosted by the Italian Government and the City of Florence in partnership with the the…