July 2015
Training
Training on human rights
A 3-day training course on human rights will be organized by the Protection of Rights without Borders NGO with OSCE support for 25 military police officers from northern provinces of Armenia in Jermuk. The aim of the course is to strengthen…
Meeting
24th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
The 24th Annual Session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly will bring together nearly 300 parliamentarians from across the OSCE area in Helsinki, Finland on 5-9 July 2015. The theme for this year's Session is "Recalling the Spirit of…
Seminar
OSCE PA’s Helsinki +40 Project Results
Participants at a seminar organized by the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly and the Finnish Institute of International Affairs (FIIA) on 5 July 2015 in Helsinki discussed the conclusions of the OSCE PA’s Helsinki +40 Project and its Final Report…
Meeting
OSCE Secretary General meets with Kim Won-soo, United Nations Under Secretary-General and Acting High Representative for Disarmament Affairs
Meeting
OSCE Secretary General meets Sergio Mattarella, President of Italy
Training
OSCE-supported effective communication training for officers of the Kyrgyz State border service in Osh city
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and State Border Service of the Kyrgyz Republic organized two-day communication training for the leadership of the State Border Service and heads of military units to improve their professional capacity and…
Meeting
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier addressing OSCE Permanent Council
Germany’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, addressed the OSCE Permanent Council on 2 July 2015. In his address, Steinmeier discussed the priorities of Germany’s 2016 Chairmanship of the OSCE. Germany will assume the…
Ceremony
Opening of the renovated office for Department of State protection and shelter for crime witnesses
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Ministry of Interior opens a renovated office of the Department of state protection and a temporary shelter for witnesses in Kyrgyzstan. The renovations is a part of the OSCE assistance to the Kyrgyz…
Workshop
Protect those who report inconvenient truths
Staff from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in a workshop on journalists' safety and defamation. The aim of the workshop is to promote a shared vision of the problem from different countries and…
Meeting
SHDM II: Freedom of Religion or Belief, Fostering Mutual Respect and Understanding
The second Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on the topic of Freedom of Religion of Belief, Fostering Mutual Respect and Understanding will take place in Vienna from 2 to 3 of July 2015. The meeting is organized by the Serbian…
Meeting
National preparatory high-level meeting on water governance
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Agriculture Ministry and through the support of the Swiss Embassy will hold a national preparatory high-level meeting on water governance in the OSCE area. The event will include…
Seminar
Media Policy Summer Institute
The Principal Adviser to the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Juan Barata, will participate in the AnnenbergOxford Media Policy Summer Institute in Oxford, organized by the Center for Global Communication Studies at the…
Meeting
Kazakhstan’s Aarhus Centres’ Annual meeting
Representatives of the Aarhus Centres and the Energy Ministry’s Information and Analysis Centre of Environmental Protection will take part in an annual meeting to review the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan. The…
June 2015
Conference
OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Expert Conference: Countering the Incitement and Recruitment of Foreign Terrorist Fighters
OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation are facing unprecedented numbers of individuals who travel abroad for the purpose of perpetrating, planning, preparing, or participating in terrorist acts, or to provide or receive…
Conference
OSCE Secretary General to deliver Opening Remarks at the 2015 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Expert Conference
OSCE Secretary General to deliver Opening Remarks at the 2015 OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Expert Conference: Countering the Incitement and Recruitment of Foreign Terrorist Fighters taking place in Vienna, 30 June - 1 July 2015.
Seminar
Training seminar for Balkhash-Alakol water basin council members
This training seminar will be organized for the representatives of the Balkhash-Alakol water basin council to promote integrated water resources management at the basin level. The event includes a regular meeting of the basin council and a…