April 2015

Roundtable
OSCE Cafe New York "Monitoring the Crisis in Ukraine", 22 April 2015
This is one of a series of the OSCE Communication and Media Relations Section academic outreach events. John Crosby of the OSCE Conflict Prevention Centre provides a first-hand account of how the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine…
Summit
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports National Forum on public safety
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports an initiative by the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry to hold a National Forum on public safety. The National Forum will gather more than 1000 participants including the Head of President’s Administration, Kyrgyz…
Roundtable
Corruption risks in the social sphere
The purpose of the event is to discuss current challenges of the corruption in the social sphere and possibilities of joint activities between the civil society, local state institutions, media and international organizations to promote…
Ceremony
First museum of water in Central Asia opens in Bishkek
The first water museum in Central Asia will be opened in the premises of the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University named after K. I. Skryabin in Bishkek on 22 April 2015. Since 2012, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and UNDP’s Small Grants…
Conference
Reform of Moldova's prosecution service
This international conference on the Reform of the Prosecution Service of Moldova will be attended by some100 participants inlcuding legal experts. Speakers will include representatives of the Venice Commission and the ODIHR who will…
Conference
OSCE-wide Conference on Security Sector Governance and Reform
Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) is high on the international agenda and is increasingly gaining momentum and relevance for the OSCE. The purpose of the conference is to discuss strategies for comprehensive support to SSG/R…
Seminar
OSCE supports a seminar on safety of Kyzylorda water facilities
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a seminar on the safety of the Kyzylorda water facilities. Some 20 representatives of the central and local authorities, state enterprises, research institutes and international organizations…
Roundtable
Roundtable on domestic violence
The event will gather representatives of the central and local police units, social services and civil society from Idjevan, Tavush province of Armenia, dealing with domestic violence issues. The purpose of the event is to introduce and…

Roundtable
Accountability and Learning: Getting to Results and Impact
The high-level panel discussion on The Use of Evaluation in Evidence-Based Policy Making - “Accountability and Learning: Getting to Results and Impact” will focus on how to bridge the gap between the policy makers and the evaluation…
Roundtable
Kyrgyz Parliament initiates public discussion of criminal and justice reform
This two-day roundtable will focus on draft laws on the Criminal Code, Criminal Procedure Code, Civil Procedure Code, Penal-Executive Code, Code on Offences, as well as legislative acts on increasing the responsibility of judges, and…
Seminar
2015 Milton Wolf Seminar
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will participate in the 2015 Milton Wolf Seminar, which aims to examine the historical continuities and potential paradigm shifts in strategic communication surrounding…
Conference
Regional Conference and consultations: United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 (on Women, Peace and Security)
The OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier will address the conference on United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 implementation in the OSCE region - OSCE Gender Issues Section & and UN Women
Meeting
Border security and counter-narcotics donor co-ordination meeting
The meeting will be organized for representatives of international organizations and foreign embassies in Kazakhstan, as well as the host country’s agencies involved in combating and countering threats and challenges related to border…
Meeting
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Freedoms of Peaceful Assembly and Association, with Emphasis on Freedom of Association
This Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) will provide a forum for the discussion of the freedoms of peaceful assembly and association as a means to achieving democracy and human security in the OSCE area. The topics will focus on a…
Conference
Global Conference on CyberSpace 2015
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, will participate in the fourth Global Conference on Cyberspace. The event will gather representatives from governments, private sector and civil society to promote practical…
Roundtable
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on public participation in environmental decision-making process
A roundtable discussion on the challenges in involving public participation in the decision-making process on environmental matters of the Eastern Kazakhstan region will be held for some 30 representatives of the government and the private…