Event Archive
May 2011
General event
Road Safety Week in Armenia
Two public events will be held in different venues of Yerevan on 11 May to launch Road Safety Week in Armenia. Schoolchildren and police will advise pedestrians how to cross the street according to the traffic rules, and distribute flyers…
Conference
Conference on the Decriminalization of Defamation through Legislative Reform
The OSCE Office in Baku and the Azerbaijani Press Council will organize a conference on the decriminalization of defamation through legislative reform. The event will discuss the importance of decriminalization of defamation in safeguarding…
Training
Training on human rights for prison staff
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is continuing a training series for 15 operational prison staff members. The series will focus primarily on security and safety in prisons, including international human rights and the prevention of torture in…
Training
Advanced training programme for prison staff of operational unit
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is continuing a series of training for prison staff. Between 10 and 27 May 2011 the OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducted a 3-week advanced training course for 15 prison staff members of the operational unit.
Conference
A Comprehensive Approach to Cyber Security: Exploring the Future OSCE Role
This conference will study the way forward for the OSCE in handling the challenges arising from cyber security issues. The event will be conducted in two parts: Part 1 will showcase and raise awareness of various threats to cyber security…
Seminar
Study visit to the ICTY for journalists from Sandzak/Raska Region and South Serbia
The aim of the visit is to enable print and electronic media journalists from Sandzak/Raska region and South Serbia to get acquainted with the mandate, organization and functioning of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former…
Conference
Speak Up! Conference on Freedom of Expression and Media
Dunja Mijatović, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, will be the keynote speaker at a session of the conference which focuses on ways to improve freedom of expression in the Western Balkans and Turkey through various means…
Workshop
Workshop on active citizenship
The OSCE Office in Baku will conduct a workshop on active citizenship and involvement of women and youth in public life. The workshop will last for four days and bring together 25 representatives of civil society and political parties. This…
Roundtable
Working group to discuss draft law on law enforcement agencies
A recently established working group comprised of Ministry of Interior officials and NGO experts from Kazakhstan will hold its initial meeting to discuss the new “On Interior Ministry Agencies” draft law. At the meeting the NGO experts will…
General event
Joint visit to Italy and the Holy See by the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Personal Representatives on tolerance and non-discrimination
On 4 - 5 May Adil Akhmetov, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office on Combating Intolerance and Discrimination against Muslims, Rabbi Andrew Baker, Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Officeon Combating…
Conference
OSCE Chairmanship workshop on post-conflict rehabilitation: stabilization, reconstruction and peacebuilding
The workshop will provide a forum for discussion and exchange of experiences and best practices in capacity building on post-conflict rehabilitation, stabilization, reconstruction and peacebuilding. Areas in which progress can be reinforced…
April 2011
General event
Art exhibition by Margarita Khilinskaya in Tiraspol
An exhibition of works by the artist Margarita Khilinskaya will open on 28 April 2011, at 16:30, at the Tiraspol Office of the OSCE Mission to Moldova. The works will be displayed until 15 June 2011.
Roundtable
Roundtables on issues of concern prior to the parliamentary elections
The Mission's Monitoring Unit is organizing a series of pre-elections roundtables with local representatives of political parties, in municipalities throughout the country, with the support of the mayors. The meetings bring together local…
Conference
National conference on the introduction of e-governance technologies in the work of local authorities in Ukraine
This event will gather representatives of state and local authorities of Ukraine, international and non-governmental organizations to discuss the introduction of modern e-governance solutions in Ukraine. The participants will learn about…
Training
Training course on public relations skills and freedom of information
The objective is to promote transparency in the Armenian Ministry of Defence through providing comprehensive freedom of information and public relations training to the Information Service of the Ministry. It is expected that experts from…
Roundtable
The regulation of television and radio broadcasting and the free flow of information
Government officials, media community representatives and other stakeholders will discuss the latest version of a draft law on television and radio broadcasting. Participants will discuss whether it conforms to international information…