November 2008
Roundtable
Roundtable meeting on community policing and police management
The meeting will focus on the reform of the police management structure due to the implementation of community policing in all regions of Kyrgyzstan.
Conference
Presentation of monitoring local self-government handbook
The new guidebook will inform civil society activists, media professionals and citizens about tools and mechanisms that can help them to effectively monitor the work of local self-government, especially municipal assemblies.
Conference
Central parliamentary simulation for students
The aim is for parliamentary simulation to be included in regular high school curriculum.
Conference
OSCE Minorities Commissioner to travel to Athens
The High Commissioner will consult with the incoming OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Greek Foreign Minister Dora Bakoyannis. The situation of national minorities in the OSCE region will be discussed as well inter-ethnic relations in Greece.
Conference
Media roundtable discussion
The event will focus on the outcomes of the annual OSCE South Caucasus Media Conference, to take place in Tbilisi on 13-14 November, and the results of a media training needs assessment carried out by the Azerbaijan Media Center.
Workshop
'Green Pack' environmental workshops at Nakhchivan State University
The OSCE Office will organize a three-day workshop on the 'Green Pack' environmental education curriculum kit for professors and post-graduate students at Nakhchivan State University.
Conference
Conference on improving curriculum of university administrative law courses
The three-day conference will bring leading Ukrainian legal scholars together to discuss recent developments in administrative law and the need to improve the curriculum of courses taught at Ukrainian university law faculties.
Workshop
Documentary-making workshop
Part of a larger OSCE project to help develop the public broadcasting agency RTV, the workshop aims to support the work of journalists producing documentaries.
Training
Community policing training workshop
In 2008, Azerbaijan's Ministry of Internal Affairs extended community policing to eight more regions of the country after successfully introducing it in two pilot sites, the cities of Mingechevir and Shirvan, with the OSCE Office's…
Training
Training course for journalists on free access to information of public importance
This course will specifically deal with the application of the law on free access to information of public importance in the fight against corruption.
Seminar
Seminar on access to Justice in environmental matters in South-Eastern Europe
This seminar is part of a series under the auspices of UNECE to facilitate national implementation of Article 9 of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in…
Conference
End of specialized course on organized crime
The four-week course aimed to increase final-year law students' awareness of major organized crime threats, existing legal provisions and future policy challenges.
Conference
Press conference launching civic involvement in police reform project
The project aims to improve the capacity of civil society to engage in an informed debate on police reform in Serbia.
Conference
High Commissioner on National Minorities to assess inter-ethnic relations in Croatia
High Commissioner Knut Vollebaek will hold talks with the President, Prime Minister and other high officials on several issues that the HCNM has followed closely for years, in key areas relating to national minorities.
Conference
Lecture by Andrei Zagorski on Russian foreign policy
Andrei Zagorski, professor at MGIMO-University, will deliver a lecture entitled "Medvedev's foreign policy doctrine" at 14:00. The event is part of the OSCE Mission's public lectures programme.
Conference
Opening of the first office of the department for treatment and alternative sanctions
The opening of this office marks the activation of the Commissioner's Service, the main purpose of which is to carry out alternative sanctions in practice.