November 2008
Training
Workshop on new freedom of assembly legislation
The training workshop aims to raise awareness among political parties on recent amendments in the law on holding rallies, gatherings, meetings and demonstrations.
Conference
Intercountry adoption: International standards and Ukrainian practice
The event will focus on international legal instruments on the protection of children's rights in intercountry adoption.
Conference
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting on Democratic Lawmaking, Vienna, 6-7 November 2008
This conference, the third SHDM of 2008, will examine issues related to the legislative process in democratic societies.
Conference
Local and parliamentary hearings series
The series will bring together representatives of the local Roma communities and local self-government bodies.
Workshop
End of specialized course on organized crime
End of a four-week course on organized crime for fourth and final-year law students, to raise their awareness of organized crime issues in Serbia. It will include a workshop and 10 lectures by national and international experts.
Conference
Trial monitoring conference
The conference will examine the issues and challenges facing trial monitoring in the OSCE area. It coincides with the release of the ODIHR Trial Monitoring Manual for practitioners in this field.
Conference
2008 OSCE Sub-Regional Central Asian Conference: "Partnership of State Authorities, Civil Society and the Business Community in Combating Terrorism"
This event aims to take stock of developments in the area of public-private partnerships (PPP) in combating terrorism and to further explore the concrete potential for such co-operation in specific fields in the Central Asian region…
Conference
Head of Mission to visit southern Serbia
Mission Head Ambassador Hans Ole Urstad will meet with local political leaders of the southern Serbian towns of Presevo and Bujanovac.
Conference
Signing of accord to establish anti-trafficking support and resource unit
Under this memorandum of understanding, an anti-trafficking support and resource unit will be established within the Ministry of Labour and Social Issues.
Conference
Conference on investment and competitiveness in Central Asia
The ministerial-level conference "Investment and Competitiveness in Central Asia" takes place in conjunction with the third Conference on Economy in Central Asia being organized by the German Government.
Conference
OSCE Minorities Commissioner to visit Ukraine
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities will visit Ukraine, including the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
Training
Outreach workshops for entrepreneurs in Azerbaijan
The Office will hold a series of 15 outreach training sessions for entrepreneurs in six districts of Azerbaijan to promote regional economic development.
Workshop
Political reporting workshop
Part of a larger OSCE project to help develop the public broadcasting agency RTV, the workshop is aimed at TV journalists and editors of news programmes in Serbian and national minorities' languages.
Conference
Roma Decade status update
The event will bring together representatives from 20 TV and radio outlets that broadcast pogrammes in Romani.
Training
Police training on conflict prevention and negotiation skills ends
Course on conflict prevention and negotiation skills is delivered by experts from the Centre for Human Rights and Civilian Oversight of the Kyrgyz Police Academy and the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry.
Conference
End of art exhibition "Autumn Dreams and Waltz" by Violeta Diordiev
An exhibition of paintings by Violeta Diordiev that opened on Friday, 10 October, at the OSCE Mission to Moldova will close on 1 November 2008.