November 2000
Conference
Conference on Gender Mainstreaming
Conference on Gender Mainstreaming: Competitiveness and Growth.
Conference
Women's rights and anti-trafficking project in Albania
In a pilot project, the OSCE Presence in Albania will train twenty-five women from Berat, Durres, Shkoder and Tirana as trainers on topics including womens' rights, violence against women, and advocacy and networking.
Seminar
Workshop on building conflict prevention capacity
Seminar/workshop on "Building Conflict Prevention Capacity: From Rhetoric to Policy - Methods, Experiences and Needs". The workshop is open to NGOs and academic institutions.
Conference
Mission to Croatia issues seventh progress report
The Head of the OSCE Mission to Croatia, Ambassador Bernard Poncet, will present the Mission's seventh report on the progress made by Croatia in fulfilling its international obligations at a press conference.
Conference
Second media conference in Central Asia focuses on future of mass media
More than 90 journalists from Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, as well as OSCE media officers and specialists, met for two days in Dushanbe to discuss problems in the region and possible means of co-operation in the field.
Conference
CiO visits Albania
The OSCE Chairperson-in-Office, Austrian Foreign Minister Benita Ferrero-Waldner, will travel to Albania on 13 November 2000.
Conference
Conference on the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties.
Conference
General elections, Bosnia and Herzegovina
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina will organize the 2000 general elections, to be held on 11 November.
Conference
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia joins OSCE
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) became the 55th OSCE participating State, following a decision by the OSCE Permanent Council in a special session.
Conference
Meeting on Corporate Social Responsibility
European Business Convention on Corporate Social Responsibility.
Conference
Meeting of the short term adhoc project on the Black Sea
Final meeting of the short term project.
Conference
Observation of parliamentary elections, Azerbaijan
The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) will deploy an election observation mission for the Parliamentary elections in the Republic of Azerbaijan, scheduled for 5 Novermber 2000.
Seminar
Seminar on transparency and good governance in economic matters
Preparatory seminar for the 9th annual OSCE Economic Forum. The meeting will focus on global, regional and national instruments for promoting transparency and good governance.
Conference
NATO Secretary General Lord Robertson's first address to the OSCE Permanent Council
Lord Robertson addressed the OSCE Permanent Council for the first time. The partnership between both organizations had been strengthened since 1996, when the two organizations began working together to implement the Dayton Peace Accords.
Conference
Review conference: Article IV Agreement on Subregional Arms Control
Assessing the implementation of the 1996 Agreement on Subregional Arms Control (Article IV of Annex 1-B of the Dayton Accords).
October 2000
Seminar
Seminar on introducing human rights into school and university curricula in Kazahkstan
Representatives of schools, universities, NGOs, and Government agencies will dicuss the importance of introducing human rights elements into university and school curricula in Kazakhstan.