Event Archive
April 2019
Training
How to Plan and Conduct a Dialogue Effectively
Facilitating dialogue on conflict-prone issues requires genuine understanding of local realities as well as skills to ensure effective communication with parties to dialogue. The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine supports the development…
Conference
19th Alliance against Trafficking in Persons
With 4.2 billion people having access to the internet in 2018, information and communications technology (ICT) plays an important role in the field of trafficking in human beings (THB) and is a dominant topic among a broad range of anti…
Training
OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security
The OSCE Scholarship for Peace and Security offers a training course for young professionals, in particular women, providing a general orientation and knowledge about conflict prevention and resolution through arms control, disarmament and…
Conference
Women, peace and the OSCE: an Instagram photo competition
[node id="415712" preset="medium" magnify="no" align="left" description="none"] Why hold this competition? Years ago, peace and security were seen as male-dominated fields. The rationale was simple; men made war, so men should make peace…
Roundtable
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on causes of mass fish death in Ural river
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a roundtable discussion on environmental problems in the region including the recent environmental pollution incident that caused the death of more than 10 tonnes of fish in the Ural river…
Meeting
Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) I - Upholding the Principles of Tolerance and Non-Discrimination including in the Promotion and Protection of Freedom of Religion or Belief
The first Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) will offer a platform to the OSCE participating States, intergovernmental organizations, educational experts, religious or belief communities and civil society to discuss the progress…
March 2019
Roundtable
OSCE promotes women’s economic empowerment in rural areas of Kazakhstan
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a roundtable discussion on promoting women’s economic empowerment in Shymkent, South Kazakhstan. Some 45 representatives of Parliament, the Shymkent local administration, the National Chamber…
Conference
OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference 2019
This year’s annual OSCE-wide Counter-Terrorism Conference will bring together political representatives, national counter-terrorism co-ordinators, senior experts and practitioners from across the OSCE’s participating States and Partners for…
General event
Puzzle Connection Art Exhibition
The exhibition features artworks by young people from across Ukraine, including young artists who had to leave their homes because of hostilities in the eastern part of the country. Mariya Boychenko, Mariya Bortsova, Denis Yermak, Nastya…
Conference
Ten Years of Combating Discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina
A two-day conference “10 Years of Combating Discrimination in Bosnia and Herzegovina” will discuss whether the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination (the Law) has strengthened the mechanisms designed to combat discrimination and whether…
Roundtable
Role of Local Authorities in Mine Action in Line with New Legislation
As the Law “On Mine Action in Ukraine” came into force on 25 January 2019, the OSCE Project Co-ordinator is organising an event that will enable the representatives of local authorities in conflict-affected communities of Luhansk Oblast to…
Meeting
Office supports 25th meeting of Kazakhstan-Kyrgyzstan commission on transboundary Chu and Talas rivers management
The Office will support the 25th meeting of the Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan and the Kyrgyz Republic on the Use of Water Management Facilities of Intergovernmental Status on the Rivers Chu and Talas. Some 50 representatives from…
Conference
OSCE-led survey on violence against women
Media launch: Main results report of the OSCE-led Survey on the Wellbeing and Safety of Women
February 2019
Training
OSCE supports training seminar on public hearings on environmental issues
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in co-operation with Pavlodar’s Aarhus Centre will organize a training on public hearings as a tool for public participation in environmental decision-making. Some 20 environmental NGOs, students and…
Seminar
OSCE supports training seminar on fundamentals of anti-corruption policies
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Civil Service Affairs and Anticorruption Agency will organize a one-day training seminar on fundamentals of anti-corruption policies for some 20 representatives of the country’s…
Meeting
18th Winter Meeting of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (OSCE PA) will hold its 18th Winter Meeting at the Hofburg Conference Centre in Vienna on 21 and 22 February 2019, featuring speeches by President of the Austrian National Council Wolfgang Sobotka, OSCE PA…