Event Archive
February 2017
Conference
Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans
On 27 February, the Austrian Chairmanship will hold a high-level conference on Freedom of the Media in the Western Balkans at Hofburg in Vienna. The Conference is organized in close cooperation with the Office of the OSCE Representative in…
Roundtable
Safety of Journalists: Basic Standard for Freedom of the Media
On 24 February 2017, staff from the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in the r oundtable discussion “Safety of Journalists: Basic Standard for Freedom of the Media” in Zaporizhia , Ukraine . The…
Conference
SMART Talk: A Conversation with OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier
The EastWest Institute (EWI) is pleased to host Ambassador Lamberto Zannier, the Secretary-General of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), for a discussion with Ambassador Cameron Munter, EWI CEO and President…
Meeting
2017 OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Winter Meeting
The OSCE Parliamentary Assembly's 16th Winter Meeting took place at the Hofburg Congress Centre in Vienna on 23-24 February 2017. Photos from the two-day meeting are on the OSCE PA’s Flickr page . Videos are available on YouTube . Opening…
Seminar
Free Speech and the Defense of an Open Society
Staff from the Office of the Representative on Freedom of the Media will attend this lecture featuring Timothy Garten Ash. The author will consider challenges and opportunities for free speech in our time.
Workshop
Workshop for school teachers on energy efficiency
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a workshop in Karagandy on energy efficiency for some 70 secondary school teachers from the Karagandy region. The event aims to build capacity of teachers on energy-saving tools in everyday…
Workshop
Workshop for school teachers on energy efficiency
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a workshop in Taldykorgan on energy efficiency for some 70 secondary school teachers from the Almaty region. The event aims to build capacity of teachers on energy-saving tools in everyday…
Workshop
Workshop for school teachers on energy efficiency
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a workshop on energy efficiency for some 70 secondary school teachers in Almaty. The event aims to build the capacity of teachers on energy-saving tools in everyday life by putting an…
General event
Art Exhibition “Monologues. Experiments”
The Tiraspol Office of the OSCE Mission to Moldova cordially invites to the opening of the art exhibition “Monologues. Experiments” , which displays art works by a group of young teachers from the Bender Art College. Natalia Yampolskaia…
Conference
Cyber Security for Critical Infrastructure: Strengthening Confidence Building in the OSCE
This conference, to be opened by OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Austria’s Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz, will focus on the protection of critical infrastructure, a key concern of national security, by strengthening the implementation of…

Conference
Regional Conference on the Safety of Journalists: Protect Journalists – Defend the Truth
On 14 February 2017, a regional conference on the safety of journalists in South-Eastern Europe will take place in Prishtinë/Priština. The conference will feature representatives of prominent media organizations from Kosovo and the…
Conference
"Mass Media in Belarus - Challenges and Opportunities"
The Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media will participate in this two-day event. The event will cover a number of topics including mass media legislation in Belarus, standards of journalism in the modern world, and the…
Training
OSCE co-organizes training on law-enforcement and media relations
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a five-day training seminar for some 25 press officers and prosecutors from all regions of Kazakhstan and the Prosecutor General’s Office. Participants will discuss enhancing communication…
Seminar
Challenges to Press Freedom: The Global Landscape and the Case of Cyprus
The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic will give the keynote speech at this one-day conference bringing together experts to give a general assessment of the current structural and political impediments to freedom of…
Conference
"Safety of Journalists: an Imperative for Free Media"
On 3 February 2017 the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic will participate in a conference on the safety of journalists in Ukraine. Conference participants will include representatives from Ukraine media…

Workshop
Youth and the Prevention of Violent Extremism: Workshop on Perspectives from the Black Sea Region
Austria, which holds the OSCE Chairmanship in 2017, has identified youth and the prevention of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) as one of its key priorities. In this context, Austria convenes this year…