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Project EXPLODE to enhance safety of BiH people by decreasing ammunition and weapons surpluses
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
DOBOJ, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 27 June 2013- Explosive ordnance and remnants of war destruction (EXPLODE) project was officially launched today in Doboj...
Deputy Head of OSCE Mission welcomes greater regional co-operation among Ombudsman Institutions
Publishing date: 25 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Human rights
SARAJEVO, 25 June 2013 – The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina facilitated today a workshop to promote collaboration between Ombudsman Institutions across Southeast Europe, which are responsible for upholding and defending human rights...
OSCE trains civil society activists on data journalism
Publishing date: 20 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Media freedom and development
On 20 June 2013, civil society activists completed a four-day training course on data journal-ism and information activism in Sarajevo...
OSCE Mission to BiH signs partnership agreements with entity Associations of Municipalities and Cities
Publishing date: 19 June 2013
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina signed partnership agreements with the Associations of Municipalities and Cities (AMC) of the Federation of BiH and Republika Srpska on 19 June 2013 that will strengthen the Associations’ co-operation with municipal assemblies and councils, and intensify inter-municipal and inter-institutional co-operation in the country...
Head of OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina calls for permanent solution on Single Reference Number issue for newborn children
Publishing date: 14 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Rule of law
SARAJEVO, 14 June 2013- The Head of the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, Fletcher M. Burton, today welcomed that a short-term solution was found to enable a three-month BiH-born girl to be transported to a clinic in Germany for urgent medical treatment. He urged Parliamentarians to reach a compromise solution on the Single Reference Number for all new-borns in the country which would allow the children to be issued identity documents...
Co-operation between institutions, citizens, private sector highlighted at the OSCE-supported security policy course in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
A two-week annual security policy course concluded in Sarajevo on 6 June 2013. It was organized by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina in partnership with the country’s Ministry of Security and Inter-ministerial Working Group for Monitoring of the Implementation of BiH Security Policy...
OSCE announces winners of environmental reporting competition in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Environmental activities
SARAJEVO, 6 June 2013 – As part of the observance of World Environment Day, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina honoured the five winners of a competition for journalists reporting on environmental issues in Sarajevo yesterday...