News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Children in Korça learn about OSCE Presence in Albania’s work
Publishing date: 7 August 2014
A group of some 90 children in the city of Korça, in south-west of Albania took part in interactive and fun activities organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania on 5 August 2014, to help them understand topics such as human rights, tolerance and non-discrimination...
OSCE Presence in Albania trains probation officers on Offender Assessment System for Juveniles and Young Adults
Publishing date: 18 July 2014
On 15-18 July 2014, the OSCE Presence in Albania trained 30 probation officers from across the country as well as members of the General Directorate of the Probation Service. The training introduced the newly-developed Offender Assessment System for Juveniles and Young Adults (OASJ) and effective approaches to working with juvenile offenders. This assessment and related user manual was developed by a working group chaired by the Presence...
Albania’s Anti-corruption Co-ordinator presents OSCE-supported national action plan to combat graft
Publishing date: 16 July 2014
TIRANA, 16 July 2014- Bledar Çuçi, the Minister of State for Local Issues, who also serves as Albania’s National Co-ordinator on Anti-corruption, and the OSCE Presence in Albania today in Tirana presented the draft Anti-corruption Action Plan 2014-2017. The Action Plan was put together with the support and co-operation of the OSCE Presence in Albania...
OSCE Presence in Albania launches project against child trafficking and exploitation
Publishing date: 8 July 2014
The OSCE Presence in Albania presented on 7 July 2014 a project against child trafficking and exploitation...
OSCE Presence in Albania, ODIHR train foreign ministry staff, election commission members and civil society on short-term election observation
Publishing date: 4 July 2014
Staff from the Albanian Foreign Ministry, Central Election Commission and civil society on 4 July 2014 completed a three-day training course in Tirana on short-term election observation. The course was jointly organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...
OSCE Presence in Albania publishes guidelines for lawyers in civil proceedings
Publishing date: 1 July 2014
A legal manual that will help lawyers improve their performance in the civil court proceedings was presented by the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Albanian National Chamber of Advocates at an event held on 1 July 2014 in Tirana...
Central Election Commission, OSCE Presence in Albania hold Conference on Electoral Code Reform
Publishing date: 1 July 2014
Representatives of government institutions, parliament, political parties, civil society and international organizations met in Tirana on 30 June 2014 to discuss the electoral code reform and the implementation of election recommendations made by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)...