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OSCE Centre supports courses to train trainers on dangers of HIV/AIDS, drug abuse, domestic violence in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 11 August 2009
ASHGABAT, 11 August 2009- An OSCE Centre-supported course to teach young people to educate their peers about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and drugs as well as domestic violence started today in the Mary region...
OSCE Centre supports young Turkmenistan athletes with disabilities
Publishing date: 6 August 2009
ASHGABAT, 6 August 2009- Promoting health, education and better integration into society were the focus of a summer camp that ended today in the Gokdere mountains near Turkmenistan's capital, Ashgabat...
OSCE Centre supports training course for Kyrgyz human rights defenders on monitoring places of detention
Publishing date: 3 August 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Education
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 3 August 2009- About 20 human rights activists are learning how they best can monitor places of detention in a two-day OSCE-supported training course that started today in Jalal-Abad province...
OSCE Project Co-ordinator promotes environmental education in Ukraine
Publishing date: 23 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education
KYIV, 23 July 2009- The OSCE Project Co-ordinator (OSCE PCU) presented a multi-media educational kit- known as the Green Pack- to educators, environmental groups and media at a roundtable discussion in Kyiv today...
OSCE Mission to Skopje promotes training for teachers working in multi-ethnic environments
Publishing date: 10 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, National minority issues, Roma and Sinti
SKOPJE, 10 July 2009- Twenty pedagogy students from Skopje University had the opportunity to learn teaching techniques in an intercultural context and acquire knowledge of Roma culture through an OSCE-supported workshop which ended in Bitola today...
OSCE rights office, Lithuanian education ministry launch anti-Semitism teaching tools for Lithuanian schools
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
VILNIUS, 2 July 2009- The OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Lithuania's Ministry of Education and Science today launched a Lithuanian-language version of teaching materials on combating anti-Semitism...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports activities to bring together students in Struga
Publishing date: 5 June 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
SKOPJE, 5 June 2009- Students in Struga will take part in a debate competition on freedom of expression in high schools starting tomorrow as part of an OSCE project promoting conflict resolution through discussion rather than violence...