News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro provides Parliament with instruments to review legislation from gender perspective
Publishing date: 28 October 2022
At the 35th session of Parliamentary Gender Equality Committee, held on 28 October, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro presented to MPs and representatives of the public administration instruments developed to support the institution in ensuring the laws are gender-mainstreamed and provide for equal treatment of all citizens.
OSCE Mission to Montenegro supports the Library of Parliament
Publishing date: 26 October 2022
On 26 October, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro further supported the digitization of the Parliament’s library services through provision of technical equipment that included magnetic and plastic card printer, thermal label printer and bar code scanner, as well as books on cultural studies, discussions papers and essays, academic, historical, political theory, economics, and ecological titles.
OSCE Presence in Albania, Central Election Commission sign Memorandum of Understanding on strengthening election administration capacities, intensifying co-operation
Publishing date: 17 October 2022
On 17 October, the OSCE Presence in Albania and the Central Election Commission (CEC) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to intensify co-operation for advancing CEC’s capacities to carry out its work in line with OSCE/ODIHR recommendations and best international standards. “This document is a
Parliament of Montenegro equipped to communicate on budget and research through infographics
Publishing date: 13 October 2022
Building on the training courses in 2020 and 2021, the OSCE Mission to Montenegro finalized in September advanced training sessions on infographics and data visualization for eight staff of Parliamentary Institute and Parliamentary Budget Office, enabling them to develop creative solutions for Parliament’s publications, produced in a clear and concise form.
Challenges of disinformation and propaganda at focus of 8th annual Media Development Forum organized by OSCE Presence in Albania
Publishing date: 11 October 2022
On 11 October, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized its eighth annual Media Development Forum, a platform for dialogue among media, public institutions and civil society. This year’s Forum focused on press freedom and the development of media in the country, journalist safety, and the challenges
Anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism focus of OSCE –organized lecture course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 October 2022
From 4 to 7 October 2022, the OSCE-Centre in Ashgabat organized a lecture course on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) aspects within the Economy, Finance and Credit, Jurisprudence and International relations disciplines. The four-day event was held in a hybrid
OSCE launches Open Data e-learning platform for Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2022
On 23 September 2022, the Office of the Co-ordinator of the OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) participated in the Second Tashkent Anti-Corruption Forum, organized by the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA) of the Republic of Uzbekistan, jointly with international partner organizations. The event gathered more than 100 participants representing national and foreign anti-corruption authorities, civil-society organizations and other stakeholders to discuss transparency and integrity measures in the public sector, assessing anti-corruption risks, as well as anti-corruption education...