Publications

This Practice Note provides a short introduction to the women, peace and security resolutions, and how they can be implemented in SSR.

This manual is available in English in electronic format only

2013 Annual Security Review Conference, Vienna, 19 and 20 June 2013

This tool analyses the implications of the four UN Security Council resolutions (SCRs) on women, peace and security for security sector reform (SSR). It shares experiences and good practices in implementation of the resolutions in national security policy-making, SSR processes and in the military, police and justice sectors. Also available in Russian.

The Prague Office is an extension of the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna and has been the keeper of OSCE institutional memory since 1991.

The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina encourages municipalities to form partnerships and regional networks to address issues of common concern, consolidate and improve good governance standards that have been achieved, and develop new approaches to current and future challenges in local governance. Inter-municipal learning and support was conceptually formalized as a means to encourage municipalities to identify and meet their own development needs. It is one of the seven main components of the Mission’s Local First initiative which was launched in 2009.

Through targeted projects implemented at the local level, the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina strives to raise the level of young peoples’ civic engagement and encourages them to take a more active role in community decision-making processes.

The realization of the right to social assistance, adequate housing and an efficient system of social protection are of paramount importance in all societies. In Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), where a large portion of the population lives in poverty and social exclusion, these issues are even more critical.