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Model OSCE 2016

General
Thu, 2016-09-15 09:00 - Sun, 2016-09-18 18:00
Moldova
OSCE Mission to Moldova
OSCE Mission to Moldova
Eastern Europe
Conflict prevention and resolution

The Model OSCE is a simulation game that reproduces an OSCE Permanent Council meeting during a crisis situation.

Participants will each represent an OSCE participating State and work together to resolve the crisis.

The OSCE Mission to Moldova is looking for students who would like to participate in the Model OSCE 2016. The participants will receive essential negotiation skills training from an international OSCE expert.

Participation in the event is free of charge. Accommodation, transportation and meals will be provided by the OSCE Mission to Moldova for the duration of the event.

The application form can be downloaded here. It should be sent along with the applicant’s CV to Sergiu.Cotorobai@osce.org by 11 July 2016.




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Concluding Meeting of the 24th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum

Conference
Wed, 2016-09-14 11:00 - Fri, 2016-09-16 12:00
Prague, Czech Republic, Czernin Palace
German 2016 OSCE Chairmanship and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
Secretariat
Chairmanship
Economic activities
Environmental activities

Good governance in the OSCE area – reinforcing security and stability through co-operation - is the theme of the 2016 OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum. Good governance remains high on the agenda. During the three-days meeting participants will discuss various issues related to good governance, as well as environmental governance as a basis for business climate and sustainable economic development. The Forum Meeting will consider the role of the private sector in fighting corruption and money laundering, evaluate aspects of trade facilitation, as well as migration governance for economic growth, stability and security.

The Concluding Meeting of the Forum will take place on 14-16 September 2016 in Prague and will focus on various aspects of good governance:

 

  • Good governance and its impact on business climate and sustainable economic development
  • The role of the private sector in fighting corruption, money-laundering and financing of terrorism for strengthening stability and security
  • Trade facilitation measures and good governance in supply chains
  • Good environmental governance and its impact on economic development, stability and security
  • Good migration governance and labour market integration

 

The Meeting will also review the implementation of OSCE commitments relevant to the theme of the 24th Economic and Environmental Forum.

​The Economic and Environmental Forum is the main meeting within the Second Dimension of the OSCE. Its objectives are to identify needs and priorities, to raise awareness, to share best practices and to stimulate deeper political dialogue and the will of the 57 OSCE participating States in dealing with economic, environmental and security related challenges. It also provides a platform for multi-stakeholder dialogue with representatives of International Organizations, the business and academic communities, and civil society.

The 2016 Concluding Meeting builds upon the results stemmed from the two Preparatory Meetings held in Vienna on 25-26 January, and in Berlin on 19-20 May 2016. This year it will examine the level of implementation of OSCE commitments while deepening OSCE’s engagement in the aforementioned areas.





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Early Parliamentary Elections

Elections
Sun, 2016-09-11 (All day)
Croatia
Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
Croatia
Elections

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Prevention of trafficking in human beings for labour exploitation in supply chains

Conference
Wed, 2016-09-07 (All day) - Thu, 2016-09-08 (All day)
Berlin, Germany
OSCE Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and the German OSCE Chairmanship
Secretariat
Combating human trafficking

The Berlin Conference is the first in a series of events planned as part of a two-year project by the Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings supported by the current German and incoming Austrian OSCE Chairmanships, and Switzerland.

This high-level event is part of the OSCE’s ongoing effort to raise awareness about the problem of labour exploitation in supply chains and to advocate for increased actions at the government level across the OSCE region with the aim of adopting measures to prevent and combat this form of modern day slavery.

Today’s globalized economy is characterized by complex supply chains of goods and services, with both materials and labour sourced from all around the world. It is difficult for buyers and consumers to be sure that the goods or services that they purchase or procure were not produced by trafficked labour. It is also difficult for large or multi-national companies to verify their own supply chains when there may be multiple tiers of subcontractors. Sometimes a parent company might not be aware of whether its sub-contractors down the supply chain unknowingly use or resort to the use of forced labour, including child exploitation and human trafficking. Inefficiently regulated recruitment and poorly inspected worksites, behaviour and practices conducive to corruption, lack of understanding of labour and human rights standards, as well as insufficient enforcement, constitute additional challenges in this field.

In order to address the problem of human trafficking in global supply chains, the Office of the Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings (OSR/CTHB) developed a project on Prevention of Trafficking in Human Beings in Supply Chains through Government Practices and Measures. The project aims to provide OSCE participating States with practical tools to enact concrete measures to prevent human trafficking in supply chains, as well as build their capacity to implement these measures. Project activities include capacity-building workshops and conferences, the publishing of Model guidelines on preventing trafficking in supply chains and developing a plan encouraging the adoption of the Model guidelines.




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OSCE supports Youth Forum on role of youth in peace-building and ensuring stability in Kyrgyzstan

Conference
Fri, 2016-08-26 (All day) - Sat, 2016-08-27 (All day)
Jalal-Abad city, the Kyrgyz Republic
OSCE Center in Bishkek, Public Association “IRET”, Public Association “Alga
OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Central Asia
Conflict prevention and resolution
Democratization
Good governance

Youth Forum on “Role of youth in peace-building and ensuring stability in Kyrgyzstan: means of collaboration and cooperation in combating violent extremism and radicalism among youth” will gather some 50 youth and public officials from Tokmok and Osh cities as well as from Batken, Chuy, Osh, and Jalal-Abad provinces in Jalal-Abad city.

Participants will discuss problems in their local communities and country-wide and ways to co-operate closer on security matters in the future. The event focuses on discussion of measures on preventing and combating violent extremism and radicalization among youth in Kyrgyzstan. 

Representatives of the youth and public officials are expected to lay foundation for further co-operation between the authorities and youth as pertains to youth and security policies in the respective provinces/cities and country-wide.

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OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Women Leadership School

Training
Tue, 2016-08-23 (All day) - Sat, 2016-08-27 (All day)
Batken city, Kyrgyzstan
OSCE Center in Bishkek, UN Women and Women Support Centre NGO
OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Central Asia
Gender equality
Good governance

30 female local council candidates from Batken and Osh regions will participate in a training course on methods, procedures and legislation held in the framework of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek-supported Women Leadership School, organized by the United Nations Women Programme and Women Support Centre.

The event aims to promote capacity building, raising awareness of women in elections and provide them with legal and mentorship support. The training will be focused on the election system and legislation, women leadership, strategic planning, political pre-election platforms, campaigning, analytical reports and other issues.

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OSCE Programme Office trains notaries and advocates on countering money laundering and financing of terrorism

Seminar
Tue, 2016-08-16 (All day)
Astana, Kazakhstan
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana, the Financial Monitoring Committee under the Finance Ministry
OSCE Programme Office in Astana
Central Asia
Economic activities

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana will support a training seminar on preventing money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for some 40 designated non-financial business and professions, namely notaries and advocates. The expert from the Russian Federation will present their country’s best practices on the efficient implementation of the AML/CFT national legislation and familiarize the audience with the AML/CFT international legal standards and requirements. The event also aims to enhance the co-operation between the non-financial sector actors and the AML/CFT national authorities.

The event is part of the Office’s long-standing efforts to promote good governance and AML/CFT framework in the host country.

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Summer School on General Legal Theory and Teaching Methodology

Training
Mon, 2016-08-15 (All day) - Fri, 2016-08-19 (All day)
Ivano-Frankivsk region, Ukraine
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
Eastern Europe
Human rights
Rule of law

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine invites the representatives of legal academia of Ukraine to participate in the “Summer School on General Legal Theory and Teaching Methodology”. The summer school will be held in Ivano-Frankivsk region from 15 to 19 August 2016.

Leading Ukrainian and international experts in the fields of general legal theory and teaching methodology have been invited to conduct the summer school.

This activity is organized under the Project “Improving Legal and Human Rights Education in Ukraine” aimed to create necessary conditions for strengthening the capacity of legal academia to teach legal disciplines aimed at training future lawyers to respect, protect and promote human rights and support proper functioning of human rights protection mechanisms.

Teachers of general legal theory are primarily invited to participate in the summer school; the applications will be reviewed on a competitive basis. All the applicants should send a CV and an essay stating personal and professional interest of participation in the summer school (length: up to 2 pages of printed text, font: Times New Roman 14, spacing: 1.5, margins: right – 1, left – 3, top and bottom – 2) until 25 July 2016 inclusive via email to osce.school@gmail.com.

The selected participants from other cities will be reimbursed for travel expenses to and from the venue of the summer school in Ivano-Frankivsk region within a “coupe” or 2nd class of “Intercity” fare. Accommodation and meals will be provided by the organizers. Successful participants will be additionally informed about the exact venue of the summer school.

To confirm your participation in the summer school and in case of any additional questions regarding the organization and conduct of the summer school, please refer to us via email at osce.school@gmail.com.

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Seminar for defence lawyers on new approaches and techniques of legal defence

Seminar
Wed, 2016-08-10 (All day) - Thu, 2016-08-11 (All day)
Almaty, Kazakhstan
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana, the National Bar Association, the Almaty Bar Association
OSCE Programme Office in Astana
Central Asia
Human rights

This training seminar is the second in a series of 2016 training events aimed at strengthening the capacity of legal community, including defence lawyers, to effectively function in accordance with novelties in criminal procedure legislation. The seminar aims to provide defence lawyers with a deeper understanding of the advocacy specifics in cases with the involvement of investigating judges. Event participants will discuss issues related to organizational and legal aspects of methodology and mechanisms for collection of evidence, application of international standards, as well as enhancing defence lawyers’ knowledge and skills on evidence deposition procedure. A separate session will be devoted to the legal ethics and principles of lawyers’ interaction with the media and social networks.

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OSCE supports preventive visits of the staff of the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture to the detention facilities in Isykkul, Naryn and Talas provinces

Meeting
Wed, 2016-08-10 (All day) - Wed, 2016-08-17 (All day)
Isykkul, Naryn and Talas provinces, Kyrgyzstan
OSCE Center in Bishkek, National Centre for the Prevention of Torture (NCPT)
OSCE Centre in Bishkek, National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Prevention of Torture, torture prevention, porture, Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek
OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Central Asia
Human dimension

Staff of the National Centre of the Kyrgyz Republic for the Prevention of Torture, with support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek will conduct monitoring visits to the detention facilities in Isyk-Kul, Naryn and Talas provinces between 10 and 17 August. These visits aim at monitoring detention conditions and human rights situation in the closed facilities.

The monitoring findings will be included in the 2016 Annual Report of the National Centre for the Prevention of Torture.

 

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OSCE Centre supports the 3rd training for prosecutors on effective investigation of cases of torture in Kyrgyzstan

Training
Mon, 2016-08-08 (All day) - Tue, 2016-08-09 (All day)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
OSCE Center in Bishkek, Training Centre for Prosecutors under the General Prosecutor’s Office
OSCE Centre in Bishkek, torture prevention, Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, Prosecutor's Office
OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Central Asia
Human rights

The OSCE Center in Bishkek and the Training Centre for Prosecutors under the General Prosecutor’s Office will conduct a training course for twenty-four public prosecution officers from all provinces of Kyrgyzstan on effective investigation of cases of torture.

The training aims at enhancing theoretical and empirical knowledge of prosecution officers about the specifics of efficient investigation of torture allegations.

The participants will discuss the key challenges arising during investigation of torture allegations and exchange best practices applied within their respective duty stations to address these challenges. 

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OSCE supports workshop on communications and information cooperation for the press officers of the armed forces of the Kyrgyz Republic

Workshop
Mon, 2016-08-08 (All day) - Wed, 2016-08-10 (All day)
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
OSCE Center in Bishkek, General Staff of the Kyrgyz Republic,
OSCE Centre in Bishkek, the Kyrgyz General Staff, Kyrgyz Border Service, Kyrgyz National Guard and State Committee for Defence,
OSCE Centre in Bishkek
OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Central Asia
Media freedom and development
Politico-military dimension

OSCE supports workshop on communications and information cooperation for the press officers of the armed forces of the Kyrgyz Republic. The workshop will be conducted by an international media trainer and attended by 15 press officers of the General Staff, Border Service, National Guard and State Committee for Defence. It is expected that within the framework of the workshop, participants will practice skills of effective communications with the media and practice a mechanism of information coordination during emergencies.

The workshop is the last part of a professional development programme developed and conducted for 45 commanders of the General Staff. The first two trainings were delivered in Bishkek in Osh in June and July 2016. During the workshops, the commanders improved their skills of communication with mass media and practiced public speaking skills, such as interview skills and participation in talk show. The commanders also participated in a discussion led by an international trainer on the importance of maintaining unified information policy and cooperation with the press service.

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Call for Applications to the Youth Contact Groups from Donetsk and Luhansk Regions

Training
Mon, 2016-08-01 (All day) - Sun, 2016-12-25 (All day)
Ukraine
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine
Eastern Europe
Conflict prevention and resolution

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (OSCE PCU) is pleased to announce an open call for applications of the young activists from Donetsk and Luhansk regions to join the Youth Contact Group initiative, aimed at promoting inter-regional dialogue and bridge-building between youth. This dialogue initiative was launched by the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine to 2015. Its main task is to equip the youth representatives from different regions of Ukraine with the necessary tools and skills as well as to support implementation of their ideas regarding promotion of dialogue on the today’s issues of concern among Ukrainian youth. The new groups will join efforts with the already selected similar teams in Kyiv, Kharkiv and Lviv.

Profile of a successful applicant

At this opportunity the call targets representatives from young people in Donetsk and Luhansk regions who can demonstrate that they are strongly committed to building sustainable dialogue between youth of their regions and other parts of Ukraine.

Besides that, successful applicants must:

  • Be between the ages of 18 and 28 at the time of implementation of the activities;
  • Demonstrate frequent use of social media;
  • Have a strong interest in the fields of inter-culturalism, peace building, and regional co-operation;
  • Be able to commit to participating in all activities of the initiative

In addition, it is not obligatory but preferable that candidates can:

  • Be familiar with national and international youth policy;
  • Demonstrate previous experience in project implementation;
  • Demonstrate good English language skills.

An equal number of participants will be selected from each of the considered regions. All successful applicants will be notified of the results of the selection process. The OSCE is committed to diversity and inclusion, and encourages qualified female and male candidates from all national, religious, ethnic and social backgrounds to apply.

Costs

No fees apply to any phase of the initiative implementation. All costs related to logistics (boarding, lodging, transport, etc.) will be covered by the OSCE PCU.  

Participants are expected to use their own laptops and smart phones.

How to apply

If you are interested, we strongly encourage you to apply using the links below.

Applications for Donetsk region are now open and you can apply here.

Applications for Luhansk region are now open and you can apply here.

Deadline for applications is 29 July 2016

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OSCE Mission to Skopje supports face recognition on-site training for border police officers

Training
Thu, 2016-07-07 (All day) - Wed, 2016-11-30 (All day)
Country wide
OSCE Mission to Skopje, French Embassy
OSCE Mission to Skopje
South-Eastern Europe
Border management
Policing

The OSCE Mission to Skopje in close cooperation with the French Embassy is organizing on-site training courses on face recognition for border police officers countrywide. These half-day trainings, to be conducted by a French trainer, will help the border police officers detect impostors and prevent illegal use of documents in order to detect returning freedom-fighters and tackle the phenomenon of cross-border criminality more effectively, especially trans-national organized crime activity, human trafficking and human smuggling.
The first training will be conducted at Deve Bair crossing point, and will also take place at Kjafasan, St. Naum, Medzhitlija, Bogorodica, Dojran, Delchevo and other border crossing points.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 4 – 13

The waxing crescent Moon passes Venus, then Antares, in the western twilight. Several days later, Comet Tsuchinshan starts stealing the twilight show for everyone in the world's north temperate latitudes!

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 11 – 20

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS enters its week of glory for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere. Don't let any clear twilight slip by!

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Get Ready for Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS — The Best Is Yet to Come!

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS has delighted observers already, but its morning run was only a warm-up — wait till you see what's coming.

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Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS Climbs, Brightens and Delights!

Treat yourself to a comet bright enough to see plainly even in moonlight. Tsuchinshan-ATLAS beckons at dusk!

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 18 – 27

Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS fades and shrinks as it rises high into a darker sky. Venus passes Antares. The waning Moon passes the Pleiades, Jupiter, and Mars. Arcturus becomes the Ghost of Summer Suns.

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Grab Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS by the Tail

We check in with the brightest comet of the year and see what's next, plus an update on Comet ATLAS (C/2024 S1), which still shows signs of life.

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This Week's Sky at a Glance, October 25 – November 3

Fading Comet Tsuchinshan-ATLAS poses high in a moonless sky for its fans with binoculars and telescopes, even as we wave farewell for at least a hundred thousand years, maybe forever. Meanwhile four brighter, more permanent members of the solar system await attention.

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