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Tackling climate and biodiversity crises through co-operation: OSCE and adelphi publish a new strategy paper on climate change and security in the Shar/Šara Mountains and Korab Massif area
Publishing date: 9 June 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities
Biodiversity loss is one of humanity’s greatest challenges. Amplified by climate change, it threatens not only ecosystems but also the people who depend on them. On June 9, OSCE and adelphi, a Berlin-based think tank, published a Strategy Paper on strengthening co-operation to address
The OSCE stands ready to support Ukraine in addressing the consequences of Nova Kakhovka dam destruction
Publishing date: 8 June 2023
Content type: Press release
VIENNA, 8 June 2023 – In line with the mandate of the Organization, and through the particular efforts of the Office of the Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE has been working on addressing environmental and security impacts and challenges of the war in Ukraine, in partnership with UN agencies and field operations. The recent destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in Kherson oblast creates additional challenges, dramatically increasing threats to livelihoods and intensifying economic risks for the populations concerned.
Strengthening youth resilience to organized crime and corruption in focus at OSCE regional event in Skopje
Publishing date: 7 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Youth
On 6 and 7 June 2023, the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD) and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), in co-operation with the 2023 OSCE Chairpersonship of North Macedonia (CiO) and the Global Initiative against Transnational Organized Crime (GI-TOC), held a regional multi-stakeholder event in Skopje, North Macedonia to discuss how to strengthen youth resilience to organized crime and corruption.
Moldova takes over Presidency of OSCE-supported Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network
Publishing date: 1 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Policing, Rule of law
The Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) held its first Steering Group Meeting of this year on 30 and 31 May 2023, in Chisinau, Moldova. During the meeting, the Moldovan National Anti-Corruption Centre’s Criminal Assets Recovery Agency took over the Presidency of the BAMIN, previously held by Montenegro’s Department of Confiscated Property Management within the Cadastre and State Property Administration.
OSCE co-organizes the award ceremony for the winners of the 2022 “Colours of the Dniester” competition
Publishing date: 26 May 2023
Content type: News
The award ceremony for the winners of the 14th edition of the basin-wide contest “Colours of the Dniester”, organized for children and youth from the Dniester River basin in Ukraine and Moldova, took place on 26 May, 2023.
OSCE holds multi-stakeholder event in Moldova on youth crime prevention
Publishing date: 25 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Youth
On 25 May 2023, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, in co-operation with implementing partner Terre des Hommes Moldova, held a multi-stakeholder event in Chisinau, Moldova to present and discuss the findings of the OSCE needs assessment on youth crime prevention in the country.
Young women professionals in Central Asia get career kick-start in energy sector through OSCE training course
Publishing date: 21 April 2023
Content type: News
What we do: Environmental activities, Energy security
The OSCE organized an intensive in-person and online training course from 17 to 21 April 2023 on renewable energy for around 100 young women from Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia, to help them kick-start careers in the sustainable energy sector.