OSCE Civil Society Forum

The Finnish Committee for European Security (STETE) and its Finnish NGO partners organized an international NGO-based forum in Helsinki 2.–3.12.2008. The Forum was connected to the 16th OSCE Ministerial Council hosted by the Finnish OSCE Chairmanship. The OSCE Civil Society Forum concentrated on the OSCE’s human dimension issues and gave the participating civil society actors a possibility to carry their recommendations for the high-level discussions of the Ministerial Council. In the Opening Plenary high-level speakers discussed the current human dimension issues in the OSCE region. The Working Group Sessions went deeper into these questions concentrating on the specific themes of human rights, human trafficking, and civil society & conflict resolution. The Closing Plenary reflected the possibilities and challenges of the OSCE's future. The Civil Society Forum was directed to all civil society representatives in the OSCE area. The conference language was English. 

Due to the fire in Ostrobotnia the OSCE Civil Society Forum was relocated to two different places. Tuesday 2.12. the conference was held at Paasitorni and Wednesday 3.12. at Marina Congress Center.

You can find the conference programme here.

Here are the final recommendations for I Human trafficking, II Human rights, and III Civil society, conflict prevention and resolution.

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