2.-3.12.2008
STETE and its Finnish NGO
partners organized an international NGO-based forum in Helsinki. 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 incident in Ostrobotnia the OSCE Civil Society Forum was
relocated to two different places. On Tuesday 2.12. the conference was
held at Paasitorni and on Wednesday 3.12. at Marina Congress Center.
Here
are the final recommendations for I Human trafficking, II Human rights,
and III Civil society, conflict prevention and resolution.
You can also find the conference programme here.
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10.-12.9.2008
Nordic Forum for Security Policy which is co-ordinated by STETE
organised a broad-based discussion forum "Experience Sharing between
Baltic & Black Sea Regions - Ukraine´s European Vision in
Focus" in Kyiv, Ukraine in co-operation with the
Swedisc OSCE-network. The local partners were The Polish-Ukrainian
Cooperation Foundation and Konrad Adenauer Stiftung. Over 100
participants from 13 different countries and from international and
regional organisations attented the conference.
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13.8.2008
STETE and town of Lohja organized a seminar concerning the current security issues of the Baltic Sea.
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3.6.2008
STETE organized a meeting on the situation and elections of Georgia.
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2.6.2008
STETE organized a seminar on Russian civil society in the Auditorium of the new annex building of the Parliament.
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26.3.2008
STETE opened a series of OSCE related seminars in the Finlandia Hall.
The seminars were organized in co-operation with Eurooppalainen Suomi
and Eurooppanaiset.