STETE's seminars, 2008




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.