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559443 Communication and Media Relations Section David Dadge

During the 16 Days of Activism campaign, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, the OSCE Mission to Serbia and the Serbian Justice and Interior Ministries delivered a training course helping police officers and prosecutors from several Serbian municipalities effectively respond to cases of violence against women and girls while maintaining a victim-centred approach.

“Being a victim of gender-based violence presents specific challenges. For instance, when you report an incidence of domestic violence to the police, you may be filing a claim against a person that you have lived with for many years, a person that you may be financially dependent on, a person you have children with. It is not easy to go to the authorities and ask them to arrest this person,” said Bjorn Tore Saltvik, project manager and OSCE Adviser on Police Development and Reform.“Joint training courses offer a valuable opportunity for both police officers and prosecutors to comprehend the importance of a victim-centered approach when dealing with gender-based violence cases,” said Miroslav Rakić, national trainer and Chief Prosecutor at the Basic Public Prosecution Office in Ruma.

The course – held from 27 November to 1 December in Vrnjačka Banja – was delivered by national police officers and prosecutors who had previously benefited from OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s train-the-trainers course in Warsaw, conducted in August 2022, as well as by other OSCE experts.

This training is the fifth in a series of OSCE training courses on gender-responsive policing of violence against women and girls, after the courses delivered in Albania, North Macedonia,  Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro. They are organized in the framework of the OSCE project Enhancing Criminal Justice Capacities for Combating Gender-based Violence in South-Eastern Europe,  funded by Germany, Norway, Finland, Austria, France and Italy.

The project contributes to the implementation of the Council of Europe’s Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.

STELLUNGNAHME zu Transparenz und Rechenschaftspflicht von aus dem EU-Haushalt finanzierten nichtstaatlichen Organisationen
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Deirdre Clune

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ENTWURF EINER STELLUNGNAHME zur Entlastung 2022: Gesamthaushaltsplan der EU – Europäischer Auswärtiger Dienst
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Katalin Cseh

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ENTWURF EINER STELLUNGNAHME zur Entlastung 2022: Gesamthaushaltsplan der EU – Europäische Kommission
Ausschuss für auswärtige Angelegenheiten
Katalin Cseh

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559398 OSCE Centre in Ashgabat

The last in a series of OSCE-supported three-day seminars on ethics and psychology of family relations, which focused on gender roles, gender relations and domestic violence, concluded on 1 December 2023.

Whereas the first seminar took place in October and targeted youth representatives, the second one was held in early November and brought together representatives of general public and the concluding event was attended by representatives of government bodies.

The series of seminars aimed to increase the participants' awareness in the field of preventing and combating domestic violence, as well as discuss practical cases, referral mechanisms available to potential victims and exchange practices.

Trainers from the public organization “Keyik Okara” exposed participants to the ongoing changes in gender roles and gender relations in society and presented the concepts of violence and gender-based violence, its forms, types and causes.

“Gender-based violence is a serious obstacle to progress towards equality, development and peace, as well as ensuring the rights of women and girls,” said Rune Castberg, Officer-in-Charge of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat.

“It has become a good practice to hold such seminars for different audiences, including representatives of youth, female community and law-enforcement bodies, and it is symbolic that the concluding seminar took place during 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence.”

The seminars addressed specific characteristics of domestic violence and its consequences for victims, members of their families and society. As part of practical exercises, participants conducted a gender analysis of cases of domestic violence and engaged in lively discussions on the factors contributing to the persistence of domestic violence in modern society.

The events also discussed legislative aspects of countering domestic violence and existing mechanisms for the protection of women's rights.

Since 2018, the European Defence Agency (EDA) Defence Innovation Prize has been rewarding companies and research entities that come up with technologies, products, processes or services applicable to the defence domain. The prize promotes defence innovation in Europe and provides civilian industries, small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs), research organisations and universities with an opportunity to showcase their know-how.

This year, the prize focused on two categories: 

• Technologies for situational awareness Innovative solutions and technologies for immersive training, battlefield situational awareness and other defence applications.

• Technologies for communication and information systems Innovative solutions and technologies for implementing Zero Trust Architecture in tactical defence communication and information systems.

The award for Technologies for situational awareness goes to the Royal Netherlands Aerospace Centre, and its concept ‘Tactical Environment Model for Battlefield  Awareness (TEMBA)’.  The award for Technologies for communication and information systems goes to Cyber Noesis, and its concept paper for ‘AI-assisted dynamic risk management for context-aware access control in Zero Trust Architecture.

For a full article see: European Defence Matters Issue 26

The prize winners are given access to EDA’s network of experts, having the opportunity to form valuable partnerships to leverage some of the EDA and EU funding opportunities.

Proposals judged to be at a high level by the evaluation committee, including the winners, will be presented to EDA’s Capability Technology groups, known as CapTechs, in a dedicated workshop to explore ways to apply them within the CapTechs’ areas of responsibility.

 

 

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To make Europe’s roads safer Transport MEPs want driving disqualification decisions to apply in all EU member states and for more offences to trigger cross-border investigation.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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To make Europe’s roads safer Transport MEPs want driving disqualification decisions to apply in all EU member states and for more offences to trigger cross-border investigation.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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To make Europe’s roads safer Transport MEPs want driving disqualification decisions to apply in all EU member states and for more offences to trigger cross-border investigation.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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To make Europe’s roads safer Transport MEPs want driving disqualification decisions to apply in all EU member states and for more offences to trigger cross-border investigation.
Committee on Transport and Tourism

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Les ministres de la Santé de l’UE ont approuvé une série de recommandations visant à résoudre les problèmes de santé mentale dans les États membres, soulignant la nécessité d’une approche intersectorielle en la matière.

Un jeune homme a charcuté son père et sa mère, vendredi 1er décembre 2023 à Fidjrossè, un quartier du 12e arrondissement de Cotonou.

Scène horrible au quartier Fidjrossè. Un jeune homme a ôté froidement la vie à ses parents. La maison du drame est située non loin du commissariat de Fidjrossè. Se retrouvant seul avec ses parents, il a utilisé une machette pour charcuter son père avant de s'attaquer à sa mère. Les corps ont été découverts dans la matinée de ce vendredi 1er décembre 2023. Le Chef quartier et les policiers sont actuellement sur les lieux. Un médecin a constaté la mort des parents. Selon les informations, le jeune homme serait un malade mental. Il a été conduit au commissariat de Fidjrossè. Les habitants du quartier Fidjrossè sont toujours sous le choc.

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The EU must take concrete actions to address the public health effects and health systems threats of the climate crisis, EU health ministers urged on Thursday (30 November).

Le patrimoine historique et religieux de la Cisjordanie, ainsi que sa situation stratégique, lui confèrent depuis des décennies une place centrale dans le conflit qui oppose Israël aux Palestiniens et au reste de ses voisins arabes.

REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning EU-China relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Hilde Vautmans

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REPORT on the implementation of the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument – Global Europe
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Committee on Development
Charles Goerens, Tomas Tobé, Michael Gahler, Pedro Marques

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REPORT on a European Parliament recommendation to the Council, the Commission and the Vice-President of the Commission / High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy concerning EU-US relations
Committee on Foreign Affairs
Tonino Picula

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Germany’s Africa policy must maximize co-benefits by focusing on the migration-development nexus, argues Susan Ekoh (IDOS). The government needs to mainstream climate change needs in migration cooperation due to the present realities and future projections of climate-induced mobilities.

Germany’s Africa policy must maximize co-benefits by focusing on the migration-development nexus, argues Susan Ekoh (IDOS). The government needs to mainstream climate change needs in migration cooperation due to the present realities and future projections of climate-induced mobilities.