MODEL OSCE FOR YOUTH GOES ONLINE WHAT IS THE MODEL OSCE? Model OSCE for Youth is organized by the OSCE Mission to Moldova since 2013 to bring together young people from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River to learn about conflict resolution and the importance of compromise.
The 2020 Model OSCE for Youth will be run virtually. Participants will reproduce meeting of the OSCE principal decision-making body - Permanent Council - during a crisis situation. They will choose a country out of 57 OSCE participating States, step into the shoes of diplomats to debate and come up with a joint solution to settle a crisis and avoid a conflict. Only decisions made by consensus of all delegates, become politically binding for all participating States. WHAT WILL YOU GAIN? Improve negotiation skills; Understand consensus-based decision-making; Learn more about the OSCE from officials and ambassadors; Make new friends across Moldova.
Five best participants of the Model OSCE will attend an OSCE Permanent Council meeting in the OSCE Secretariat in Vienna, Austria (dates to be confirmed due to the COVID-19 travel restrictions).
WHAT ARE THE SELECTION CRITERIA? Enrolled or recently graduated from Law, International Relations, Political; Sciences or Journalism Department in Balti, Chisinau, Comrat and Tiraspol; Have good command of English language; Have completed an application form.
HOW TO APPLY? Fill in an application http://tiny.cc/tqqc7y and send together with your CV to ModelOSCE@osce.org by 20 September 2020 Participation in the Model OSCE is free of charge What is the OSCE? With 57 participating States in North America, Europe and Asia, the OSCE – the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe – is the world’s largest regional security organization. The OSCE works for stability, peace and democracy for more than a billion people, through political dialogue about shared values and through practical work that aims to make a lasting difference.
The OSCE Chairmanship A different participating State holds the OSCE Chairmanship each year, with that country’s foreign minister as Chairperson-in-Office. In 2020, Albania took over the OSCE Chairmanship.
The OSCE Mission to Moldova The OSCE Mission to Moldova is a field mission established in 1993 in order to facilitate a comprehensive and lasting political settlement of the Transdniestrian conflict in all its aspects, consolidating the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova with an understanding about a special status for Transdniestria within Moldova's internationally recognized borders.
Find out about previsions editions of the OSCE Model here, here and here
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