OSCE Documentation Centre in Prague
The Documentation Centre in Prague holds the permanent records of the OSCE documenting its history since the early 1970s. It is the trusted repository for the OSCE’s archives and those of its predecessor, the CSCE (Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe).
The Centre is the custodian of the OSCE’s institutional memory. It engages with a wide range of stakeholders to promote the use of its extensive record holdings and to share information on OSCE themes.
The key functions of the Documentation Centre in Prague include:
- Preserving and making available the CSCE/OSCE historical archives and records
- Making available and maintaining document collections of plenary meetings of the Permanent Council and Forum for Security Co-operation, as well as the document collections of FSC Military Information Exchanges
- Organising the Researcher-in-Residence programme
- Conducting multidisciplinary outreach activities
- Facilitating and providing logistics for the organization of conferences and seminars held in Prague, primarily the Concluding Meeting of the annual Economic and Environmental Forum
- Providing records management services