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Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) III: National Minorities, Bridge Building and Integration

When

10 November 2016 (All day) - 11 November 2016 (All day)

Where

Vienna, Hofburg

Organized by

the German OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, Office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities and the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)
The third Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting (SHDM) on the topic of National Minorities, Bridge Building and Integration will take place in Vienna from 10 to 11 November 2016. The meeting is organized by the German OSCE Chairmanship-in-Office, the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM). The meeting will address the topic of National Minorities, Bridge Building and Integration. It aims to encourage a discussion of the bridge building role and potential of national minority issues across the OSCE area and to explore the opportunities which lie in the variety of connections that can be built upon diverse societies to promote peace, security and economic development both within and between states.

This Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting will discuss best practices from across the OSCE area, with a focus on the following key areas:

1)         Legal mechanisms for bridge building across States

2)         Promoting the bridge building role of national minority issues across various policy areas

3)         Empowering civil society to build bridges on the grassroots level

The meeting will be attended by the participating States as well as other relevant actors including civil society and international organisations. Recommendations may be addressed to participating States, OSCE institutions, including the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights and OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE executive structures, the OSCE at large, other inter-governmental as well as civil society actors in OSCE participating States.

Participants

Representatives of OSCE participating States, OSCE institutions and OSCE executive structures, representatives of inter-governmental organizations, representatives of civil society and researchers from 57 participating States that have an interest in the topic are invited to participate in the SHDM. The Partners for Co-operation are invited to attend and contribute with respect to their co-operation and links with the OSCE in the field.

Participation in the Seminar is free of charge, although all travel and accommodation costs should be borne by participants. Participants are kindly requested to make their own travel and hotel arrangements. You can find a list of a selection of hotels in Vienna in the attachment and on the SHDM website.

Civil society organizations can find more information in the document titled “Information for Civil Society”.

Registration

Participants wishing to attend the meeting are requested to register online at http://meetings.odihr.pl latest by the deadline of Tuesday, 8 November 2016.

Important note: registration after this date will be closed and registration on-site will not be available.

The modalities of the meeting are set out in accordance with the decision of the Permanent Council (PC.DEC/476, 23 May 2002).Modalities & Logistics

The meeting will take place in the Hofburg Congress Centre. It will start on Thursday, 10 November, at 15.00 with an opening session followed by three working sessions, and the closing session will conclude on Friday, 11 November at 17.30. For details please see the General Information and Agenda documents.

The side events might take place on Thursday, 10 November between 13:00 and 15:00 and on Friday, 11 November between 12:00 and 14:00 – for details please check the Side Events Schedule on the SHDM website, prior to the meeting.

Interpretation will be provided into the six official OSCE languages: English, French, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish.

More information on organization of the sessions, seating, guidelines for debate, display and distribution of documents, logistics, etc. is available in the document General Information.

Side events

Side events may be held over the course of two days during the SHDM. To book a side event, please register first in the ODIHR Registration System (http://meetings.odihr.pl.) and then proceed to side event booking. The system will be open from Tuesday, 25 October at 12.00 (CET) until Monday, 31 October 23:59 (CET). The deadline for booking of side events on-line is extended until 4th November.

Detailed information on side event booking is available in the Side Events Information document.

In case of any questions, you may contact:

Overall co-ordination of meeting: Kamila Czerwinska at Kamila.Czerwinska@odihr.pl or +48 22 5200 657

Programmatic matters:  Ms. Sarah Stephan at sarah.stephan@osce.org or tel. +31 70 312 55 56

Coordination of side events: Ireneusz Stepinski at Ireneusz.Stepinski@odihr.pl  or +48 22 5200 658

Registration of participants: Anna Sierant at hdmeetings@odihr.pl or +48 22 5200 627