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Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy
at the University of Hamburg
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CORE Centre for OSCE Research An Overview
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• CORE is
• the only institute specifically dedicated to
  research on the OSCE
• a relatively young think tank, founded in January
  2000
• not a classical academic institution, but one
  that engages in a combination of research,
  capacity-building services, publications, and
  teaching
• independent of the OSCE, with which it enjoys
  good working relations
• one of two main sections within the IFSH, one of
  Germanys two largest peace research institutes

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• Research Projects
• Projects Focusing on Specific OSCE Instruments
• The Effectiveness of the OSCE High Commissioner
  on National Minorities (Estonia, Latvia, Romania,
  Ukraine)
• The Effectiveness of UN and OSCE Field Missions
  (Georgia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Tajikistan)
• Working in OSCE Field Missions
• The Establishment of Multi-ethnic Police Forces
  by the OSCE and Other IOs (Kosovo, Macedonia,
  South Serbia)

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• Research Projects
• Projects with a Regional Focus
• The Effectiveness of OSCE Democratization
  Measures in Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan,
  and Uzbekistan)
• The Effectiveness of UNOMIG Mediation between
  Georgia and Abkhazia
• Russian Policy towards Ukraine as a Source of
  Contention with the West
• The Effectiveness of External Democratization
  Efforts for Internal Transition International
  Organizations in South Eastern Europe
• Peacebuilding Dynamics and the Struggle for Local
  Ownership in Post-War Kosovo
• The Influence of the Ohrid Agreement on the
  Political System of Macedonia

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• Policy-related Activities
• Organizing international conferences, e.g. on
  Central Asia
• Performing evaluations, e.g. on working in OSCE
  field missions
• Drafting policy papers on demand, e.g. for the
  Finnish Foreign Ministry
• Publications
• OSCE Yearbook in English, Russian, and German
  since 1995
• CORE Working Papers
• Core News
• CORE Website

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CORE Capacity Building CORE combines basic
research on the OSCE and other multilateral
organizations with consultancy, capacity
building, and other services provided on a
contract basis.
Target Groups governments international
and non-governmental organizations other
business partners   Objectives fostering
co-operation and multilateralism promoting
capacity and dialogue strengthening conflict
prevention   Principles independent research-
based service-oriented
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• Example of Institution Building OSCE Academy
  Bishkek
• CORE created a detailed plan of the Academy and
  also assisted with
• fundraising,
• developing a curriculum, and
• selecting teaching staff and students.
• CORE members have also performed in a teaching
  and supervisory role.

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Example of Training OSCE-Related Chairmanship
Training Courses for Kazakh diplomats (2007 and
2008)

• Contributed to enlarging the pool of MFA staff
  able to effectively co-operate with the OSCE
• Helped prepare to assume the OSCE Chairmanship
• Teaching provided by CORE staff, external experts
  from the OSCE, and national delegations
• Oriented towards communicating practice- and
  policy-relevant expertise on the OSCE
• Characterized by a specific participatory
  methodology

• Academic Co-operation with Universities
• OSCE-related seminars and lectures for students
  at the Universities of Hamburg, Venice and five
  Kazakh universities
• Editorial co-operation in book publication with
  Kazakh researchers

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CORE activities in Central Asia Since 2002, CORE
has undertaken projects in all the Central Asian
states except Turkmenistan and has engaged in
co-operation with Central Asia experts.   COREs
most prominent project in Central Asia involves
mediating in a peacebuilding dialogue between
moderate Islamists and secular forces. Between
2001 and 2003, this project took place in
Tajikistan, since 2007/2008 it has been extended
to the regional level.
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• Budget Staff
• About 20 staff members from Germany, Kazakhstan,
  Lithuania, Moldova, Russia, the United Kingdom,
  and the United States
• Mission experience, e.g. in Armenia, Kosovo,
  Tajikistan, Ukraine
• Project-driven, about 80 of staff employed on a
  project basis (funded by research foundations,
  the German Federal Foreign Office, other MFAs)

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