The OSCE's Study Visit Programme for Partners for Co-operation (PfC), launched in 2022, offers young diplomats and experts from Asian and Mediterranean PfC an opportunity to familiarize themselves with the OSCE's mandates and activities and to enhance their knowledge of OSCE values, principles and commitments, thereby supporting their voluntary implementation in the respective countries.
By bringing together young diplomats and experts from the Asian and Mediterranean PfC, the Programme offers a unique annual platform for engagement and cross-regional interaction. The Programme is designed to strengthen the participants' understanding of and engagement with the OSCE, while stimulating further initiatives within the OSCE Partnerships.
For the fifth iteration of the Programme, eight participants from both OSCE Asian and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation had the opportunity to spend two weeks with the OSCE in Vienna to participate in OSCE meetings and events. The study visit included several briefings on the history and structure of the OSCE as well as the Organization's activities on conflict prevention and resolution, transnational threats, environmental and economic affairs, external co-operation, gender equality, youth, and combating human trafficking.
The selected participants for 2026 were from Afghanistan, Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Thailand and the Republic of Korea.
During their visit, the participants also met with representatives of several OSCE Institutions including the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights , the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly (Vienna office), the Office of the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM) , as well as with representatives from OSCE participating States, including an exchange with the Swiss Chairpersonship.
As part of the two-week programme, an exchange of ideas titled Youth & Diplomacy in Action was held for the second time with international students from the Vienna School of International Studies (Diplomatische Akademie Wien) on the role of the OSCE and youth engagement in diplomacy.
The next study visit will take place in September 2027. The call for applications will be shared with the delegations of OSCE Partners for Co-operation in Vienna.
The OSCE Partners for Co-operation are Afghanistan, Algeria, Australia, Egypt, Israel, Japan, Jordan, the Republic of Korea, Morocco, Thailand and Tunisia.
