1. Forum for Security Co-operation
General mechanisms for the implementation, evaluation and enhancement of the OSCE agreements
By Anton Martynyuk,
CSBM Officer of the CPC

2. Content Institutional evolution of the OSCE first dimension
OSCE’s preventive diplomacy and conflict prevention function
FSC work
CPC support to FSC

3. Three baskets of the Helsinki Final Act (1975)
I. Politico-military aspects of security:
Military confidence-building measures
II. Economics/science & technology/environment
III. Humanitarian &
other fields

4. 1st Basket of Helsinki Final Act
Politico-military aspects of security:
principles guiding relations between participating States and military confidence-building measures (CSBM)
CSBMs to “contribute to reducing the dangers of armed conflict and of misunderstanding or miscalculation of military activities which could give rise to apprehension, particularly in a situation where States lack clear and timely information”

5. 1st Dimension in OSCE structure
Conflict Prevention Centre (CPC) established, Paris Summit 1990
Forum for Security Co-operation (FSC) created, Helsinki Summit 1992
CSCE Secretariat with the CPC established, Rome Ministerial Council 1993
FSC Support Unit within the CPC in 1995/Section since 2007

6. FSC Mandate New negotiations on arms control and CSBMs
Tasks and objectives
New negotiations on arms control and CSBMs
Regular consultations on European security issues
Risk reduction, strengthening stability and confidence
Implementation of agreements
Programme of Immediate Action
Harmonization of arms control commitments
Global exchange of military information
Non-proliferation
Regional measures

7. Forum for Security Co-operation
Mandate
Helsinki 1992
Programme for Immediate Action
Budapest 1994
Lisbon 1996
Maastricht 2003: OSCE Strategy to Address Threats to Security and Stability in the Twenty First Century.
Over 500 Meetings held since 1992

8. OSCE Negotiating & Decision-Making Bodies
Summits
Ministerial Council
Permanent Council
Forum for Security Co-operation
Chairman-in-Office
Operational structures & Institutions
HCNM
ODIHR
RFOM
OSCE PA
Secretariat
Conflict Prevention Centre/FSC Support Section
Activities
Missions

9. Addressing the conflict cycle
OSCE permanent structures and field operations: the OSCE’s primary tools for handling conflicts
Early warning
Post-conflict rehabilitation
Conflict
prevention
Crisis management

10. Current field activities: regions of operations
Eastern Europe
Central Asia
South-Eastern Europe
Caucasus

11. Field Operations: The OSCE’s Front Line
The role of the Field Operations:
Helping host States fulfill their OSCE commitments
Early warning, conflict prevention, crisis management, post-conflict rehabilitation
Facilitating reforms and political processes, including those in support of conflict prevention
Keeping the OSCE community informed about developments

12. CPC: Constant Support The role of the CPC:
Direct support to all OSCE field operations
Liaison function between OSCE field operations Permanent Council and FSC
Coordination within OSCE and with other IOs
Cross-cutting activities and projects

13. FSC Rules and Procedures
Chairmanship (weekly, monthly, trimester)
FSC Troika
Rules and procedures
Weekly meetings
Working bodies
Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting
Co-ordination with the Permanent Council
Conferences, seminars, workshops

14. Forum for Security Co-operation
FSC Chairmanship
Rotates every 4 months
According to OSCE sequence
Chairs FSC Plenaries, WGs A and B and Troika meetings
Troika Meetings
Held before each FSC
Includes outgoing, current and incoming FSC Chair
Joint PC-FSC Meetings
Usually held 3 times a year
Chaired jointly by CiO and FSC Chair
Joint PC-FSC Troika
Cross-dimensional issues

15. FSC Structure

16. Annual major events Annual Implementation Assessment Meeting (AIAM)
Global Exchange of Military Information (GEMI)
Automated Data Workshop
Annual Security Review Conference (ASRC)
Annual Exchange of Military Information (AEMI)

17. CPC Facilitation and Monitoring of Exchanges of Military Information
Annual CPC Implementation Calendar
Announcing and reminding mechanism
CPC Monthly Reports and Quarterly Surveys on exchanged CSBM information
Ad hoc Surveys on specific implementation issues

18. CPC: SUPPORT TO FSC
ASSIST AND SUPPORT FSC PLENARY, WORKING GROUPS, AND TROIKA
FACILITATE, MONITOR, OVERVIEW AND REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF:
--VIENNA DOCUMENT 99
-- CODE OF CONDUCT ON POLITICO-MILITARY ASPECTS OF SECURITY
-- SMALL ARMS LIGHT WEAPONS DOCUMENT
-- OTHER AGREED CSBM
ORGANIZE
-- ANNUAL EXCHANGES OF MILITARY INFORMATION
-- ANNUAL IMPLEMENTATION ASSESSMENT MEETINGS
-- SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS

19. CPC: SUPPORT TO FSC MANAGE OSCE COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
-- CHAIR COMMUNICATIONS GROUP
-- DISTRIBUTE CFE/OPEN SKIES/VD 99 NOTIFICATIONS
SUPPORT IMPLEMENTATION OF MC/PC/FSC DECISIONS
-- ANTI-TERRORISM MEASURES
-- INCREASED COORDINATION WITH PERMANENT COUNCIL
-- PROJECTS ON SALW AND AMMUNITION SECURITY / DESTRUCTION

20. OSCE Assistance Activities
Control on Cross-Border trafficking
SALW and conventional ammunition destruction
SALW and Conventional Ammunition stockpile management and security
SALW Collection Programmes

21. OSCE Assistance Projects
FSC Coordinators on SALW and Conventional Ammunition Projects
Groups of Friends (Geographic or thematic)
Briefings by OSCE Field Operations
Synopsis of projects

22. OSCE Assistance Projects on SALW and Conventional Ammunition - Film
FSC Support Section
Conflict Prevention Centre
OSCE Secretariat
Wallner Strasse 6-A
A-1010 Vienna