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 people to promote the use of its extensive record holdings and to share information on OSCE themes.
Recently, the Centre prepared, in co-operation with the Communication and Media Relations Section, a commemoration page on the 30th anniversary of the Paris Summit and the Charter of Paris for a New Europe.
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
- Operating the Researcher-in-Residence programme
- Operating multidisciplinary outreach activities
- Delivering presentations for visiting groups
- Preparing and disseminating the Quarterly Selections of the vital OSCE documents and publications
- 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
