The OSCE by All project of Historians without Borders aims to highlight the voices of civil society and experts with a view to Finland's 2025 OSCE presidency. The project also aims to promote debate on Finland's foreign policy history.
Historians without Borders launched the OSCE by All pilot project in early 2024, for which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland has awarded a grant.
The aim of the project is to raise the voices of civil society and experts in view of Finland’s 2025 OSCE Chairmanship and to promote the debate on Finland’s foreign policy history. The OSCE by All project will foster discussion between experts, policy-makers and the general public to look at the OSCE’s past, present and future.
The project team consists of Marko Lehti, Research Director of Tampere Peace Research Institute (TAPRI) at Tampere University, Louis Clerc, Professor of Contemporary History at the University on Turku and Bradley Reynolds, Doctoral Researcher at the University of Helsinki and member of the board of Historians without Borders in Finland. Heta Hedman, Secretary General of Historians without Borders in Finland and Bradley Reynolds will support the project as members of Historians without Borders.
Find out more about the project aims in the blog post titled OSCE by All – Elevating Civil Society Voices: An Example from Historians without Borders, written by Bradley Reynolds.
News:
OSCE by All Final Report published!
The OSCE by All pilot project final report, compiling all of the published articles of the project, has now been published. OSCE by All, implemented by Historians without Borders in Finland, engaged Finnish civil society actors and citizens more broadly and aimed to motivate interest in the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) as a unique, comprehensive security. organization.
Helsinki+50 From Below? Building Bottom-Up Approaches for Climate Resilience
On 28 April, 2025, Historians without Borders in Finland hosted a side event at the Finnish OSCE Chairpersonship event in Vienna, Resilient Together in a Changing Climate. Together with the Netherland’s Helsinki Committee and Bir Duino Kyrgyzstan, HwB advocated for the value of civil society partnerships and co-operation in OSCE environmental security initiatives.
The OSCE Past and Present – OSCE by All Student Paper Series
As a final section of the OSCE by All project, Historians without Borders in Finland has curated a student policy-recommendation paper series in support of the 2025 Finnish Chairpersonship. The series looks at the OSCE’s added value in the European security architecture, as well as Finland’s engagement with the OSCE.
Environmental Security Policy Recommendations of the “OSCE by All” Project Published
The initial policy recommendations of the OSCE by All Project for Finland’s OSCE Chairmanship have now been published. The recommendations are based on an international workshop organized in cooperation with the Civic Solidarity Platform and Austausch on November 5, 2024 in Helsinki.
Events:
Beacon of Hope – OSCE and Civil Society at Home and Abroad, Past and Future
Panel discussion at Europe Forum
Friday August 30, 2024 at 10:00-10:45 am (EEST)
Sopukka-stage, Turku City Theatre / Webcast
Contact:
Bradley Reynolds
Senior Researcher, University of Turku & member of the board of Historians without Borders in Finland
bradley.reynolds@helsinki.fi
Heta Hedman
Secretary General
Historians without Borders in Finland
heta.hedman@hwb.fi
