The meeting was attended by the following: ODIHR Director Janez Lenarčič, OSCE representative on Freedom of the Media Ms Dunja Mijatović and OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Mr Astrid Thors.

During the meeting, plans and priorities of Swiss presidency were discussed as well as modalities of cooperation among various OSCE institutions. Additionally, work plans of these institutions were presented.

In the conversation, the emphasis was placed on the contribution of the OCE Parliamentary Assembly to democratisation of member states, particularly through special coordination of all subjects which have been overseeing the overall aspects of elections, as a part of which a cooperation with the ODHIR has been additionally improved.

The special stress was laid to media freedoms and current cases of breaching of those in the member states. 

Heads of the OSCE institutions agreed that 2014 would be a year of challenges, in the fields of elections that were to happen, and that would be followed by the two organisations, as well as that a special attention would be paid to Balkans, that would have a special representative during Swiss presidency.

Today, in Vienna, Mr Krivokapić also participated in the special meeting of the OSCE Standing Committee, devoted to priorities of Swiss presidency,