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Osservatorio Balcani e Caucaso Transeuropa is a think tank focused on South-East Europe, Turkey and the Caucasus which was launched in the year 2000. Over time, OBC expanded its scope and now reports and now reports on the socio-political and cultural developments of six EU member states, of seven countries taking part in the EU Enlargement process, and much of post-communist Europe, which is included in the European Neighborhood Policy (ENP).

Born to provide a forum for knowledge-sharing and dialogue among civil society organizations working for the EU integration of SEE, OBC is committed to strengthening the European project by supporting transnational relations and exploring issues which are crucial for the EU democracy.

To achieve its mission, OBC developed a multi-sectoral participatory strategy that combines online journalism, research, training, knowledge dissemination and policy advice. OBC is crossmedia, multi-lingual and transnational so as to stimulate bottom-up exchanges at the European level. Its targets are: CSOs, journalists, students and researchers, policy-makers, business, migrants, and the general public.

From its base in Rovereto, Italy, OBC monitors 26 countries, regions and de facto states in collaboration with over 50 correspondents, including journalists, researchers, and activists, in the field. It publishes online news, analyses and multimedia features on a daily basis. OBC's website hosts an open archive of 10,000 articles and multimedia features and draws an average of 130,000 unique visitors monthly.

Building on its monitoring and reporting activities, OBC pursues research on key issues which it publishes in papers and books and explores in documentaries. OBC circulates these publications and productions for public discussion via its website, through social media and at seminars, conferences, hangouts and online debates. These public events also give experts and decision-makers an opportunity to interface with civil society. OBC also uses crowd-sourcing and social media to complement the research undertaken.

Through this work, OBC aims to increase knowledge-sharing about and among countries in Europe which, 25 years after the end of the Cold War, are little-known - and which know little about each other - thus easing the East-West divide in contributions to European identity.

With its publications, OBC addresses the scientific community and, with its policy papers, it targets local, national and EU policy-makers. Moreover, OBC produces audiovisual material and educational kits and it holds workshops in schools and universities.

To maximise the awareness raising effort, OBC works on a wide dissemination activity that includes TV co-productions and hundreds of earned media every year. All OBC papers, products, as well as the records of public events can be found in the Papers, Multimedia, Our Products, and OBC Events sections of the website. OBC distributes all of its content with a Creative Commons license and employs open source technologies.