News and press releases

ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 2 December 2011 – A roundtable discussion on the status of self-employed women organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana in co-operation with the Civil Society Development NGO began in Almaty today...

An OSCE-facilitated three-day regional training workshop for customs officers on implementing the World Customs Organization’s Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) programme concluded in Astana on 30 November. The AEO programme aims to facilitate and simplify customs processes and procedures, as well as to encourage public-private partnerships.

A two-and-a-half day workshop for border service and customs officials began in Merke, on Kazakhstan's southern border with Kyrgyzstan, on 28 November 2011. The OSCE Centre in Astana organized the seminar in co-operation with the EU/UNDP Border Management Programme for Central Asia, the International Organization for Migration and the border services and customs agencies of Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 29 November 2011 – A two-day OSCE-organized training seminar for judges on good legislative and judicial practices to combat trafficking in human-beings began in Astana today...

PAVLODAR, Kazakhstan, 25 November 2011- An OSCE-supported training course on environmental reporting for journalists began yesterday in Pavlodar, Northern Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 25 November 2011 – A conference to review the implementation of Kazakhstan’s 2009 Law on the Prevention of Domestic Violence and discuss possible amendments began in Astana today...

ASTANA, 24 November 2011 – A three-day workshop on establishing a green economy in Kazakhstan began today in Astana...