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OSCE-supported seminar focuses on challenges faced by female migrant workers
Publishing date: 14 September 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Gender equality
ASTANA, 14 September 2010- Raising awareness of the challenges faced by female migrant workers in the OSCE region and the need for more appropriate policy responses, is the focus of an OSCE-supported training seminar which started in Astana today...
OSCE seminar focuses on fight against corruption in border services in Central Asia and South Caucasus
Publishing date: 13 July 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 13 July 2010- How to best promote integrity in customs and border services in Central Asia and the South Caucasus was the topic of a regional OSCE seminar that concluded today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE organizes workshop in Kazakhstan on oil spills response
Publishing date: 14 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
ATYRAU, 14 October 2009- Experts from countries on the Caspian Sea shore, international organizations, private sector and civil society will discuss how to best deal with oil spills at an OSCE workshop that starts in Atyrau, western Kazakhstan, today.
Transport matters in focus at OSCE meeting in Astana
Publishing date: 12 October 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
ASTANA, 12 October 2009- A conference to prepare for the 18th OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum opened today in Astana with 170 participants discussing how to promote good governance at border crossings, and improve land transportation security...
Imprisonment of journalist violates Kazakhstan's commitments, says OSCE media freedom representative
Publishing date: 11 August 2009
Content type: Press release
What we do: Media freedom and development, Safety of journalists
VIENNA, 11 August 2009- Miklos Haraszti, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, said today that the three-year prison term handed down to Ramazan Yesergepov violated international standards and OSCE commitments on media freedom...
OSCE supports Central Asia workshop on seizing and recovering organized crime proceeds
Publishing date: 14 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ALMATY, 14 July 2009- A workshop to discuss how Central Asian law enforcement agencies can co-operate more effectively to seize and recover the illegal proceeds of organized crime, corruption and money laundering started in Almaty today...
OSCE Centre organizes workshop to encourage public participation in environmental decision-making
Publishing date: 2 July 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
URALSK, 2 July 2009-A workshop organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana that concluded today in Uralsk in western Kazakhstan aimed to develop co-operation and foster trust in the field of environmental decision-making among regional authorities...