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OSCE trains border guards on travel document security and identification in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 19 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Border management, Countering terrorism, Migration
A five-day OSCE-supported training seminar for 30 border guards on the detection of forged travel documents and identification techniques concluded in Astana on 19 May 2017...

OSCE concludes green technology workshops for women entrepreneurs in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 18 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
The last in a series of three OSCE-supported training seminars for women entrepreneurs to promote the use of green technologies took place on 18 May 2017 in Kostanai, Kazakhstan...

OSCE supports National Preventive Mechanism against Torture in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 17 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights
The first OSCE-supported forum on Kazakhstan’s National Preventive Mechanism against Torture (NPM), focused on national and international experience in this field, concluded on 17 May 2017 in Astana.

OSCE promotes advanced water education standards in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 16 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Education
Sustainable water governance with a focus on advanced education standards in the water sector was the focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on 16 May 2017 that took place today at Kazakhstan’s Parliament in Astana...

OSCE promotes best practices in trans-boundary water management in western Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 16 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Water management
An OSCE-supported workshop for the Kazakhstan-Russia experts’ commission meeting on the joint use and protection of trans-boundary water resources in the Ural River basin concluded on 16 May 2017 in Atyrau, Kazakhstan...

Young experts from Central Asia discuss prevention of violent extremism at workshop convened by OSCE Austrian Chairmanship

Publishing date: 12 May 2017
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Youth
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 12 May 2017 – A group of 15 young experts from the wider Central Asia region convened today in Almaty, Kazakhstan for a two-day workshop to discuss their role in the prevention of violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT)...

First Olympiad on multilingualism in Central Asia underlines value of mother tongues, State and official, and foreign languages as tools for integration

Publishing date: 10 May 2017
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, National minority issues
The first Olympiad on multilingualism in Central Asia that specifically focused on the mother tongues of the region, State and official languages, as well as foreign languages was held in Karaganda, Kazakhstan from 4 to 6 May 2017. Organized by Karaganda State University, in co-operation with the