News and press releases

ASTANA, 10 March 2016 – An OSCE-supported conference on practical steps by the government to reduce greenhouse gas emissions took place today in Astana, with national and international experts presenting proposals to encourage energy efficiency and examining ways to introduce green technologies...

ASTANA, 9 March 2016 – An OSCE-supported national seminar on identification and profiling techniques for officers of Kazakhstan’s Border Service and Migration Police began today in Astana...

AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 3 March 2016 – A three-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the application of the new Civil Procedure Code of Kazakhstan and major areas of modernizing the procedural law began today in Ak-Bulak near Almaty, Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 29 February 2016 – Factors underlying violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism and the ways to effectively address this threat in Central Asia and beyond were the focus of an international roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana in co-operation with the Centre for Military Strategic Research under the Ministry of Defence, in Astana today...

KYZYLORDA, Kazakhstan, 25 February 2016 – A workshop on water quality assurance of the Aral-Syrdarya Water Basin took place today in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan, bringing together some 40 representatives of regional authorities, civil society, academia and the Aral-Syrdarya Water Basin Council...

ASTANA, 24 February 2016- An OSCE-supported training course for some 30 judges and representatives of regional courts from across Kazakhstan on best practices in combating corruption in the judiciary was held today in Astana...

ASTANA, 11 February 2016 – The OSCE Programme Office in Astana today launched the first in a series of six two-day training seminars for judges from Kazakhstan’s regional courts on good practices in countering the trafficking of human beings...