News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Academy in Bishkek launches module on economic and environmental field
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
BISHKEK, 26 March 2012 – Twenty-four students from Central Asia and Afghanistan – enrolled in the OSCE Academy’s newly launched Masters programme in Economic Governance and Development – started today a one-week teaching module devoted to the OSCE’s work in the economic and environmental field...
ODIHR trains NGOs in south Kyrgyzstan on trial monitoring
Publishing date: 24 March 2012
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shared its trial-monitoring methodology with representatives of non-governmental organizations from the south of Kyrgyzstan, in two days of training organized in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and held in Osh on 23 and 24 March 2012...
OSCE supports money-laundering risk assessment in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 13 March 2012
A three-day workshop on assessing the risk of money laundering started in Bishkek on 13 March 2012. The event was organized by the OSCE, the World Bank and the UNODC in co-operation with Kyrgyzstan’s State Financial Intelligence Service...
OSCE trains local government, water user associations in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 March 2012
JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 10 March 2012 – More efficient use of water resources and resolving potential disputes over water were the focus of a training seminar that took place today in Jalal-Abad, southern Kyrgyzstan, with the support of the OSCE Osh field office...
OSCE helps Kyrgyzstan strengthen secure storage of small arms, light weapons, conventional ammunition
Publishing date: 27 February 2012
KOY-TASH, Kyrgyzstan, 27 February 2012- Strengthening the capacity of the Kyrgyz Defence Ministry and sharing best practices in securing conventional ammunitions depots and stockpile management will be the focus of a three-week OSCE-supported training course that started today in Koy-Tash village in the north of Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre refurbishes Kyrgyz Public TV resource centre
Publishing date: 24 February 2012
BISHKEK, 24 February, 2012- The donation of computer equipment and furniture from the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to the Kyrgyzstan’s Public TV resource centre took place today...
OSCE facilitates discussion on prevention of torture in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 February 2012
BISHKEK, 22 February 2012 – The implementation of the Istanbul Protocol standards for the effective investigation and documentation of torture and ill treatment in Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the UN OHCHR Regional Office for Central Asia, the Soros Foundation and the US-based NGO Physicians for Human Rights...