News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
First deployment of OSCE Mobile Training Team to address cross-border challenges in identifying foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 25 May 2017
SARAJEVO, 25 May – The newly established OSCE Mobile Training Team for the identification of foreign terrorist fighters delivered its first on-site interactive training course from 23 to 25 May in Sarajevo. During the three-day event, 22 border officers from airports in Bosnia and Herzegovina learned how to identify potential foreign terrorist fighters at the border crossing points in compliance with international human rights standards.
OSCE trains border guards on travel document security and identification in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 May 2017
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...
Best Practices in international co-operation on border security discussed at OSCE Border Management Staff College in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 12 May 2017
A training course on best practices in international co-operation on border security concluded on 12 May 2017 at the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
Cross-border research conference concludes at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 4 May 2017
DUSHANBE, 4 May 2017- The fourth Cross-Border Research Conference on “the Dilemma of Migration” concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
Training series on risk profiling at border checkpoints co-organized by OSCE concludes in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 May 2017
An OSCE-supported five-day training course on risk profiling at border checkpoints to assist authorities in countering transnational threats concluded in Astana on 28 April 2017...
Afghan border troops complete OSCE-supported search and rescue training course in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 26 April 2017
Eighteen Afghan border police officers completed a two-week training course on search and rescue on 26 April 2017. The course was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
Border institute instructors complete OSCE train-the-trainers course
Publishing date: 24 April 2017
The concluding module of a train-the-trainers course for instructors of the Central Asia border institutes was delivered by the OSCE Border Management Staff College at the State Border Guard College of Latvia in Rezekne from 17 to 22 April 2017...