News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Border Guards complete OSCE training course on patrolling in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 September 2016
ASHGABAT, 24 September 2016 – A series of training courses for the State Border Service of Turkmenistan, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, concluded today near Ashgabat...
Border and customs officers trained on border inspections at regional OSCE-supported event in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 September 2016
An OSCE-supported workshop for 20 border guards and customs officers from Central Asian countries on border inspection ethics and public service standards began on 20 September 2016 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE trains Kazakhstan’s border service in profiling techniques
Publishing date: 12 September 2016
The fourth in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars on profiling techniques at border checkpoints to help counter transnational crime started on 12 September in Karasu, Southern Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports advanced training course in Germany on addressing cross-border challenges in identification of foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 7 September 2016
GARMISH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany, 7 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported training course for 17 border security and management officers and counter-terrorism experts from participating States and Partners for Co-operation countries on the identification of foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) concluded today in Garmish-Partenkirchen, Germany. The one-week course is the second stage of a multi-phase project to establish the first ever OSCE multi-national and multi-agency mobile training team for the identification of FTF at the borders...
Tajik border troops complete OSCE-supported course on patrolling and leadership
Publishing date: 6 September 2016
DUSHANBE, 6 September 2016 – Twenty officers of the Tajik border troops graduated today from a four-week basic patrol and leadership course at the Gissar Training Centre. The course was organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan and was conducted from 10 August to 6 September 2016...
Modern security challenges and border management discussed at OSCE-led course in Vienna
Publishing date: 26 August 2016
VIENNA, 26 August 2016- A two-week workshop focusing on modern security challenges and border management concluded today at the Federal Academy of Finance of Austria...
OSCE supports workshop on best practices in border surveillance for Kazakh, Kyrgyz and Tajik border officials
Publishing date: 26 August 2016
DUSHANBE, 26 August 2016- A five-day OSCE-supported workshop for twenty border officials from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan on best practices in border surveillance concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe...