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OSCE Centre organizes course for Kyrgyz Border Service on detecting false IDs
Publishing date: 12 December 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism, Policing
BISHKEK, 12 December 2008- Eighteen Border Service officers completed a training course on identifying counterfeit ID documents in Bishkek today...
OSCE holds high-level seminar on travel document security in Banja Luka
Publishing date: 23 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
BANJA LUKA, 23 October 2008- A two-day high-level seminar on security standards for issuing and producing travel documents started in Bosnia and Herzegovina today...
OSCE brings together experts from Central, Eastern Europe to discuss border crossings
Publishing date: 9 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Office in Minsk (closed)
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
MINSK, 9 October 2008- Evaluating the performance of border crossings in Central and Eastern Europe and best practices in the field were the focus of an OSCE-organized meeting that ended in Minsk today...
Finland and OSCE train Central Asian senior officials in border security and management
Publishing date: 6 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
HELSINKI, 6 October 2008- Enhancing the capacities of border and law enforcement agencies in Central Asia is the aim of a training course that began in Helsinki today.
OSCE hosts Central Asia legal workshop to help boost fight against organized crime
Publishing date: 9 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
ALMATY, 9 July 2008- International legal experts joined 68 counterparts from Central Asia, Afghanistan and Ukraine today at an OSCE-hosted workshop focusing on confiscating criminal assets, combating money laundering...
Border management, economic development focus of OSCE meeting in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 25 February 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
DUSHANBE, 25 February 2008- Developing a national border strategy and border security and management projects were among some of the topics discussed at an OSCE-Tajikistan Task Force meeting that took place in Dushanbe today...
Central Asian landlocked countries implementing Almaty Programme of Action, need to further co-ordinate efforts
Publishing date: 27 July 2007
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
ALMATY, 27 July 2007- Landlocked countries in Central Asia have made good progress with regard to implementing the 2003 UN-endorsed Almaty Programme of Action, said participants at a meeting organized by the OSCE in Almaty today...