News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Corruption as a security threat focus of specialized OSCE course in Sarajevo
Publishing date: 21 April 2017
A two-day specialized security policy course focused on corruption and its implications for security, hosted by the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and the Inter-Ministerial Working Group for Monitoring the Implementation of the Security Policy of BiH, concluded on 21 April 2017 in Sarajevo...
OSCE supports second workshop and roundtable discussion on women’s economic empowerment in Kazakhstan’s rural areas
Publishing date: 21 April 2017
An OSCE-supported two-day roundtable discussion and workshop on promoting rural entrepreneurship for women of the South Kazakhstan Region concluded on 21 April 2017 in Shymkent...
OSCE works with energy ministry to introduce strategic environmental assessment in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 April 2017
ASTANA, 6 April 2017 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on introducing the Protocol on Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Kazakhstan began today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
Turkmenistan hosts Regional Infrastructure Confidence-Building Measures Meeting supported by the OSCE
Publishing date: 3 April 2017
ASHGABAT, 3 April 2017 – The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Turkmenistan, supported by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, organized today in Ashgabat the fifth meeting of the Regional Infrastructure Confidence-building Measures (RI-CBM) technical groups within the framework of the Istanbul Process on Afghanistan...
OSCE supports workshop on women’s economic empowerment in rural areas of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 March 2017
SHORTANDY, Kazakhstan, 30 March 2017 – A two-day OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on economic empowerment of women living in rural areas of Kazakhstan began today in the village of Shortandy near Astana...
OSCE organizes study visit to Austria for Albanian anti-corruption authorities
Publishing date: 28 March 2017
A dozen of high-level representatives of Albanian anti-corruption authorities concluded a four-day study visit to Austrian institutions on 24 March 2017. The activity was organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania as part of a project funded by the Central European Initiative (CEI) with the aim of supporting anti-corruption capacity building and the exchange of good practices...
OSCE-supported workshop in Kazakhstan focuses on facilitating temporary import of goods
Publishing date: 3 March 2017
Some 70 officials from central and local customs authorities in Kazakhstan and members of the Chamber of Commerce and business community were trained on a system which allows entities to temporarily import goods into a country during a workshop supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana on 2 and 3 March 2017...