News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Office in Tajikistan supports National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 4 November 2015
A practical workshop organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on the National Risk Assessment of money laundering and terrorism financing processes took place at Bahoriston resort in Sughd region on 27-29 October 2015...
OSCE Mission in Kosovo to host regional conference on fighting corruption
Publishing date: 3 November 2015
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 3 November 2015 – The OSCE Mission will start tomorrow a two-day conference on fighting corruption for representatives of institutions, police, and civil society from the region...
OSCE-supported training course focuses on economic empowerment of women in Montenegro’s Bijelo Polje municipality
Publishing date: 2 November 2015
The economic empowerment of unemployed women in Montenegro’s municipality of Bijelo Polje was the topic of a training course on 30-31 October 2015 supported by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro...
OSCE supports anti-corruption pilot programme for secondary schools students and teachers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 October 2015
An OSCE-supported training seminar for some 100 secondary school teachers on a new anti-corruption curriculum took place on 30 October 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The seminar was the last stage in a series of sessions for 150 school students at two Kazakh- and three Russian-speaking schools which were held earlier in Almaty...
OSCE project on building capacity of Kyrgyz and Afghan customs officers concludes
Publishing date: 29 October 2015
BISHKEK, 29 October 2015 – A ceremony to mark the end of a three-year OSCE Centre in Bishkek project to build the technical capacity of Afghan and Kyrgyz customs officers took place at the premises of the Kyrgyz Customs’ Training Centre in Leninskoe village, 20 kilometres outside Bishkek. The project was implemented jointly with the State Customs Service under the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic...
OSCE-supported certification programme for combatting money laundering and financing of terrorism launched in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 October 2015
An OSCE-supported certification programme aimed to help representatives of the banking sector to detect and to prevent money laundering and terrorism financing in compliance with international standards was launched on 19 October 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Gender aspects of labour migration policies in the Mediterranean region in focus at OSCE workshop in Malta
Publishing date: 9 October 2015
VALLETTA, 9 October 2015 – During a three-day workshop in Malta that concluded today, participants discussed how to enhance collaboration among participating States and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation in developing gender-sensitive labour migration policies in countries of origin and destination in the Mediterranean region...