News and press releases

The last in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars co-organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana and the Interior Ministry for police inspectors and officers on trends and challenges in preventing domestic violence took place on 5 June 2014 in Kokshetau...

ASTANA, 3 June 2014- A regional training seminar for military officers on the practical implementation of the OSCE Vienna Document 2011 on confidence- and security-building measures began in Astana today. The OSCE Centre in Astana has organized the four-day event in co-operation with Kazakhstan's Defence Ministry...

An OSCE-supported report on the activities of National Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) in 2013 was presented at a roundtable discussion at the Financial Police Academy in Koschi, Kazakhstan, on 3 June 2014...

ASTANA, 30 May 2014 – Current trends and challenges in the ongoing process of reforming legislation in Kazakhstan are the main topics of an OSCE-supported conference, organized by the Legislation Institute of the Justice Ministry, which opened today in Astana...

ASTANA, 22 May 2014 – An OSCE-supported regional conference on risk management in the context of customs enforcement, including international co-operation and information exchange in order to enhance communications strategies, started today in framework of the Seventh Astana Economic Forum...

ASTANA, 21 May 2014 – An OSCE-supported international conference “EXPO-2017 – Energy for Sustainable Development” in the framework of the Seventh Astana Economic Forum took place today...

A panel discussion on enhancing public participation in self-governance at the local level with a particular focus on citizens’ involvement in developing and implementing local budgets took place in Astana on 21 May 2014 within the framework of the Seventh Astana Economic Forum...