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OSCE Centre fosters discussion on developing local self-government in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 24 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Rule of law
ASTANA, 24 November 2008- Kazakh legislation on the development of local self-government was discussed at an international conference in Astana today. The event, organized by the OSCE Centre in Astana, the United Nations Development Programme...

OSCE/ODIHR experts to visit Kazakhstan to discuss draft law on freedom of religion

Publishing date: 21 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Tolerance and non-discrimination
WARSAW, 21 November 2008- A group of international experts will visit Kazakhstan on 24 and 25 November to discuss the country's draft law on freedom of religion...

OSCE promotes democratic policing in Central Asia

Publishing date: 13 November 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
ALMATY, 13 November 2008- Assisting OSCE participating States in Central Asia to put the Organization's guidelines on democratic policing into practice is the focus of a roundtable discussion that opened in Almaty today...

OSCE Centre supports discussion to improve oil spill response strategies in the Caspian

Publishing date: 29 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 29 October 2008- Increasing the national capacity to respond to oil spills in the Caspian Sea region is the topic of a three-day workshop that started in the western oil port city of Aktau today...

OSCE helps promote confidence- and security-building measures in Central Asia

Publishing date: 28 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Forum for Security Co-operation, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
ALMATY, 28 October 2008- Further enhancing confidence- and security-building measures and promoting military co-operation outlined in the 1999 OSCE Vienna Document are the focus of a training seminar that started in Almaty today...

OSCE Centre supports education for sustainable development

Publishing date: 21 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
PAVLODAR, Kazakhstan, 21 October 2008- Best practices for introducing sustainable development in higher education are the focus of a workshop that started today in Pavlodar...

Central Asia journalists discuss public-service broadcasting, digitalization at OSCE media conference

Publishing date: 17 October 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media
What we do: Media freedom and development, Media pluralism, Media self-regulation
ALMATY, 17 October 2008- The future of public-service broadcasting and how the digital switchover can support media freedom and pluralism was the focus of the 10th OSCE Central Asia Media Conference, which concluded in Almaty today...