News and press releases

Countering transnational threats through the organization of risk profiling during sea vessel searches was the focus of an OSCE-supported five-day training course that concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 26 January 2018.

An OSCE-supported forum to discuss opportunities for attracting investments in Kazakhstan’s waste recycling sector and exchange best practices and technologies in the field was held on 26 January 2018 in Almaty. Some 60 representatives of central and local governments, regional waste recycling companies, environmental experts, civil society, international organizations and national businesses participated in the two-day event.

An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for some 20 representatives of Kazakhstan’s National Bank on the use of cryptocurrencies concluded on 21 December 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

An OSCE-supported national seminar on identification and profiling techniques for officers of Kazakhstan’s Border Service and Migration Police concluded in Almaty on 13 December 2017...

The annual OSCE-supported International Youth Legal Forum, which is held in recognition of the Human Rights Day and was dedicated to mechanisms of human rights protection this year, concluded on 14 December 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.

A two-day sub-regional training on the role of cyber/ICT in the context of regional and international security, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department in co-operation with the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, is taking place on 12-13 December 2017 in Astana.

OSCE-supported public hearings on the management of public assemblies and ways to increase the level of trust between law enforcement and citizens took place at Kazakhstan’s Interior Ministry in Astana on 8 December 2017...