News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports eighth annual Central Asia environmental leadership programme in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 September 2017
The eighth annual OSCE-supported Central Asian Leadership Programme (CALP) on Environment for Sustainable Development concluded on 19 September 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports presentation of report on migrant workers’ and human trafficking victims’ rights in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 September 2017
ASTANA, 14 September 2017 – An OSCE-supported analytical report, produced by the Human Rights Commission under the President, on the rights of migrant workers and human trafficking victims in Kazakhstan was presented today at the Foreign Ministry in Astana....
OSCE supports regional conference on integrated water resources management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 7 September 2017
An OSCE-supported regional conference on transboundary water co-operation in Central Asia took place on 7 September 2017 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Secretary General meets with Central Asian Youth Network alumni
Publishing date: 31 August 2017
Five participants from the Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) met with OSCE Secretary General Thomas Greminger in Vienna on 30 August 2017 and discussed security issues in Central Asia, the OSCE’s work and its comprehensive approach to security...
OSCE concludes training seminars on torture prevention in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 August 2017
The last in a series of three OSCE-supported training seminars on monitoring of children's institutions for participants of National Preventive Mechanism for Preventing Torture and Ill-treatment (NPM) concluded on 29 August 2017 in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports training for journalists on open data and data processing in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 August 2017
A two-day OSCE-supported training seminar on data journalism for some 15 journalists across the country concluded on 25 August in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports regional trade facilitation and border protection workshop in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 25 August 2017
An OSCE-supported regional workshop on trade facilitation and border protection concluded on 25 August 2017 in Astana. Some 60 officials of Kazakhstan’s Finance Ministry and trade representatives from China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, the Russian Federation and Uzbekistan reviewed the challenges and