News and press releases

ASTANA, 16 November 2016 – A three-day OSCE regional workshop for 40 military and civilian experts focusing on challenges related to reducing and responding to explosive hazards, and developing the capacities of personnel working in this area, started today in Astana...

The last in a series of three OSCE-supported regional roundtable discussions on promoting green technologies with a focus on organic agriculture concluded on 15 November 2016 in Kokshetau, Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 14 November 2016- An OSCE-supported four-day training seminar, which aims at improving the interaction between law-enforcement agencies and the media, began today in Astana...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported a training seminar on addressing domestic violence for 35 chairpersons of regional courts in Astana, Kazakhstan on 14 November 2016...

The OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the European Union’s Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) organized a study tour to Riga, Latvia from 8 to 11 November 2016 for four officials from the Internal Affairs Ministry and National Security Committee on irregular migration management and readmission procedures...

ASTANA, 11 November 2016- An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on addressing sexual harassment in the workplace took place today for some 40 members of Parliament, high-level government officials and civil society representatives in Astana, Kazakhstan. It was aimed at supporting the host country in implementing the OSCE Action Plan for the Promotion of Gender Equality...

ASTANA, 9 November 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day workshop on fighting illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW) began today in Astana, Kazakhstan...