News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports training seminar on data journalism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 August 2016
An OSCE-supported training seminar on data journalism for some 15 journalists from across Kazakhstan started on 22 August 2016 in Astana...
OSCE promotes women’s economic empowerment in rural areas of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 August 2016
TARAZ, Kazakhstan, 19 August 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on promoting women entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan’s rural areas, which took place today in Taraz, South Kazakhstan, brought together some 50 participants from the Parliament, the Zhambyl local administration, the regional National Chamber of Entrepreneurs- Atameken, business organizations and civil society...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana trains notaries and advocates on countering money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 16 August 2016
ASTANA, 16 August 2016 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) for some 45 notaries, advocates and government officials took place today in Astana. The event was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in co-operation with the Finance Ministry’s Financial Monitoring Committee...
OSCE concludes series of training seminars on implementing the National Preventive Mechanism in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 2 August 2016
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana concluded a series of two-day training seminars for some 100 members of the National Preventive Mechanism (NPM) against Torture on 2 August 2016 in Aktobe, Western Kazakhstan...
OSCE promotes ‘green’ women’s entrepreneurship in rural areas of Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 July 2016
The fourth in a series of five OSCE-supported training seminars for women entrepreneurs working in the field of green technology started on 29 July 2016 in Arnasai village, Central Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports water co-operation in southern Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 July 2016
The OSCE-supported eleventh meeting of the Chu-Talas Water Basin Council took place on 28 July in Taraz, southern Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office supports training for defence lawyers in Kazakhstan on the new criminal procedure legislation
Publishing date: 22 July 2016
ASTANA, 22 July 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for some 30 defence lawyers from the northern part of Kazakhstan began today in Astana, with the aim of enhancing their understanding, common interpretation and implementation of the new criminal procedure legislation...