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OSCE trains young water management experts in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 10 June 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
A two-day training seminar on the methods of efficient water management for some 25 students from Kazakhstan’s five leading academic institutions concluded on 10 June 2016 in Kyzylorda, Kazakhstan...
Media-court relations in spotlight of OSCE-supported training in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 9 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
ASTANA, 9 June 2016 – A two-day training seminar on promoting court information for some 25 representatives of the supreme and regional courts of Kazakhstan began today in Astana...
OSCE supports workshop on irregular migration management and readmission practices in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Border management, Migration
An OSCE Programme Office in Astana-supported workshop on international best practices in irregular migration management and readmission procedures for 10 Internal Affairs Ministry and National Security Committee officials started took place on 6 June 2016 in Astana...
Public participation in environmental decision-making through Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative in focus of OSCE event in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
OSKEMEN, Kazakhstan, 3 June 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion for some 40 representatives of government, business, civil society and academia on public participation in environmental decision-making through Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) took place today in Oskemen, Eastern Kazakhstan Region...
OSCE seminar in Kazakhstan aims at preventing terrorists from crossing borders
Publishing date: 2 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ASTANA, 2 June 2016 – An OSCE-supported seminar focusing on the use of a technologically advanced passport verification system, the International Civil Aviation Organization’ Public Key Directory (ICAO PKD), concluded today in Astana...
OSCE organizes study tour to Russia to enhance court and media relations in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 May 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
The issues of enhancing the interaction between the courts and the media in Kazakhstan were in the spotlight of an OSCE-organized three-day study tour to Russian Federation by a delegation from the Supreme Court of Kazakhstan, Almaty City Court and the Court Reporters Guild from 25 to 27 May 2016...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports publication of Ombudsman’s Annual Report
Publishing date: 27 May 2016
ASTANA, 27 May 2016 – An OSCE-supported presentation of the report on the activities of Kazakhstan’s National Human Rights Commissioner (Ombudsman) in 2015 took place today in Astana bringing together some 60 parliamentarians, government officials, legal scholars, representatives of non-governmental organizations and media...