News and press releases

ASTANA, 23 November 2015 – An OSCE-supported workshop was held in Astana today on mechanisms and ways to de-carbonize Kazakhstan’s economy in view of its commitments to be approved at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris...

TARAZ, Kazakhstan, 19 November 2015 – A two-part OSCE-supported training seminar on protecting human rights began today in Taraz, Zhambyl Region, targeting regional administration officials, law-enforcement officers, judges, prosecutors, academics and representatives of civil society...

A group of five high-level officials from Kazakhstan’s Committee of Emergency Situations of Interior Ministry concluded an OSCE-supported study visit to the European Commission’s Emergency Response Co-ordination Centre (ERCC) in Brussels on 17 November 2015...

ASTANA, 17 November 2015 – A seminar organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and National Economy Ministry on best practices in local self-governance took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...

KOKSHETAU, Kazakhstan, 16 November 2015 – Some 20 regional and city administration officials, civil society activists and trade union representatives will learn about the provisions and application in Kazakhstan of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) during a two-day OSCE-supported training seminar that began today in Kokshetau...

ASTANA, 13 November 2015 – An OSCE-supported international conference on the Green Bridge Partnership Programme (GBPP) as platform for promoting best practices and innovations in a green economy took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 10 November 2015 – The role and participation of civil society in preventing and countering violent extremism was the topic of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion, which began today in Astana.