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OSCE trains local government officials in Kazakhstan on gender mainstreaming
Publishing date: 2 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance, Gender equality
AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 2 October 2015 –Applying gender-mainstreaming principles in politics and local self-governance, as well as promoting good governance, transparency and accountability in rural communities and small towns were focus of the OSCE-supported training seminar that took place today in Aktau, Kazakhstan...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities supports knowledge-sharing on multilingual education in South Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
Content type: Press release
What we do: Education, National minority issues
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 30 September 2015 – The benefits of multilingual education was the focus of a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors, which ended today in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The conference brought together more than 500 participants from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Programme Office promotes organic farming in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 28 September, 2015 – Sustainable agricultural development and green growth principles were in focus at an OSCE-supported seminar, which took place today in Shymkent, southern Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports high-level discussion in Kazakhstan on access to information and countering corruption
Publishing date: 25 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance
ASTANA, 25 September 2015 – An OSCE-supported international conference on developing national legislation on access to information, public councils under government institutions, and countering corruption took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports regional seminar in Kazakhstan on water management
Publishing date: 23 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 23 September 2015 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on water governance aimed at promoting regional co-operation through the exchange of knowledge and experience began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan....
OSCE continues training police on public assembly management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 18 September 2015
ALMATY, 18 September 2015 – An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for police officers on best practices in managing public assemblies concluded today in Almaty. The event followed a similar seminar held on 14-15 September in Astana, Kazakhstan. Both seminars were co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Interior Ministry with the extra-budgetary support of the Federal Foreign Office of Germany...
OSCE supports Central Asian Leadership Programme for young environmentalists
Publishing date: 14 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Youth