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OSCE supports regional workshop on addressing foreign terrorist fighters phenomenon
Publishing date: 20 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 20 August 2015 – A two-day Regional Workshop on the Preventive Obligations and Criminalization of Offences regarding Foreign Terrorist Fighters prescribed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2178 (2014) began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE trains law enforcement officers in Kazakhstan on using dogs to detect explosives
Publishing date: 10 August 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
A three-week advanced course on the use of detection dogs began on 10 August 2015 in Almaty. It aims to help enhance the capacity of Kazakhstan’s law enforcement bodies by improving their ability and knowledge in the effective use of dogs to ensure security and stability in the country...
OSCE conducts training seminar on integration of labour migrants in northern Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 30 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Migration
PETROPAVLOVSK, Northern Kazakhstan, 30 July 2015-- A one-day training seminar on the integration of labour migrants took place today in Petropavlovsk. Its aim was to review the legal and operational framework regulating the migrants’ access to the host country’s labour market and obligations of OSCE participating States related to labour migration...
OSCE marks World Day against Trafficking in Persons by supporting public awareness campaign in Astana
Publishing date: 30 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana, marking the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, supported a public awareness campaign on combating trafficking in human beings in Astana on 30 July 2015. The initiative was carried out in partnership with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the local NGO “Korgau” and in co-operation with the City Police Administration...
OSCE supports working group meeting on social standards for victims of domestic violence in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the first meeting of the inter-departmental working group aiming at developing social services for victims of domestic violence that was held in Astana on 29 July 2015...
OSCE organizes regional training seminar on integration of labour migrants
Publishing date: 27 July 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance, Migration
A one-day training seminar on the integration of labour migrants started on 27 July 2015 in Uralsk, western Kazakhstan...
OSCE trains law enforcement personnel on countering transnational organized crime and drug trafficking
Publishing date: 27 July 2015