News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports conference on promotion of green technologies in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 March 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana in partnership with the Burabay Aarhus Centre organized a conference on the promotion of green technologies in the Schuchinsk-Borovoye resort zone in Borovoye, Kazakhstan, on 27 March 2015...
OSCE supports discussion in Astana on countering terrorism
Publishing date: 20 March 2015
ASTANA, 20 March 2015 – Current trends in international terrorism and the prevention of youth involvement into the violent extremism and radicalization were among the topics of an OSCE-supported international roundtable discussion, which took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports meeting of working group on social standards for victims of cruel treatment in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 19 March 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana supported the first meeting of the interdepartmental working group established with the aim to develop standards of social services for victims of human trafficking that took place in Astana on 19 March 2015...
OSCE supports conference on digital media in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 March 2015
ALMATY, 17 March 2015 – The transition from analogue to digital broadcasting, the new technological platforms for the distribution of audio-visual content and the business challenges in the digital environment are the focus of an OSCE-supported international conference that began today in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office holds high-level roundtable discussion on criminal justice
Publishing date: 12 March 2015
AK-BULAK, Kazakhstan, 12 March 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on the application of new Criminal Procedure Code of Kazakhstan and major areas of criminal justice modernization began today in Ak-Bulak near Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE helps develop anti-money laundering certification program for Kazakhstan’s financial sector
Publishing date: 10 March 2015
The first meeting of the OSCE-supported Working Group on developing an Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) certification programme for the financial sector was held on 10 March 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE organizes study visit for Kazakhstan delegation to Serbia on National mechanism for victims of human trafficking
Publishing date: 6 March 2015
The OSCE Programme Office in Astana organized a visit to Belgrade for Kazakhstan’s parliamentarians, representatives of the Health Care and Social Development and Interior Ministries and civil society activists from 4 to 7 March 2015. The purpose of the visit is to study Serbia’s experience in establishing a National Referral Mechanism for Victims of Human Trafficking...