News and press releases

From August 2-6, 2023, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (Office) organized a three-day national forum “Stakeholders engagement for uranium legacy sites remediation in Tajikistan” in Guliston, Sughd region. The event brought together representatives from local and international partners, public organizations, the media, and technical working groups on radiation safety from the target areas of the region.

On 5 August 2023, twenty rescuers from Tajikistan’s Committee of Emergency Situations and Civil Defence completed a training course organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Tajikistan (Office) on “Mountaineering- rescue operations in mountain conditions” in Varzob district.

From 24 July to 4 August 2023, the Programme Office in Dushanbe (Office), in close co-operation with the Prosecutor General’s Office and the Institute for the Study of Law, Order, Crime and Professional Development of Prosecutors, organized three three-day capacity-building workshops on” Pre-investigation aspects of cases related to terrorism, violent extremism and terrorism financing”. The workshops were attended by 72 local prosecutors and investigators (1 female, 71 male) of Dushanbe, Districts under Central Government Jurisdiction, and the Khatlon and Sughd regions.

From 24 to 28 of July 2023, the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe (Office) conducted a five-day exchange visit to Ashgabat, Turkmenistan for Tajik border agencies on good practices in cross-border co-operation.

The OSCE Programme Office (Office) in Dushanbe conducted a three-day workshop on project proposal writing with regard to water governance and management from 19 to 21 July in Dushanbe.

Sarajevo, 21 July 2023 – The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, Republic of Tajikistan, in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina, facilitated a study visit for the Tajik delegation on domestic violence prevention and response from 15- 21 July. The study visit aimed at enhancing Tajikistan's legislative framework and best practices in tackling domestic violence by drawing insights from Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH).

A three-week Regional Explosive Ordnance Disposal Course (EOD level 1) started on 10 July at the Regional Explosive Hazards Training Centre (REHTC) of Tajikistan’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) in Chimteppa, outskirts of Dushanbe.