News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports regional training seminar on risk profiling in Central Asia
Publishing date: 1 March 2018
An OSCE-supported regional seminar on risk profiling for officers of border service educational institutions from Central Asian states concluded on 1 March 2018 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports training event on risk profiling for Kazakhstan’s Coast Guard
Publishing date: 26 January 2018
Countering transnational threats through the organization of risk profiling during sea vessel searches was the focus of an OSCE-supported five-day training course that concluded in Aktau, Kazakhstan on 26 January 2018.
OSCE organizes roundtable discussion on airport security in Podgorica
Publishing date: 22 December 2017
A two-day roundtable discussion on airport security organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in close co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, concluded on 21 December 2017 in Podgorica.
OSCE organizes intensive border management training for OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network
Publishing date: 22 December 2017
Members of the OSCE Mediterranean Points of Contact Network on border management and security completed a four-day intensive training course on various topics related to their work on 22 December 2017 in Vienna.
OSCE enhances identification and profiling skills of border guards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 20 December 2017
An OSCE-supported national seminar on identification and profiling techniques for officers of Kazakhstan’s Border Service and Migration Police concluded in Almaty on 13 December 2017...
OSCE organizes workshop on Advance Passenger Information System in Skopje
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
A workshop on how to establish an Advance Passenger Information (API) System in Skopje, aimed at preventing the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and combating terrorism and transnational crime, was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit (TNTD/BSMU) in Skopje from 12 to 14 December 2017.
OSCE organizes training-of-trainers course in Ukraine on detecting forged documents
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
A two-week advanced train-the-trainer course for ten Ukrainian border control officers took place from 4 to 14 December 2017 in Cherkasy, Ukraine. Organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD/BSMU), the course aimed to develop the officers’ knowledge about fraudulent documents and their teachings skills for delivering such training courses themselves in the future.