News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports workshop on irregular migration management and readmission practices in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2016
An OSCE Programme Office in Astana-supported workshop on international best practices in irregular migration management and readmission procedures for 10 Internal Affairs Ministry and National Security Committee officials started took place on 6 June 2016 in Astana...
OSCE course in Dushanbe focuses on Risk analysis and management in border security
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
DUSHANBE, 3 June 2016 – Twenty-two officials from customs and border agencies of Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan completed today the Risk Analysis and Management in Border Security Course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan.
OSCE Office donates equipment to Tajik Border Troops
Publishing date: 2 June 2016
DUSHANBE, 2 June 2016 – The OSCE Office in Tajikistan today donated equipment to the Border Troops of Tajikistan’s State Committee for National Security that will be installed at border checkpoints in the newly-built terminal of Dushanbe International Airport to allow for advanced verification of passports...
OSCE trains Afghan border police officers and Tajik border troops on patrolling, leadership and operational planning
Publishing date: 1 June 2016
DUSHANBE, 1 June 2016 – Two training courses- a four-week course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan for 19 Afghan border police officers on patrolling and leadership, and a three-week joint operational planning course for ten Tajik border troops and ten Afghan border police officers- concluded today in Dushanbe...
Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders concludes at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 27 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 27 May 2016 – A one-month Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, which trained 25 female border officials representing ten OSCE participating States- Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and Ukraine- and one OSCE Partner for Co-operation, Algeria...
OSCE trains Kazakhstan’s Border Service in profiling techniques
Publishing date: 23 May 2016
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 23 May 2016 – The first in a series of OSCE-supported training seminars on profiling techniques at the border checkpoints to help counter transnational crime began today in Almaty.
Female Border Officials from Afghanistan and Tajikistan attend OSCE-UNDP Border Management Awareness Course
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 19 May 2016- Today seventeen female border professionals from Afghanistan and five border officials from Tajikistan graduated from a ten-day border management awareness course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...