News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Gender Equality Platform for Border Security and Management launched in Helsinki
Publishing date: 17 May 2016
The Launch Meeting of the OSCE Gender Equality Platform for Border Security and Management was held in the premises of the Finnish Customs School in Helsinki on 17-18 May 2016 bringing together representatives from across the OSCE region to discuss women’s leadership and empowerment in border security and management...
OSCE organizes final training courses in Ukraine on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 2 May 2016
CHERKASY, Ukraine, 2 May 2016 – Two six-day training courses for Ukrainian border control officers aimed at increasing their operational awareness to recognize original, forged and false documents, and in using forensic equipment to identify document forgery, started today in Cherkasy...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports 12th Central Asia Border Security Initiative Conference
Publishing date: 28 April 2016
BISHKEK, 28 April 2016 – The two-day conference of the 12th Central Asia Border Security Initiative concluded today in Bishkek having brought together some 100 officials to discuss the role of border management in countering extremism, managing migration flows and facilitating of cross-border trade...
OSCE trains Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards on operational planning
Publishing date: 22 April 2016
Twenty Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards completed on 22 April 2016 in Dushanbe a three-week OSCE operational planning training course, conducted in the framework of the third phase of the OSCE Office’s patrol programming and leadership project...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains border troops on patrol leadership course
Publishing date: 22 April 2016
An OSCE-organized four-week training course on patrolling and leadership skills for 20 officers from Tajik Border Troops concluded on 22 April 2016 at the Gissar training centre, Tajikistan...
Afghan border police trainers develop instructional skills at OSCE, UNDP train-the-trainer course in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
DUSHANBE, 14 April 2016 – Today 18 border officials from two brigades of Afghanistan’s Border Police successfully completed a two-week train-the-trainer course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
Cross border co-operation in focus of OSCE hosted Border Security Experts meeting in Berlin, co-operation and dialogue more important than ever
Publishing date: 12 April 2016
BERLIN, 12 April 2016 – The 10th Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network, devoted to promoting cross border co-operation and confidence-building to address emerging threats and challenges in the OSCE region, will take place from 12 to 13 April 2016 in Berlin...