News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Afghan and Tajik border officers learn new approaches to border security and management techniques at OSCE, UNDP course
Publishing date: 26 September 2013
DUSHANBE, 26 September 2013 – Twenty-one representatives of border agencies of Afghanistan and Tajikistan completed a joint OSCE-supported Border Management Awareness Course, today in Dushanbe...
OSCE Centre supports seminar on protection of intellectual property in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 September 2013
ASTANA, 23 September 2013 – Some 40 Customs Control Officers representing all regions of Kazakhstan gathered today at a five-day National Seminar on Combating Counterfeiting and Pirated Products, supported by the OSCE Centre in Astana...
First training for women in border security held at OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 13 September 2013
DUSHANBE, 14 September 2013 –The first ever training course for women leaders concluded at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe today...
OSCE trains Tajik and Afghan border officers to detect and interdict illegal cross-border movements
Publishing date: 13 September 2013
Thirteen Tajik border troops and twelve Afghan border police officers serving on the Tajik-Afghan border, graduated on 13 September 2013 from a regular Patrolling and Leadership course conducted by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan...
OSCE promotes best practices in maritime security in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 13 September 2013
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, 13 September 2013 –An OSCE-supported training course on maritime border management concluded in the Caspian coast town of Turkmenbashi today...
OSCE Centre supports conference on transport security and trade facilitation in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 12 September 2013
ASTANA, 12 September 2013 – Some 250 prosecutors and law enforcement officers from Kazakhstan gathered at an international conference that started today in Astana, with the OSCE Centre support, to discuss how to enhance transport security, improve transit and accelerate the movement of goods, in particular within the Eurasian economic space...
OSCE Centre and Kyrgyz State Custom Service agree to establish training centre for Kyrgyz and Afghani custom officers
Publishing date: 9 September 2013
The OSCE Centre and the State Customs Service (SCS) of the Kyrgyz Republic signed a Memorandum of Understanding in Bishkek, on 9 September 2013, on establishing a training centre for Kyrgyzstan’s and Afghanistan’s customs officers...