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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE course on travel document security concludes in Ashgabad
Publishing date: 12 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Countering terrorism
ASHGABAD, 12 September 2008- A two-week OSCE-sponsored training course on strengthening travel document security concluded in Ashgabad today...
OSCE Centre organizes workshop on community-based tourism in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 10 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities, Education
ASHGABAD, 10 September 2008- Creating new market opportunities for local entrepreneurs by developing their tourism-related skills was the objective of an OSCE Centre-supported workshop that ends today in the south-eastern city of Mary...
OSCE Mission to Skopje supports campaign to spread knowledge about role of Ombudsman
Publishing date: 9 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Skopje
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Education
SKOPJE, 9 September 2008- An OSCE-supported public campaign launched in Skopje today aims to raise public awareness about the role and functions of the Ombudsman so that the public can co-operate with the institution...
OSCE Centre workshop helps Kyrgyz authorities learn about good practices in ID processing
Publishing date: 4 September 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Education, Policing, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 4 September 2008- Effective and secure processing, issuing and verification of identification- and travel-documents was the focus of a three-day OSCE workshop that ended today in Bishkek...
OSCE Office supports discussion on curbing use of student labour for cotton harvest
Publishing date: 28 August 2008
KHUJAND, Tajikistan, 28 August 2008- Thousands of students in Tajikistan temporarily abandon their studies to work the cotton harvest, a concern that was the focus of a roundtable discussion organized by the OSCE Office today in Khujand...
OSCE Office organizes summer camp for Armenian children
Publishing date: 27 August 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
KAPAN, Armenia, 27 August 2008- Some 80 disabled and socially disadvantaged children from Armenia's Syunik province are taking part in a summer camp on "Learning to Live Together" in Kapan, the provincial capital...
OSCE Presence, USAID publish book to assist implementation of domestic violence law
Publishing date: 31 July 2008
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Education, Gender equality, Policing, Rule of law
TIRANA, 31 July 2008- The OSCE Presence in Albania and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) published this week a judicial manual that will help courts to implement the country's law on domestic violence...