News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE and partners support orientation seminar for members and staff of Kyrgyz parliament
Publishing date: 25 April 2016
BISHKEK, 25 April 2016 – A three-day OSCE-supported orientation seminar for some forty members of parliament and new parliamentary staff on the role and functions of Kyrgyzstan’s 120-seat legislature, the Jogorku Kenesh, concluded today at the Suparu ethno-complex outside Bishkek...
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains state experts and civil society on corruption risk assessment
Publishing date: 15 April 2016
The OSCE Office in Tajikistan conducted its first workshop on how to identify and assess corruption risks in specific sectors for 20 participants from ten state agencies and civil society organizations, which took place from 11 to 14 April in Dushanbe. The aim of the workshop was to provide participants with the necessary practical tools and methodologies that will help them to elaborate practical and focused anti-corruption strategies...
OSCE Centre promotes good governance principles in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
ASHGABAT, 14 April 2016 – Representatives of the Financial Intelligence Unit of Turkmenistan, as well as law enforcement, financial and supervisory bodies discussed the importance of verifying customers’ identity (Customer Due Diligence “CDD”) for preventing and combating money laundering and terrorism financing at an OSCE-organized workshop that concluded today in Ashgabat...
OSCE co-organizes training course in Kazakhstan on best practices in combating corruption in the judiciary
Publishing date: 24 February 2016
ASTANA, 24 February 2016- An OSCE-supported training course for some 30 judges and representatives of regional courts from across Kazakhstan on best practices in combating corruption in the judiciary was held today in Astana...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek recognized as “Partner of the Year- 2015” by Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations
Publishing date: 19 February 2016
The Kyrgyz Ministry of Emergency Situations awarded the OSCE Centre in Bishkek the title of “Partner of the Year- 2015” at a ceremony in Bishkek on 19 February 2016 as part of the Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction 2030 Forum...
OSCE-supported Awards recognize best practices in local governance in Montenegrin municipalities
Publishing date: 29 December 2015
Awards recognizing best practices in local governance in Montenegro’s municipalities over the course of this year were presented at a ceremony organized on 28 December 2015 in Podgorica by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro in co-operation with the Union of Municipalities and the Ministry of Interior...
OSCE co-hosts high-level seminar on access to information in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 21 December 2015
ASTANA, 21 December 2015 – An OSCE-supported seminar on implementing the recently-adopted laws on access to information and on public councils took place today in Astana bringing together some 70 high-level governmental officials, parliamentarians, representatives of civil society, national experts and journalists...