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OSCE assists Kazakhstan’s banking sector in countering money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 9 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism
An OSCE-supported international certification programme for 30 representatives of the banking sector on detecting and preventing money laundering and terrorism financing began on 9 December 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Mission to Serbia announces winners of its 2015 Person of the Year Award
Publishing date: 8 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Serbia
What we do: Human rights, Good governance, Media freedom and development, Policing
BELGRADE, 8 December 2015 – The OSCE Mission to Serbia presented its 2015 Person of the Year Award to three recipients at a ceremony in Belgrade today to Marija Ranđelović, Community Liaison Officer (CLO) of the Niš Police Department, the Preševo Youth Office, and to Miroslava Milenović, forensic financial expert and Member of the Anti-Corruption Council (ACC) of the Government of the Republic of Serbia...
Secretaries General of the Western Balkans Parliaments discuss public participation in law-making process at OSCE-supported annual meeting
Publishing date: 4 December 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Democratization, Human rights, Good governance
TIRANA, 4 December 2015- Secretaries General of the Western Balkans Parliaments, who gathered in Tirana on 3 and 4 December, agreed on the need to further increase public participation in legislative processes. They also stressed that parliaments and civil society should work together to oversee the public consultation on draft legislation at all stages...
OSCE Presence in Albania supports public campaign for youth on fight against corruption
Publishing date: 2 December 2015
The OSCE Presence in Albania and the National Co-ordinator against Corruption launched on 2 December 2015 a renewed public information campaign under the slogan Show the Face of Corruption. The newest component of the campaign is a series of lectures on anti-corruption in around 30 high schools and universities across the country, which will run until 18 December. In addition, posters and banners are put on display in towns across the country and also on several of the most visited online portals...
OSCE trains officials in Kazakhstan on assessing corruption risks
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance
ASTANA, 24 November 2015 – Best practices in reducing corruption are the focus of a two-day OSCE-supported training seminar that began today in Astana...
OSCE and partners support orientation seminar for Kyrgyz parliamentarians
Publishing date: 20 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
BISHKEK, 20 November 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is organizing a three-day seminar, starting today, with a focus on parliamentary ethics and law as well as the structure and functions of the 120-sit Kyrgyzstan’s parliament (Jogorku Kenesh)...
Best practices in local self-governance focus of OSCE workshop in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 17 November 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance