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OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducts sixth co-ordination meeting for Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies on combatting organized crime and violent extremism
Publishing date: 28 September 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance, Countering terrorism
The sixth regular co-ordination meeting of Kyrgyz law enforcement agencies was held on 25 September 2015 at the premises of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, with participants focusing on elements of organized crime that merge with violent extremism...
OSCE supports high-level discussion in Kazakhstan on access to information and countering corruption
Publishing date: 25 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance
ASTANA, 25 September 2015 – An OSCE-supported international conference on developing national legislation on access to information, public councils under government institutions, and countering corruption took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...
OSCE, UNDP support first extended meeting of Anti-Corruption Council in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance
BISHKEK, 22 September 2015 – The first meeting of the Anti-Corruption Council of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic was held today in Bishkek under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariev...
OSCE trains Uzbek law enforcement bodies on asset recovery and mutual legal assistance
Publishing date: 21 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
TASHKENT, 21 September 2015 – An OSCE-organized week-long training course for Uzbek law enforcement bodies on identifying and tracing illegitimate assets and the various instruments of asset forfeiture and recovery began today in Tashkent...
OSCE Special Representative urges governments to fight human trafficking when purchasing goods and services
Publishing date: 15 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings, Good governance
MILAN, 15 September 2015 – The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Ambassador Madina Jarbussynova, on Tuesday called on governments to enact measures to ensure ethical sourcing and keep modern day slavery out of supply chains.
On Democracy Day, OSCE Kosovo Mission calls for more sustainable public engagement
Publishing date: 15 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
PRISHTINË/PRIŠTINA, 15 September 2015 – On the occasion of International Democracy Day, the Head of the OSCE Mission in Kosovo, Ambassador Jean-Claude Schlumberger called on institutions to be more open towards the public, and on civil society to take a more active role in furthering democratic consolidation...
OSCE co-organizes conference on combatting corruption for customs officers in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 10 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Good governance