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OSCE, Lithuanian Criminal Police Bureau, Kyrgyz Interior Ministry join forces to combat organized crime

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance, Policing
BISHKEK, 18 December 2014- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today completed a three-day training course for 40 police investigators on how to effectively conduct EU Serious Organized Crime Threat Assessments (SOCTA), investigations based on intelligence-led policing, and combatting drug trafficking and violent extremism...

In Turkmenistan, OSCE PA Special Representatives underscore importance of engagement

Publishing date: 18 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Democratization, Border management, Human rights, Elections, Good governance
COPENHAGEN, 17 December 2014 – Special Representatives from the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly have completed a visit to Turkmenistan, where they emphasized the importance of engagement and dialogue with the OSCE in meetings with government and parliamentary leaders...

OSCE proves its value and ability as a forum for dialogue, says OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Burkhalter as Basel Ministerial Council ends

Publishing date: 5 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship
What we do: Arms control, Economic activities, Environmental activities, Conflict prevention and resolution, Good governance, Countering terrorism, Gender equality, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BASEL, Switzerland, 5 December 2014 – The OSCE proved its value and ability as a forum for dialogue while its key principles were defended, said OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Swiss Foreign Minister Didier Burkhalter as the 21st Ministerial Council concluded in Basel today. Burkhalter welcomed decisions on Germany and Austria assuming the OSCE Chairmanships respectively in 2016 and 2017, and lauded decisions to further enhance the fight against terrorism and boost States’ preparedness against the threat of natural disasters...

OSCE Office supports training course for young people in Armenia on anti-corruption

Publishing date: 3 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Good governance, Youth
TSAGHKADZOR, Armenia, 3 December 2014- A four-day workshop to sum up an anti-corruption course on investigative journalism and photo reporting for 25 young people was launched today in Tsaghkadzor by the Future is Yours NGO with the support of the OSCE Office in Yerevan.

OSCE-supported Monitoring report on good governance in local self-government presented in Podgorica

Publishing date: 1 December 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Good governance
The OSCE Mission supported the NGO centre for development of non–governmental organisations (CRNVO) in the development of 2013 the monitoring report on good governance in local self-government, involving 21 municipalities in Montenegro, which was presented on 27 November 2014 in Podgorica.

OSCE-supported workshop focuses on integrity plans in Bosnia and Herzegovina’s security sector to counter corruption

Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Good governance, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
SARAJEVO, 28 November 2014 – A two-day educational workshop aimed at assisting security sector institutions in Bosnia and Herzegovina to create and implement integrity plans ended in Sarajevo today. It was co-organised by the Centre for Security Studies BiH, the Agency for Prevention of Corruption and Coordination of the Fight Against Corruption, and the OSCE Mission to BiH...

OSCE organizes course on website management for state institutions in Turkmenistan

Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Good governance
ASHGABAT, 28 November 2014 – Launching and managing online resources of state institutions was the topic of an OSCE-organized course that concluded in Ashgabat today...