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OSCE supports Parliamentary Intern programme in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 September 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Good governance
BISHKEK, 11 September 2014 – Twelve university students completed a three-month internship programme at the Parliament of Kyrgyz Republic today. The Parliamentary Internship program, in its third year, is managed by the American Councils for International Education (ACTR/ACCELS), and supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat promotes national mechanisms of combatting money laundering
Publishing date: 2 September 2014
ASHGABAT, 2 September 2014 – The national system for combatting money laundering and preventing financing of terrorism was discussed at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion, held at the Good Governance Resource Centre in Ashgabat today...
OSCE trains Tajik law enforcement officers on detecting and identifying forged travel documents
Publishing date: 29 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Good governance
DUSHANBE, 29 August 2014 – Twenty-two mid-rank and front-line officers, including four women, from Tajik law enforcement agencies working in travel documents management and security, completed a week-long OSCE training course in Dushanbe today on detecting and identifying forged documents...
OSCE Mission to Skopje donates equipment to Interior Ministry as part of project to assess organized crime threat
Publishing date: 20 August 2014
The OSCE Mission to Skopje donated six computers to the Interior Ministry on 20 August 2014 as part of a project to improve the capacity of Criminal Investigation Directorates in the host country, Montenegro and Serbia to strategically analyse and assess the threat posed by organized crime...
“Once the water recedes”- OSCE documentary raises awareness of flood disaster aftermath in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Publishing date: 18 August 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Environmental activities, Good governance
A new short film featuring first-hand accounts of the devastating floods in May 2014 and immediate responses at several sites across Bosnia and Herzegovina was released by the OSCE Mission to BiH on 18 August 2014. The documentary, “Once the water recedes: The 2014 floods in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the aftermath of a natural disaster”, highlights the shortcomings and struggles in the wake of the floods...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Eurasian Group regional seminar on combatting cybercrime and money laundering
Publishing date: 18 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 18 August, 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is today supporting the Eurasian Group in hosting a workshop on combatting cybercrime and money laundering for some 50 experts of financial intelligence units and the private sector from five Central Asia states, Belarus, China, India and Russia...
OSCE Border Management Staff College, UNODC regional workshop focuses on effective measures to combat illegal drug traffic
Publishing date: 15 August 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Border management, Good governance
DUSHANBE, 15 August 2014 – A week-long workshop aimed at enhancing the capacity of law enforcement agencies and judicial institutions in West and Central Asia to dismantle criminal networks involved in illicit drug trafficking, concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College...