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Launch of OSCE E-Learning Course on Renewable Energy, Energy Transition and Energy Efficiency in Central Asia

Publishing date: 4 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
What we do: Climate change, Environmental activities, Energy security, Environmental good governance
Central Asia, with its untapped renewable energy potential, can make a major contribution to the green energy revolution. To meet this potential, Central Asian countries have prioritized the need to invest in an enabled workforce. Against this background, the OSCE has launched an E-learning course

OSCE Mission in Kosovo trains women-led NGOs and women from rural areas in identifying and preventing violent extremism and radicalization

Publishing date: 4 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Gender equality
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo organized two training courses for women-led NGOs and women from rural areas in Prizren region on how to recognize and respond to potential cases of violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism (VERLT).  

Kyrgyz Republic strengthens capacities in combatting illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons, ammunition and explosives proliferation with the support of the OSCE

Publishing date: 4 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Countering terrorism, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
From February 26 to March 1, 2024, a training course on “Combatting Illicit Trafficking of Small Arms and Light Weapons, Ammunition and Explosives at the border” took place in Osh, Kyrgyz Republic, aiming to address the adverse impact of illicit trafficking on safety and security in the OSCE region.

OSCE Presence in Albania organizes regional meeting of police canine units, introduces training manual

Publishing date: 1 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania
What we do: Arms control, Border management, Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
On 28 and 29 February 2024, the OSCE Presence in Albania organized the second regional expert meeting on advancing the regulatory framework of police canine units. This event, held for the second year in a row in Albania, brought together representatives of police canine units from Tirana,

Swift intervention necessary to break practice of early school dropout in Kosovo, concludes OSCE report

Publishing date: 1 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission in Kosovo
What we do: Education
The OSCE Mission in Kosovo published today its latest thematic report “School Dropout: Behind the Numbers of Dropouts from Compulsory Education in the Kosovo System 2020-2023.”

OSCE supports open data policies in Ukraine through specialized training

Publishing date: 1 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities
What we do: Economic activities, Education
Open government data boost good governance, digital innovation and economic development. To promote the use and benefits of open data, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) conducted two training courses for national and regional Ukrainian government

Strengthening airport security through behaviour detection focus of OSCE training in Chisinau

Publishing date: 1 March 2024
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management
Enhancing airport security through behaviour detection was the focus of a training session held from 27 to 29 February in Chisinau by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the Airport Police Network (AIRPOL). Bringing together 15 officers from the Moldovan Border Police, Customs Service, and Airport Administration, the interactive session equipped Moldovan border and law enforcement officers with advanced techniques and methods of effective behaviour detection at airports.