OSCE Centre in Astana

Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is home to one of the OSCE's 15 field offices. (Zhaniya Baimbetova)
Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan, is home to one of the OSCE's 15 field offices. (Zhaniya Baimbetova)
The Centre in Astana was established as the Centre in Almaty in 1998. It promotes the implementation of OSCE principles and commitments; facilitates contacts and exchanges of information, and provides assistance to the Government of Kazakhstan.

OSCE Centre helps promote Aarhus Convention in Kazakhstan

KORGALZHINO, Kazakhstan, 29 July 2013 – The OSCE Centre in Astana co-organized a capacity-building seminar to promote public access to environmental information and participation in decision-making and justice on environmental issues by advancing the work of the national Aarhus Centres. The event started today in Korgalzhino Natural Reserve Park, in Central Kazakhstan...

OSCE Centre in Astana co-organizes training on gender mainstreaming and security

BOROVOYE, KAZAKHSTAN, 12 July 2013 – Some 50 officials from Kazakhstan’s central government agencies and local executive authorities responsible for gender equality issues are taking part in an international two-day training seminar on gender mainstreaming, women and security that began today in Borovoye, northern Kazakhstan...
Nazhmadin Musabayev, the former governor of the Aral Region, gives an interview at the Kokaral dam regarding the current situation in the region.

OSCE Centre supports discussion on water management and green economy development in Kazakhstan

KYZYLORDA, Kazakhstan, 10 July 2013 – An international conference on best practices in integrated water resource management as part of the Kazakhstan’s national strategy on the transition to a green economy began in Kyzylorda today...

OSCE Special Representative calls for enhanced support to trafficking victims during country visit to Kazakhstan

The OSCE Special Representative and Co-ordinator for Combating Trafficking in Human Beings, Maria Grazia Giammarinaro, visited Kazakhstan from 1 to 3 July 2013...
Personnel from Kazakhstan's military transfer mélange into the special cisterns that will be sent to Russia for safe disposal, Sary Ozek, 29 June 2013.

More than 400 tons of toxic rocket fuel removed from Kazakhstan, with OSCE help

SARY OZEK, KAZAKHSTAN, 29 June 2013 - A train carrying 410 tonnes of a toxic rocket fuel component, which had been stored in deteriorating containers, left Kazakhstan today for safe disposal at a specialized chemical plant in Dzerzhinsk, Russia as part of a project supported by the OSCE...
Bektas Muhamedzhanov, Vice-Minister for Environmental Protection, speaks to the press at the national preparatory conference for OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum, 25 June 2013.

National preparatory conference for OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum held in Astana

ASTANA, 25 June 2013 – A two-day OSCE-supported national high-level conference dedicated to improving the environmental footprint of energy-related activities, assisting Kazakhstan’s strategy of transition to a green economy and marking the 15th anniversary of the Aarhus Convention on environmental democracy, began today in Astana...

Illegal organ transplants and commercial child adoption focus of anti-trafficking training co-organized by OSCE in Kazakhstan

ALMATY, 20 June 2013 - A two-day training seminar for police officers on best practices in combating the trafficking in human beings began today in Almaty. Participants discussed the detection and exposure of illegal organ transplants, child adoption for commercial purposes, and human trafficking for labour and sexual exploitation...

OSCE trains border staff in Kazakhstan on anti-crime and terrorism strategies

Some 20 border and customs officials from Kazakhstan were trained in best practices to combat organized crime and terrorism during a three-day seminar that began on 19 June 2013 in Aktau, Mangystau Region...
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