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OSCE supports capacity building training of K-9 officers of law enforcement bodies in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 25 October 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Border management, Countering terrorism
More than 25 canine officers (K-9) of the State Committee for National Security, Ministry of Interior and the State Customs Services (KSCS) completed OSCE-supported advanced train–the-trainers courses at the World Customs Organization’s Regional Training Centre in Bishkek from 7 to 25 October 2019...
Kyrgyz State Border Service conducts OSCE-supported simulation exercise “Barrier-2019”
Publishing date: 20 September 2019
On Tuesday, 17 September, the State Border Service (SBS) of the Kyrgyz Republic has conducted its annual simulation exercise “Barrier-2019” in Karakol, Issyk-Kul province...
OSCE-supported Customs Training Centre in Kyrgyzstan acquires new international status
Publishing date: 18 April 2019
Secretary General of the World Customs Organization (WCO) Kunio Mikuriya, together with the Chairperson of the State Customs Service (SCS) of the Kyrgyz Republic Almaz Onolbekov, with the support of the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, opened a new Regional Training Centre of the World Customs Organization in Kyrgyzstan on 16 April 2019 in Bishkek...
OSCE Mobile Training Team trains Kyrgyz border officers in Bishkek to enhance their capacities to identify foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 4 April 2019
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
The OSCE Mobile Training Team delivered an interactive training course on the identification of foreign terrorist fighters at the borders for 27 first- and second-line border officers and instructors of Kyrgyzstan’s border institutions from 2 to 4 April 2019 in Bishkek...
Border institute instructors complete OSCE train-the-trainers course
Publishing date: 24 April 2017
Content type: News
What we do: Border management
The concluding module of a train-the-trainers course for instructors of the Central Asia border institutes was delivered by the OSCE Border Management Staff College at the State Border Guard College of Latvia in Rezekne from 17 to 22 April 2017...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains customs service on using technological tools for customs control
Publishing date: 19 December 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management
BISHKEK, 19 December 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek jointly with the Kyrgyz State Customs Service (KSCS) today launched a two-week training course for some 110 KSCS officers on using technological tools for customs control. The course aims to raise their capacity on the effective operation of these tools at checkpoints and customs clearance points...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek holds graduation ceremony for 44 students
Publishing date: 19 December 2016