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Corruption prevention in focus of OSCE-led regional seminar in Georgia
Publishing date: 16 December 2014
BATUMI, Georgia, 16 December 2014- Senior and mid-level anti-corruption officials from across the South Caucasus and Eastern Europe as well as international experts gathered in Batumi today for the start of a two-day regional seminar on effective measures in preventing corruption...
OSCE, in Iasi, trains women officials on border security and management
Publishing date: 12 December 2014
Twenty-six women officials of the Border Guard, Border Police, Customs Services and Police from 11 OSCE participating States completed a five-day training course in Iasi, Romania on 12 December 2014 on border security and management. The course was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department...
OSCE Mediterranean Partners discuss linkages between environment and security
Publishing date: 11 December 2014
Mapping of areas in the Southern Mediterranean Region where environmental issues could potentially turn into security challenges was the focus of an expert workshop in Vienna on 11 December 2014, organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities...
Experts meet at OSCE in Vienna to prevent trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households
Publishing date: 9 December 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
VIENNA, 9 December 2014 – High-level diplomats from across the OSCE region met at the Secretariat today to discuss ways to stamp out trafficking for domestic servitude in diplomatic households, focusing on the outcomes from a series of workshops held by the Organization’s anti-trafficking Office during the past three years...
Law enforcement officials from Afghanistan and Central Asia, in Almaty, discuss co-operation in fighting drug trafficking
Publishing date: 3 December 2014
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 December 2014- Representatives of law enforcement agencies from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, are meeting on 4 and 5 December in Almaty to discuss issues of co-operation in fighting drugs and the exchange of information on drug traffickers and drug supply routes...
OSCE promotes implementation of Trusted Trader Programmes by customs and private sector
Publishing date: 28 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe
What we do: Economic activities, Border management
DUSHANBE, 28 November 2014 – A five-day Regional Workshop on Strengthening Co-operation between Customs and the Private Sector through Implementation of Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) Programmes concluded at the OSCE Border Management Staff College today. The event was co-organized by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA), the OSCE Office in Tajikistan, and the World Customs Organization (WCO)...
Ceremony honours five OSCE Ambassadors for their efforts to promote gender equality
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Five Ambassadors to the OSCE were honoured today by the OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier for their efforts to promote gender equality both within the Organization and in the OSCE region...