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OSCE helps advance local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Good governance
ASTANA, 6 November 2014 – Government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of regional and local bodies of power, international organizations and civil society gathered at a roundtable discussion today in Astana to discuss the status of implementation of ongoing local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan...
OSCE and partners support regional expert seminar in Tirana on good practices in preventing corruption
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
TIRANA, 27 June 2014 – Fifty-five senior anti-corruption officials and leading civil society representatives from OSCE participating States in eastern and south-eastern Europe, the South Caucasus and Central Asia came together for a two-day regional expert seminar on preventing corruption. The seminar ended today in Tirana...
OSCE supports regional co-operation against money laundering and corruption in South-Eastern Europe
Publishing date: 10 October 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
DURRES, Albania, 10 October 2013- A two-day regional conference aimed at strengthening co-operation on anti-money laundering, combating the financing of terrorism, and tackling corruption in South Eastern Europe started today in Albania...
Effective measures to prevent corruption in OSCE region, including Central Asia, discussed at OSCE events in Latvia
Publishing date: 27 June 2013
Over the past years, the awareness among political leaders, policy-makers and society at large of the damaging impact of corruption on social cohesion, economic growth, political stability, and security has increased. While many OSCE countries have introduced legal, institutional and policy measures to prevent corruption, the practical implementation and enforcement of these measures still remain a challenge...
OSCE supports training on revised FATF standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 April 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
A two-day workshop on the revised Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, organized by the World Bank and the Kazakhstan’s Committee for Financial Monitoring with the OSCE Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Centre in Astana and the US Embassy in Kazakhstan began on 4 April 2013 in Burabay, Kazakhstan...
OSCE launches data collection handbook to help fight money laundering and terrorism financing
Publishing date: 16 October 2012
Guidelines developed by the OSCE on improving data collection to help combat money laundering and terrorism financing were launched in Vienna on 16 October 2012...
Fight against corruption, good governance focus of high-level OSCE meeting in Dublin on Monday
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Good governance
DUBLIN, 19 April 2012 – Good governance and fighting corruption is the theme of a two-day OSCE meeting that opens in Dublin on Monday 23 April 2012...