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OSCE supports training of trainers on document security in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 7 July 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
An OSCE-supported series of national trainings for trainers on travel document security concluded in Turkmenbashy on 7 July 2023. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the series of three-day events in close co-operation with the EU Border Management Programme in Central Asia (BOMCA) in
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities intensifies co-operation with Turkmenistan on education and integration of society
Publishing date: 20 June 2023
Content type: News
During a working visit to the Republic of Turkmenistan from 12 to 16 June 2023, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Kairat Abdrakhmanov met with representatives of the national and regional authorities. The visit included meetings with high-level officials in Ashgabat and the Dashoguz
Effective participation and inclusion of national minorities in focus of OSCE meeting in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 15 June 2023
Content type: News
What we do: National minority issues
Good practices in the field of effective participation of national minorities and consultative mechanisms in the OSCE participating States were in focus of an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion that took place on 15 June 2023. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the event in co-operation with
OSCE and UNOCT organize a regional workshop in Turkmenistan focused on prevention of bioterrorism attacks
Publishing date: 6 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Border management, Countering terrorism
A regional workshop on countering terrorism was held on 5-6 June 2023 in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, focusing on the prevention of bioterrorism attacks involving biological agents and toxins. The workshop was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat in partnership with the United Nations
OSCE Secretary General and Deputy Foreign Minister of Turkmenistan open new OSCE Centre’s premises in Ashgabat
Publishing date: 1 June 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Secretariat
On 1 June 2023, OSCE Secretary General Helga Maria Schmid, who is on an official visit to Turkmenistan, and Deputy Foreign Minister Vepa Hajiyev cut the symbolic ribbon opening the new premises of the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat provided by the Government of Turkmenistan free for use.
OSCE conducts a national table-top exercise in Turkmenistan on addressing the use of the internet for terrorist purposes
Publishing date: 24 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
On 22 – 24 May 2023, the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department conducted a national table-top exercise in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan on countering the use of the internet for terrorist purposes while respecting human rights. The exercise was organized together with the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat.
First OSCE training on cybercrime and digital evidence in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 16 May 2023
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Policing
From 9 to 12 May 2023, the OSCE Secretariat’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD), in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, organized an introductory training course on cybercrime and digital evidence at the Institute of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Turkmenistan.