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Over 1,400 households in Isfana city receive access to clean drinking water
Publishing date: 30 September 2014
The new water supply system for Isfana city, Batken region, opened on 29 September 2014. As of yesterday, over 1,400 households have access to clean drinking water...
Kyrgyzstan removed from FATF non-co-operative countries list, with OSCE assistance
Publishing date: 3 July 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Countering terrorism
Kyrgyzstan has been removed from the ‘grey list’ of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) and will no longer be subject to the FATF’s monitoring process under its ongoing global process of compliance with requirements on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). This was announced at the third FATF Plenary meeting held from 25 to 27 June 2014 in Paris. The OSCE Centre in Bishkek contributed to this through providing technical assistance to Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s efforts to be taken off FATF non-co-operative countries list
Publishing date: 25 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 25 April 2014 – A two-day OSCE-supported working visit of the representatives of Financial Action Task Force (FATF) to monitor the work of Kyrgyzstan in countering money laundering and the financing of terrorism concluded today in Bishkek...
OSCE supports improvements to tourism infrastructure in Kyrgyzstan’s Batken province
Publishing date: 17 April 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan, 17 April 2014 – Improving the infrastructure for tourism in Kyrgyzstan’s southern province of Batken, including lowering the risk posed by natural disasters in the region, was the focus of an OSCE-supported international forum, which took place today...
OSCE organizes study visit of Kyrgyz officials to Latvia to learn about best practices in anti-corruption
Publishing date: 11 April 2014
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance
A four-day visit of eight Kyrgyz officials to Riga, Latvia, aimed at learning international best practices on combatting corruption, ended on 11 April 2014...
OSCE-supported project launched to bolster private economy, reduce corruption in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 19 March 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 19 March 2014 – A memorandum of understanding to launch a major regulatory system reform project was signed between the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Economy today...
OSCE, international organizations help provide potable water to people in south-west Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 October 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
Thirty-five volunteers from Kaptarkhana village in Batken province in south-west Kyrgyzstan, including staff of the Mayor’s office and the State Water Agency, and representatives of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, UN World Food Programme (WFP) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) got together on 5 October 2013 to work on the facilities for taking the water from the river and channelling it to the newly constructed potable water pipeline...