Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

What we do

Economic activities

The OSCE undertakes numerous activities to support economic growth, including the strengthening of small- and medium-sized enterprises, monitoring the economic impact of trafficking and taking action against corruption and money laundering.

Goran Svilanovic (r), the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities, alongside the Director General of the Belgian Federal Ministry for Public Service Mobility and Transport, René Van Bever, before a meeting to discuss inland transport security, Vienna, 12 December 2011.

Addressing security threats to inland transport focus of OSCE meeting

VIENNA, 12 December 2011 – Experts from 20 countries and international organizations working in the OSCE region met today in Vienna to discuss aspects of inland transport security...

OSCE Office presents research on corruption in Tajikistan

DUSHANBE, 9 December 2011 – The findings of an OSCE-supported study on perceptions and attitudes towards corruption in Tajikistan were presented today in Dushanbe in the first of a series of events for government, civil society and international organizations...

L-R: Maks Bokayev, Director of the NGO Arlan, Kiril Ossin, Director of NGO Eco Mangistau, and Yuriy Krivodanov, Director of NGO Blago, discuss their roles as moderators at a seminar in Uralsk, Kazakhstan, 2 December 2011.

OSCE Centre promotes transparency in extractive industries

URALSK, Kazakhstan, 2 December 2011 – A two-day OSCE-supported seminar on effective ways for civil society and the media to interact with the government and private companies in implementing the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) in Western Kazakhstan and the Caspian Sea region began today in Uralsk...

Christian Pitschas (l), expert trainer, delivers a course on developing an efficient international trade programme for Kyrgyzstan, Bishkek, 21 November 2011.

OSCE Academy helps Kyrgyzstan’s officials enhance skills in developing international trade policy

Kyrgyzstan’s international trade policy priorities were the focus of a 5-day training seminar for top governmental officials from 21 to 25 November jointly organized by the OSCE Academy in Bishkek and the National Institute of Strategic Studies...