News and press releases

International experiences on implementing digital technologies in the water industry was the focus of an OSCE-organized online seminar held on 10 and 11 August 2021 in Ashgabat.

A team of service dogs in Kyrgyzstan have now finished an eight-week training course to detect sources of heat above 37 C, which has also opened the door for these dogs to potentially help detect human body temperature increases associated with COVID-19.

The OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC) jointly with the Geneva Centre for Security Sector Governance (DCAF) concluded the third module of the fourth one-year Postgraduate Diploma in Border Security and Management for Senior Leadership Course on 6 August 2021. The sessions were held in a blended format at the Multinational Peace Support Operations Training Centre (MPSOTC) in Kilkis, Greece.

With the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, the Montenegrin Parliament developed a gender-sensitive Human Resources Strategy 2021–2023 with a three-year action plan.

An OSCE-supported four-day training seminar on enhancing dialogue between the judiciary and the media concluded on 6 August 2021 in Turkistan, Kazakhstan.

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek continues to support Kyrgyzstan in promoting civic education, with a focus on target groups such as persons with disabilities, youth, local activists and representatives of civil society organizations across Kyrgyzstan.

A two-day training course on probation as an alternative sentencing option not related to isolation from society concluded on 30 July in Dushanbe. The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe organized the training session in co-operation with the Main Prison Department under Tajikistan’s Ministry of Justice and Prison Reform International.