News and press releases

Twenty practitioners from South-Eastern Europe and Central Asia took part in an online interactive OSCE workshop on inclusive youth engagement in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT) held on 15 July 2021.

Best practices in risk management related to anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT) was the focus of an OSCE seminar from 13 to 14 July 2021 in Ashgabat. Representatives of the Ministry of Finance and Economy of Turkmenistan, its Financial Monitoring Service, the Central Bank, the Supreme Court, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Bar Association, law enforcement agencies and other state institutions, as well as the representatives of the private sector attended the seminar.

The necessity to identify and address threats to energy networks through robust and effective risk prevention and management policies has never been greater, said experts during an OSCE webinar on protecting critical energy infrastructures in the age of extreme weather held on 13 July 2021.

Today, OSCE and Mediterranean Partners for Co-operation ambassadors discussed broadening their dialogue to include sustainable development and climate change.

Experiences in combating illegal drugs and precursors, new trends in drug trafficking and the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic were discussed during a three-day OSCE training seminar held in Ashgabat from 12 to 14 July 2021.

In the framework of the 29th Staff Course for Women Leaders, the OSCE’s Border Management Staff College (BMSC) organized a roundtable discussion on 9 July 2021 in-person and online about border security and management and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro has commenced the implementation of the three-year project “Supporting a More Effective Administration of Justice in Corruption and Organised Crime Cases through Trial Monitoring,” funded by the European Union.