News and press releases

Advancing beneficial ownership reform in the Western Balkans, transparency, and common challenges were the focus of an online workshop, on 14 June 2021, organized by the OSCE, jointly with the Open Government Partnership (OGP), and German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ)...

From 7 to 12 June, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized a tour of water facilities in the Almaty, Zhambyl, Turkestan and Kyzylorda regions for young specialists. The tour was conducted in partnership with the International Fund for Saving the Aral Sea (IFAS).

On 11 June, the OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media (RFoM), Teresa Ribeiro, met with Ambassador Konstantinos Kollias to discuss media freedom in the OSCE region and in Greece.

The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized an online training course, from 8 to 11 June, to present best practices in developing target indicators for renewable energy sources in Turkmenistan.

On 8 and 9 June 2021, the Balkan Asset Management Interagency Network (BAMIN) conducted its first joint training course for 2021 focused on the management of companies.

On 8 June 2021, the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) held online a national workshop in Uzbekistan. The workshop focused on strengthening national and regional capacities and co-operation on the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) in Central Asia, including as a response to climate change, implemented in collaboration with the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE)...

The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan, together with the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), organized an election observation training course for persons with disabilities on 9 and10 June 2021...