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Training on Open-Source Intelligence Equips Police in BiH to Tackle Security Threats
Publishing date: 29 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina
What we do: Policing, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
The OSCE Mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina organized a specialized training on collecting intelligence data from open-sources (OSINT), which concluded today in Sarajevo. Consistent application of intelligence-led policing (ILP) is key to ensuring that Bosnia and Herzegovina is well-prepared to
OSCE promotes economic empowerment of women returnees in Uzbekistan
Publishing date: 29 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Gender equality
A training seminar for women who returned from labour migration, aimed at expanding their economic opportunities, was held in the Tashkent region. The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan supported the event, which was organized by the Committee of Family and Women, the Committee on Tourism
OSCE Mission delivers advanced criminal analysis training for Kosovo Police
Publishing date: 26 September 2025
As part of its efforts to strengthen the analytical and operational capacity of the Kosovo Police, from 23 to 25 September, the OSCE Mission in Kosovo delivered an advanced training on criminal analysis to 20 analysts from the Department of Intelligence and Analysis and other analytical units within the Kosovo Police.
Moscow Mechanism experts present report on Ukraine to OSCE Permanent Council
Publishing date: 25 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
What we do: Human rights
The OSCE Moscow Mechanism mission of experts undertaken by Professor Hervé Ascensio, Professor Veronika Bílková and Professor Mark Klamberg presented their findings to the OSCE Permanent Council on 25 September 2025, collected in the report entitled ‘Report on Possible Violations and Abuses of International Humanitarian and Human Rights Law, War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity, Related to the Treatment of Ukrainian POWs by the Russian Federation’.
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat holds youth training on media and information literacy to effectively prevent and counter violent extremism
Publishing date: 25 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
On 24 and 25 September 2025, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, with support from the OSCE Secretariat’s Action Against Terrorism Unit, held a training course on media and information literacy in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT) in Ashgabat,
Turkmenistan’s energy experts explore technological parks during an OSCE-supported study visit to Italy
Publishing date: 25 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
Representatives of the State Energy Institute of Turkmenistan discussed best practices of establishing technological energy parks during an OSCE-organized study visit to Milan, Italy, that took place from 22 to 24 September 2025. The experts from Turkmenistan held meetings with their counterparts
OSCE workshop in Baku strengthens capacity to counter money laundering with virtual assets
Publishing date: 25 September 2025
Content type: News
What we do: Economic activities
A two-day OSCE workshop in Baku, held on 24 and 25 September, brought together regulators, supervisory authorities, prosecutors, investigators, and other professionals to address money laundering risks linked to virtual assets and blockchain-based finance. The event aimed to strengthen Azerbaijan’s regulatory and enforcement capacities, while equipping participants with practical skills to respond to challenges in this rapidly evolving field.