News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe holds training course on raising awareness of human trafficking
Publishing date: 15 December 2017
A three-day training course organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe on raising awareness of human trafficking and identifying and assisting victims concluded on 13 December 2017 in Dushanbe.
OSCE helps Kyrgyzstan’s State Commission on Religious Affairs to train staff in promoting gender equality
Publishing date: 15 December 2017
The Programme Office in Bishkek supported a one-month training course aimed at improving the skills of the staff of Kyrgyzstan’s State Commission on Religious Affairs (SCRA) in promoting gender equality. The training sessions for SCRA staff course took place from 8 November to 6 December 2017 in Bishkek...
OSCE Mission to Montenegro organizes training on international co-operation in management of temporarily seized assets
Publishing date: 15 December 2017
International co-operation in the management of temporarily seized assets was the focus of a two-day training course organized by the OSCE Mission to Montenegro for the Property Directorate Department for Seized and Confiscated Assets in Podgorica on 14 and 15 December 2017...
Young journalists learn about investigative reporting during an OSCE-supported study visit to Tbilisi
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
OSCE Mission to Moldova organised a study visit to Georgia for a group of six young journalists from both banks of the Dniester/Nistru River on 5-8 December 2017. During the two-day trip they learned about how investigative reporting projects work in practice, as well as about the local media environment and legal framework.
OSCE Programme Office in Astana supports annual Youth Legal Forum in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
The annual OSCE-supported International Youth Legal Forum, which is held in recognition of the Human Rights Day and was dedicated to mechanisms of human rights protection this year, concluded on 14 December 2017 in Astana, Kazakhstan.
OSCE organizes workshop on Advance Passenger Information System in Skopje
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
A workshop on how to establish an Advance Passenger Information (API) System in Skopje, aimed at preventing the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and combating terrorism and transnational crime, was organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Border Security and Management Unit (TNTD/BSMU) in Skopje from 12 to 14 December 2017.
OSCE organizes training-of-trainers course in Ukraine on detecting forged documents
Publishing date: 14 December 2017
A two-week advanced train-the-trainer course for ten Ukrainian border control officers took place from 4 to 14 December 2017 in Cherkasy, Ukraine. Organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (TNTD/BSMU), the course aimed to develop the officers’ knowledge about fraudulent documents and their teachings skills for delivering such training courses themselves in the future.