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Promoting Safer Rides through Gender-Sensitive Communication: OSCE and inDrive Launch Pilot Training for Drivers in Almaty
Publishing date: 3 July 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
On 19 June in Almaty, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, in collaboration with the global ride-hailing company inDrive, launched a pilot training session for 48 local drivers, including 11 women and 37 men. This first of its kind gender-sensitive communication training event was delivered in partnership with a ride-hailing platform, which marks a meaningful step toward engaging local drivers in fostering safer and more respectful public spaces and promoting a zero tolerance approach to discrimination and harassment.
Supporting media development: OSCE promotes legal training for journalists in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
On 16 and 17 June in Astana as well as on 19 and 20 June 2025 in Almaty, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, in partnership with the Public Foundation “Legal Media Center” and Internews in Kazakhstan, organized two-day training workshops on “Legal Check-Up for Journalists.”
Kazakhstan’s Participation in OCTOPUS 2025 Strengthens OSCE-Supported International Efforts to Combat Cybercrime
Publishing date: 17 June 2025
From June 4 to 6 2025, a delegation from Kazakhstan participated in the international conference “OCTOPUS 2025- Conference on Countering Cybercrime”, hosted by the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, France. The participation of the delegation was facilitated by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana within the framework of the extra-budgetary project “Supporting the Republic of Kazakhstan in the Development of Effective Policies to Counter Cybercrimes (Phase I)”, implemented by the Office in co-operation with the Ministry of Interior of Kazakhstan, and under the co-ordination of the Presidential Administration of Kazakhstan.
OSCE Delivers K-9 Feasibility Assessment Report to Kazakhstan’s Border Service
Publishing date: 17 June 2025
On 27 May 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana (the Office) officially transmitted the Feasibility Needs Assessment Report: “Breed Programme/Puppy Development” to the Border Service of the National Security Committee of the Republic of Kazakhstan. The report, developed by the OSCE with expert support from the United Kingdom, reflects the Office’s continued support to national efforts in enhancing specialized capacities for effective border security management.
OSCE workshop in Kazakhstan advances national training strategy on cybercrime and electronic evidence
Publishing date: 13 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Transnational Threats Department
What we do: Cyber/ICT Security, Policing
To support Kazakhstan in strengthening its response to cybercrime, the OSCE Transnational Threats Department, in partnership with the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, held a two-day workshop in Astana on 12 and 13 June. The event focused on developing a national competency framework and training
Support for strategic planning and sustainable water resources management: meeting of the Tobol-Torgay Basin Council in Kostanay
Publishing date: 13 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities, Water management
On 26 May 2025, in Kostanay, the OSCE Programme Office in Astana facilitated the first meeting of the Tobol-Torgay Basin Council this year, dedicated to integrated water resources management and water conservation strategies.
Enhancing disaster risk reduction capacity: OSCE promotes training on the use of interactive maps and digital safety passports in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 13 June 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities