News and press releases

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized an online two-day training seminar on enhancing capacities of professional societies for lawyers on 21 and 22 October 2021.

An OSCE-supported series of seminars on enhancing the role and capacity of maslikhats (local self-governance bodies) was launched, in a blended format, from 19 October to 23 November 2021. The event covers all fourteen provinces and the three major cities – Almaty, Nur-Sultan and Shymkent. Some 140 deputies of the district, city and province-level maslikhats of the Kostanay province attended the first event.

An OSCE-supported a workshop on enhancing youth participation in political and civic life in Kazakhstan took place in Nur-Sultan on 15 October 2021. Some 50 members of parliament, representatives of the Ministry of Information and Social development, youth organizations, young experts and human rights defenders participated in the event, which was held in a blended format.

On 15 October 2021 in Nur-Sultan, the OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan concluded a two-day seminar on countering illegal capital flight.

An OSCE-organized week-long simulation exercise on combating human trafficking along migration routes, hosted by the Almaty Police Academy under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, started on 11 October 2021 in Almaty.

The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in co-operation with the Supreme Court and Legal Policy Research Centre in Kazakhstan, co-organized an online roundtable discussion on access to justice during the COVID-19 pandemic on 8 October 2021.

An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on implementing the Aarhus Convention principles in Kazakhstan concluded on 7 October 2021 in Turkestan, held in a blended format.