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OSCE promotes environmental awareness in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Environmental activities
TURKMENBASHI, Turkmenistan, 4 October 2016 – The Aarhus Convention, a UN document on access to environmental information, public participation in decision-making and access to justice in environmental matters, was the focus of an OSCE-supported seminar for 25 representatives of the local authorities, commercial organizations, civil society, media and the general public, held today in Turkmenbashi, Turkmenistan...
Disaster management in focus of OSCE training course in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
ASHGABAT, 30 September 2016 – A training course on mechanisms to reduce and prevent the spread of disasters, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, concluded today in Ashgabat...
Afghan border police officers, at OSCE course in Turkmenistan, discuss border security
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
ASHGABAT, 30 September 2016- Thirteen middle-rank border police officers from the northern border of Afghanistan today completed a five-day OSCE-supported executive general patrol course organized in the capital of Turkmenistan...
OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan promotes confidence- and security-building measures
Publishing date: 29 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASHGABAT, 29 September 2016 – Implementation of commitments under the OSCE Vienna Document 2011, a politically-binding document addressing confidence- and security-building measures in the military sphere, was in focus of an OSCE-organized seminar for officials from the Defense Ministry of Turkmenistan that will conclude tomorrow in Ashgabat...
Border Guards complete OSCE training course on patrolling in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 24 September 2016
ASHGABAT, 24 September 2016 – A series of training courses for the State Border Service of Turkmenistan, organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, concluded today near Ashgabat...
OSCE Centre supports modernization of journalism education in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 23 September 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Education, Media freedom and development
On 23 September 2016, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized a seminar on innovative methods of teaching journalism for 15 instructors from the International University for Humanities and Development, Magtymguly Turkmen State University, Foreign Ministry’s Institute of International Relations and the National Institute of Sports and Tourism of the State Committee for Tourism and Sports of Turkmenistan...
Internet journalism in focus of OSCE courses at Turkmenistan universities
Publishing date: 22 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Education, Media freedom and development