News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE promotes good governance in water management in Central Asia
Publishing date: 9 November 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 9 November 2012 – Sharing experience and best practices in integrated water resource management in Central Asia is the focus of an OSCE-supported seminar which began in Almaty today...
Central Asian Youth Network participants travel to Vienna to learn about OSCE
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
Five Central Asian university students completed a two-day visit to Vienna on 8 November 2012 during which they learned about the OSCE and its activities...
OSCE-supported ENVSEC initiative discusses progress of environmental and security projects in Central Asia
Publishing date: 8 November 2012
A regional coordination meeting of the Environment and Security Initiative (ENVSEC) for Central Asia to discuss ongoing projects in the region and future steps concluded on 8 November 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports trade facilitation through better customs procedures
Publishing date: 2 November 2012
ASTANA, 2 November 2012 – An OSCE-supported training course on the harmonized customs procedures within the Customs Union between Belarus, Kazakhstan and Russia concluded today in Astana...
OSCE Centre helps to improve journalism education in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 1 November 2012
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 1 November 2012 – Improving the quality of journalism education was the topic of a roundtable discussion organized today by the OSCE Centre in Astana, in co-operation with the Minber Public Foundation, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University and the UNESCO Almaty Cluster Office...
OSCE/ODIHR Forum in Almaty promotes further reforms to criminal justice systems in Central Asia
Publishing date: 31 October 2012
More than 100 policymakers, academics, legal professionals and civil society representatives from across Central Asia highlighted recent reform initiatives, current challenges and the way forward in the region’s criminal justice sector at a two-and-a-half day forum that ended in Almaty on 31 October 2012...
Security challenges discussed at OSCE Centre-supported conference in Astana
Publishing date: 23 October 2012
ALMATY, 23 October 2012 – More than 80 government officials, academics, diplomats and representatives of international and non-governmental organizations discussed the implementation of OSCE commitments reconfirmed in the 2010 Astana Commemorative Declaration at a conference in Almaty today...