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OSCE fosters youth co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 2 November 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Education, Youth
Twenty-four alumni of the OSCE-funded Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) and other young people from Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan took part in an online seminar on 29 and 30 October 2020 on how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted security, the economy and education...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan trains Kazakh-speaking journalists on data journalism
Publishing date: 30 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized a three-day online seminar to train Kazakh-speaking journalists on using data management tools in their work on 28-30 October 2020...
OSCE organizes webinar for youth on career planning and employment in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 28 October 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan organized a webinar on 28 October 2020 for young people and members of the general public on career planning and employment opportunities in Kazakhstan...
OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supports ‘Newcomer Fest on Human Rights’
Publishing date: 27 October 2020
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan supported a series of online discussions as part of the “Newcomer Fest on Human Rights”, which was launched on 27 October 2020. The Fest will see a number of awareness-raising and learning activities held for local community representatives on the importance of human rights and their protection.
Freedom of expression and judicial regulation of defamation in focus of OSCE-supported online seminar in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 22 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Media freedom and development
The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan in co-operation with the Supreme Court, the NGO Legal Media Centre, Internews Kazakhstan and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) organized an online seminar on the protection of freedom of expression and the judicial regulation of defamation on 22 October 2020. Fifty-eight judges of the Supreme Court and the city courts of Nur-Sultan, Almaty, Shymkent and regions (oblasts) throughout the country participated in the seminar...
OSCE organizes regional workshop on intelligence-led policing for law enforcement agencies in Central Asian States
Publishing date: 16 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat, OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Policing
The Strategic Police Matters Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department (SPMU), in co-operation with local field operations, organized a regional training workshop on intelligence-led policing (ILP) on 15 and 16 October 2020 for senior representatives of Kazakh, Tajik, Turkmen and Uzbek law enforcement agencies...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on environmental challenges in Kazakhstan’s Kostanay region
Publishing date: 15 October 2020
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Environmental activities
The first in a series of three OSCE-supported regional roundtable discussions on the country’s environmental challenges concluded on 15 October 2020 in Kostanay, Kazakhstan. The two-day event brought together some 25 representatives from the local authorities, the business community and environmental NGOs. The OSCE Programme Office in Nur-Sultan, in partnership with the Association of Environmental Organizations, organized the event...