News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE supports Youth Legal Forum in Kazakhstan on the occasion of 70th Anniversary of Human Rights Declaration
Publishing date: 12 December 2018
Human rights and contemporary challenges to national security were the focus of the OSCE-supported Youth Legal Forum dedicated to the 70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights that concluded on 12 December 2018 in Astana...
OSCE and joint UN and EU programme organize workshop on management of violent extremist prisoners in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2018
An OSCE-supported seminar on assessing and managing the risks of violent extremist prisoners, including the rehabilitation of returning Foreign Terrorist Fighters, concluded on 7 December 2018 in Astana...
Central Asia Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education organized by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities opens in Almaty
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 December 2018 – Some 120 university lecturers, school managers, teachers, trainers and experts from all the Central Asian states, Mongolia and the wider region gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, today for the opening of the five-day Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Integration and Sustainable Development. The annual event is organized by the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), in co-operation with the ORLEU National Centre for Professional Development...
OSCE supports training seminar on administrative anti-corruption practices
Publishing date: 30 November 2018
A four-day training seminar on implementing administrative anti-corruption practices, co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption Agency, concluded in Astana on 29 November 2018. Some 50 representatives from the agency’s central and regional offices participated in the seminar...
OSCE holds national table top exercise in Kazakhstan on protecting critical energy infrastructure from cyber-related terrorist attacks
Publishing date: 29 November 2018
Strengthening preparedness and protection against terrorist attacks aimed at critical energy infrastructure was the focus of a risk-assessment and crisis management exercise held in Kazakhstan’s capital on 28 and 29 November 2018, organized by the OSCE Transnational Threats Department and the OSCE Programme Office in Astana...
Kazakhstan discusses ways to simplify, digitalize and co-ordinate trade and transport procedures at OSCE-organized workshop in Astana
Publishing date: 28 November 2018
A two-day national workshop for representatives of the public authorities of Kazakhstan and the country’s business associations, aimed at implementing the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Trade Facilitation Agreement, organized and moderated by the Office of the Co-ordinator of OSCE Economic and Environmental Activities (OCEEA) and supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, was held on 27 and 28 November in Astana...
OSCE supports strategic analysis course in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 23 November 2018
Some 20 representatives from the Financial Monitoring Committee and Academy of Law Enforcement Agencies under the Office of the Prosecutor General completed a five-day course on strategic analysis on 23 November in Astana. The event was jointly organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana, Kazakhstan’s Financial Monitoring Committee and the United States Embassy in Astana.