News and press releases

An OSCE-organized train-the-trainers course on human rights for 11 instructors from the Interior Ministry’s higher educational institutions across the country began today on 12 October 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...

An OSCE-supported training seminar on countering transnational organized crime and trafficking in drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors began on 5 October 2015 in Shymkent, southern Kazakhstan...

AKTOBE, Kazakhstan, 5 October 2015 – An OSCE-supported three-day training seminar for law-enforcement officers on best practices and international standards in policing in multi-ethnic societies began today in Aktobe, Kazakhstan...

AKTAU, Kazakhstan, 2 October 2015 –Applying gender-mainstreaming principles in politics and local self-governance, as well as promoting good governance, transparency and accountability in rural communities and small towns were focus of the OSCE-supported training seminar that took place today in Aktau, Kazakhstan...

SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 30 September 2015 – The benefits of multilingual education was the focus of a two-day conference co-organized by the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) Astrid Thors, which ended today in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. The conference brought together more than 500 participants from Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan...

SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 28 September, 2015 – Sustainable agricultural development and green growth principles were in focus at an OSCE-supported seminar, which took place today in Shymkent, southern Kazakhstan...

ASTANA, 25 September 2015 – An OSCE-supported international conference on developing national legislation on access to information, public councils under government institutions, and countering corruption took place today in Astana, Kazakhstan...