News and press releases

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 13 January 2011 – Water User Associations (WUAs) need to be better integrated into the system of local self-governance to ensure fair and efficient distribution of irrigation water, participants agreed at an OSCE-sponsored conference that took place in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh today...

BISHKEK, 28 December 2010 – A forum supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek to discuss the challenges facing Kyrgyzstan’s new Parliament following the formation of the country’s first coalition government was held in Bishkek today...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 23 December 2010- An OSCE-organized workshop on gender mainstreaming for local and regional administration employees took place today in Osh, Kyrgyzstan...

BISHKEK, 21 December 2010 – An OSCE-organized conference that started today in Bishkek looks at how earnings sent home by migrant workers could contribute to economic development in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan...

BISHKEK, 20 December 2010- A training course for Kyrgyz border troops officers from remote border checkpoints in south Kyrgyzstan on the practical use of the Interpol database, organized by the Interpol National Central Bureau with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, started today in Bishkek...

OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 17 December 2010- An OSCE-supported training seminar for border guards, transport police officers and civil society representatives on the identification of human trafficking victims and inter-agency cooperation took place today with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.

JALAL-ABAD, Kyrgyzstan, 16 December 2010- A training course for 65 customs officers from two cities in southern Kyrgyzstan, organized by the State Customs Service's Training Centre with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, was held in Jalal-Abad today...