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Afghan customs academy officials visit Kyrgyzstan, OSCE Centre in Bishkek to discuss co-operation
Publishing date: 2 April 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Border management, Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 2 April 2010- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosted a delegation from Afghanistan's National Customs Academy this week to discuss the participation of Afghan officers in the OSCE's customs training development project in Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Centre-supported workshop strengthens Kyrgyz civil society representatives' capacity for prevention of torture in penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 30 March 2010
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 30 March 2009- An OSCE-supported workshop for some 30 human rights defenders and civil society representatives on enhanced methodologies to monitor prisons and other places of deprivation of liberty started in Osh today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports debate on regional security in Central Asia
Publishing date: 18 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education
BISHKEK, 18 March, 2010- A major OSCE-supported conference to discuss regional security challenges in Central Asia was organized today by the International University of Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Academy in Bishkek Board of Trustees meet in Vienna
Publishing date: 17 March 2010
VIENNA, 17 March, 2010- The Board of Trustees of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek met in Vienna today to discuss the Academy's achievements and future plans...
Residents in eastern Kyrgyzstan city view police work more positively following OSCE-supported reforms, new opinion poll shows
Publishing date: 9 March 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Policing
BISHKEK, 9 March, 2010- The share of residents in the eastern city of Karakol who view police work positively has almost tripled since 2006, when OSCE-supported reforms began, according to the results of a new survey released today...
OSCE Centre presents manual on multi-cultural education in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 February 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Education, Tolerance and non-discrimination
BISHKEK, 26 February, 2010- A new manual for teachers on multi-cultural and multi-lingual education was presented today at the Panfilov secondary school in Osh, southern Kyrgyzstan.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducts workshop on change management in police organizations
Publishing date: 14 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Policing, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 14 December, 2009- An OSCE-supported workshop on change management in Kyrgyzstan's police organizations started today...