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Cross-border co-operation and joint action are essential in reducing disaster risk, conclude participants of OSCE disaster risk reduction training in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 7 October 2016
Content type: Press release
What we do: Disaster risk reduction, Environmental activities
KAIRAKKUM, Tajikistan, 7 October 2016 – A three and a half-day training course on disaster risk reduction for central government agencies, local administrations and Aarhus Centres from Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan concluded today in Kairakkum, Tajikistan...
OSCE hands over vehicle and mine detectors to Kyrgyz National Guards
Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
On 4 October 2016, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek donated one minivan and five mine detectors to the Special Forces of Kyrgyz Republic’s National Guard...
OSCE opens training centre to improve the quality of environmental monitoring in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 3 October 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 3 October 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported the opening of a training centre in Osh with the aim of increasing the capacity of state and public inspectors of the State Inspectorate of Environmental and Technical Safety (SIETS) and the State Agency for Environmental Protection and Forestry (SAEPF)...
OSCE Centre supports training for social workers of Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary institutions
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
BISHKEK, 30 September 2016 – Some 16 social workers of penitentiary institutions across Kyrgyzstan will complete a two-week capacity-building training course tomorrow, which is organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz State Service for Execution of Punishment (SSEP)...
Safety of media workers and reporting on extremism in focus of OSCE workshop for journalists in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
CHON-KEMIN, Kyrgyzstan, 30 September 2016- A five–day workshop on safety and security measures to be taken by journalists and editors when reporting on matters related to violent extremism and radicalization started today in Chon-Kemin, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE conference highlights role of the media in countering violent extremism in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 28 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 28 September 2016- Eighty media experts, religious experts, journalists, civil society and government representatives from Bishkek, Osh and Batken gathered in the Kyrgyz capital today for a conference on the role of the media in countering violent extremism...
OSCE organizes International Police Reform Conference in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 September 2016