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OSCE Centre supports training of Kyrgyz officials and civil society on police reform
Publishing date: 19 August 2016
VIENNA, 19 August 2016 – An OSCE-supported training course for ten representatives of the Kyrgyz Parliament, Interior Ministry and civil society on the development of police under parliamentary democracy concluded today in Vienna...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports workshop on enhancing the skills of press officers of Kyrgyzstan’s armed forces
Publishing date: 10 August 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Media freedom and development
BISHKEK, 10 August 2016 – A three-day OSCE-supported workshop for 15 press officers from Kyrgyzstan’s armed forces on communications and on co-operating during times of crisis concluded today in Bishkek...
To mark World Day against Trafficking in Persons OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports public awareness raising campaign
Publishing date: 30 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Combating trafficking in human beings
BISHKEK, 30 July 2016 – To mark today’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a public awareness-raising campaign and held a public discussion with academic representatives in Bishkek and Osh.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports summer school on topical issues of police reform
Publishing date: 29 July 2016
BISHKEK, 29 July 2016 – Some 30 police officers of different ranks from seven regions of Kyrgyzstan are taking part in a summer school training programme, which closes tomorrow in Issyk-Kul, on the topical issues of police reform, conducted by the Kyrgyz Association of Women Police and the Interior Ministry, with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek trains defence lawyers and prosecutors on right to liberty and freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention
Publishing date: 28 July 2016
BISHKEK, 28 July 2016 – A two-day training conducted by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek for 14 defence lawyers and 12 officers from the Prosecutor’s office on the right to liberty and freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention, ended today in the Kyrgyz capital...
Athletes discuss gender-based violence at OSCE-supported event in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 26 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 26 July 2016 – Some 25 athletes and sport trainers today discussed gender-based violence at an OSCE-supported roundtable discussion attended by a world amateur boxing champion (1986) and former member of parliament, Orzubek Nazarov...
OSCE supports public discussions on natural resources management in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 22 July 2016 – Three public discussions on the regulatory legal acts regarding the use of natural resources and environmental protection are being organized from 19 July to 27 July 2016 by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the local Aarhus Centre in the districts of Toktogul, Aksy and Kadamjay in southern Kyrgyzstan...