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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
ODIHR and OSCE field operations in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan support policy advisors in improving their policy-making skills
Publishing date: 27 June 2016
Policy advisors from Central Asian ministries, presidential administrations, parliaments and research institutions completed an OSCE-organized three-day Young Policy Advisers Course on 27 June 2016 in Bishkek, with the aim of improving their professional capacities and enhancing their ability to develop and implement policies in an objective and value-based manner.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports first Internet Governance Forum in Central Asia
Publishing date: 22 June 2016
BISHKEK, 22 June 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a two-day Internet Governance Forum in Central Asia, the first of its kind, which concluded today in the Kyrgyz capital...
Combating violent extremism through modern communication technologies discussed at OSCE–supported international conference in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 June 2016
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 18 June 2016 – An-OSCE supported conference attended by some 100 participants from 20 countries on international co-operation in countering terrorist and extremist organizations through the use of modern communication technologies concluded today in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek hands over Mobile Police Reception vehicle to police in Issyk-Kul to boost public security
Publishing date: 18 June 2016
CHOLPON-ATA, Kyrgyzstan, 18 June 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today handed over a Mobile Police Reception vehicle, the 19th donation of this kind, to the Issyk-Kul Police. This vehicle aims to contribute to efforts to ensure public security in this tourist region and to promote social partnerships between the police and local communities...
Implementing the Aarhus Convention in Kyrgyzstan in focus at OSCE Centre-supported discussion in Talas
Publishing date: 17 June 2016
TALAS, Kyrgyzstan, 17 June 2016- Addressing local environmental issues through public participation and implementing the Aarhus Convention were the focus of a two-day roundtable discussion in Talas, organized by the Bishkek Aarhus Centre with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today, and bringing together 30 representatives of civil society, State environmental agencies and the local authorities...
Protection of rights of persons detained in psychiatric institutions discussed at OSCE-supported training courses in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 June 2016
BISHKEK, 17 June 2016 – To mark the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Centre for the Support of International Protection today concluded training courses in Osh and Bishkek on the human rights of persons subjected to involuntary medical treatment in psychiatric institutions...
OSCE-supported regional inter-parliamentary meeting in Bishkek discusses monitoring and evaluation mechanisms
Publishing date: 15 June 2016
BISHKEK, 15 June 2016 – A two-day OSCE-supported regional inter-parliamentary meeting on monitoring and evaluation mechanisms that brought together 20 parliamentarians from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russian Federation, and Tajikistan concluded today in Bishkek. High-level government officials, independent experts, representatives of civil society, international organizations, academia and mass media also attended the event...