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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports newly established working group on police reform
Publishing date: 1 July 2016
The Kyrgyz Government, in co-ordination with the Parliament and the Public Council of the Interior Ministry, on 30 June 2016 issued, as a result of the advocacy efforts of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, a decree authorizing the establishment of a working group on police reform...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosts regional discussion on Security Sector Governance and Reform
Publishing date: 28 June 2016
BISHKEK, 28 June 2016 – The OSCE’s role and activities in Security Sector Governance and Reform in Central Asia, and the challenges and opportunities in the field, are the focus of a three-day regional seminar hosted by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, which began today in the Kyrgyz capital...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek promotes environmental security and supports clean-up campaign in the Issyk-Kul region
Publishing date: 27 June 2016
A two-day roundtable discussion organized jointly by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the local Aarhus Centre on the role of environmental protection in the sustainable development of tourism in the popular resort region of Issyk-Kul ended on 26 June 2016...
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...