News and press releases

BISHKEK, 4 February 2016- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek handed over 18 all-terrain vehicles today to Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Interior as part of its police reform programme to build the capacity of the country’s authorities in the area of community policing...

BISHKEK, 22 December 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Kyrgyz OSCE Youth Ambassador Elvira Kalmurzaeva, in co-operation with the Kyrgyz Diplomatic Academy of the Foreign Affairs Ministry, held an open lecture in Bishkek today for master’s students on the OSCE’s role in regional security...

BISHKEK, 18 December 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today organized a roundtable discussion for some twenty representatives from the legislature, academia, expert community, think-tanks and international organizations to discuss the importance of civil society’s monitoring of parliament...

BISHKEK, 17 December 2015 – The first Kyrgyz State Border Service Press Centre, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, opened today in the country’s capital, with the aim of enhancing internal and external communication between the Service’s border units, and in establishing the Service’s coherent and transparent approach towards the media and public...

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a one-week study visit to South Korea on 7-12 December 2015 for representatives of Kyrgyz government agencies to familiarize them with best practices in introducing biometric passports...

BISHKEK, 11 December 2015 – The closing ceremony of the OSCE’s Community Security Initiative (CSI) project took place in Bishkek today with the participation of Kyrgyz officials, donor countries and international organizations...

The legislative process in Kyrgyzstan should be comprehensive and policy-based, says an OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) assessment, presented in Bishkek on 11 December 2015 at a meeting co-organized by ODIHR and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.