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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Public administration reform know-how shared at OSCE Centre in Bishkek–organized study visit to Georgia
Publishing date: 24 February 2016
TBILISI, 24 February 2016 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Justice Ministry of Georgia organized a three-day study visit of eight Kyrgyz Government officials to Tbilisi from 22 to 24 February 2016 to exchange experiences on reforms to public and municipal administration...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek recognized as “Partner of the Year- 2015” by Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Emergency Situations
Publishing date: 19 February 2016
The Kyrgyz Ministry of Emergency Situations awarded the OSCE Centre in Bishkek the title of “Partner of the Year- 2015” at a ceremony in Bishkek on 19 February 2016 as part of the Strategy on Disaster Risk Reduction 2030 Forum...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek receives new license for Master’s programme
Publishing date: 18 February 2016
BISHKEK, 18 February 2016 – The Kyrgyz Ministry of Education and Science issued a new license for the OSCE Academy’s Master’s Degree programme in Political Science with focus on Central Asia. Sergey Kapinos, the Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, today presented the license to the Academy’s Director Pal Dunay at the OSCE Centre’s premises...
OSCE strengthens community policing in Kyrgyzstan through donation of vehicles to the Interior Ministry
Publishing date: 4 February 2016
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...
Students from Kyrgyz Diplomatic Academy discuss regional security in OSCE-supported lecture
Publishing date: 22 December 2015
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...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports discussion on importance of parliamentary monitoring
Publishing date: 18 December 2015
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...
OSCE-supported Kyrgyz State Border Service Press Centre opens in Bishkek
Publishing date: 17 December 2015
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...