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OSCE, UNDP support first extended meeting of Anti-Corruption Council in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Good governance
BISHKEK, 22 September 2015 – The first meeting of the Anti-Corruption Council of the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic was held today in Bishkek under the chairmanship of the Kyrgyz Prime Minister Temir Sariev...
Challenges of disposing explosive hazards in Central Asia and Afghanistan discussed at OSCE-supported workshop in Bishkek
Publishing date: 18 September 2015
Content type: Press release
What we do: Arms control
BISHKEK, 18 September 2015- A five-day regional workshop on a comprehensive approach to responding to and reducing explosive hazards in Central Asia and Afghanistan concluded in Kyrgyzstan today...
Water co-operation between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan discussed at OSCE-supported international conference
Publishing date: 17 September 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 17 September 2015- A two-day OSCE-supported international conference focusing on 15 years of an agreement between Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan on the use of the shared water management facilities along the Chu and Talas rivers, concluded today in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE helps to set up early warning and border conflict prevention groups in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 August 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz State Border Service Border jointly opened early warning groups for conflict prevention in the border cities of Talas, northern Kyrgyzstan, on 28 August and the city of Osh, in the south of the country, on 21 August 2015...
OSCE Secretary General stresses importance of co-operation with Kyrgyzstan during Bishkek visit
Publishing date: 27 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 27 August 2015 – Strengthening the current OSCE engagement with Kyrgyzstan and discussing future co-operation was the focus of a two-day visit to Bishkek by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier which concluded today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports workshop for Eurasian Group on combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
Publishing date: 22 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Countering terrorism
ISSYK-KUL, Kyrgyzstan, 22 August 2015 – A five-day workshop on harmonizing evaluation procedures of assessors from Eurasian Group (EAG) member states on combating money laundering and the financing of terrorism completed today in Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan. The workshop was organized by the State Financial Intelligence Unit under the Government of Kyrgyzstan and EAG in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek contributes to timely crisis management response in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution