News and press releases

The OSCE Centre in Bishkek on 4 December 2014 supported a two-day regional roundtable discussion in Kyrgyzstan’s capital on the outcomes of UNESCO’s World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development...

BISHKEK, 3 December 2014 –The Minister of Social Protection and Development, the Ombudsman and representatives from parliament joined the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in supporting a charity event on Equal Rights to Education, which was held to mark the International Day of Persons with Disability...

BISHKEK, 28 November 2014 – A public hearing, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, on draft amendments to laws on access to public information took place today in the parliament of Kyrgyzstan. The proposals aim to simplify access to governmental information, and were initiated by three different Parliamentary Committees...

A two-day seminar for some 50 prison officers on preventing violent extremism and radicalization in prisons took place at the Penitentiary Administration Training Centre in Bishkek on 25-26 November 2014...

A five-day training course on combatting terrorism, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek in co-operation with the Anti-terrorism Centre of the State Committee on National Security of Kyrgyzstan, ended on 21 November 2014 at the Bakaev Institute in Bishkek...

More than 65 policy-makers, academics, justice professionals and civil society representatives from Central Asia and the wider OSCE region came together on 24-25 November 2014 to discuss reform initiatives, current challenges and good practices for criminal justice systems at the Fifth Expert Forum on Criminal Justice for Central Asia in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

BISHKEK, 21 November 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Economy Ministry of Kyrgyzstan launched yesterday the Systematic Regulatory Review project with the aim of assisting the country’s government in conducting regulatory reforms, governing private economic activity and combating corruption...