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OSCE, Japan government provide equipment for environmental monitoring around Issyk-Kul lake in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 17 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BALYKCHY, Kyrgyzstan, 17 February 2014 – New environmental monitoring equipment to enhance the protection of Kyrgyzstan’s largest lake was handed over to staff from the Issyk-Kul Biosphere Territory by the Embassy of Japan and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek today in the lakeside town of Balykchy...
OSCE trains Afghan customs officers in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 10 February 2014
An opening ceremony of a training-of-trainers course for six customs officers from Afghanistan took place on 10 February 2014 at the premises of the Kyrgyz Customs Training centre in Leninskoe village near Bishkek...
OSCE organizes anti-corruption training course for Kyrgyz officials in Seoul
Publishing date: 10 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Good governance
BISHKEK, 10 February 2014 – An OSCE-supported anti-corruption training course for Kyrgyz government officials in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, began today...
OSCE to establish situation room in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 7 February 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
BISHKEK, 7 February 2014 – A Memorandum of Understanding on the establishment of a centralized government crisis management centre in Kyrgyzstan was signed today between the Kyrgyz Government, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, and the Democratic Control for Armed Forces (DCAF), an international foundation that contributes to enhancing security sector governance through security sector reform...
OSCE supports professional training for Kyrgyz prison officers
Publishing date: 31 January 2014
An OSCE-supported professional training course for Kyrgyz prison controllers concluded on 31 January 2014 in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek and Swiss OSCE Chairmanship present priorities for 2014 co-operation
Publishing date: 29 January 2014
Ambassador Sergey Kapinos, Head of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, and René Holenstein, Ambassador of Switzerland to the Kyrgyz Republic representing the Swiss Chairmanship-in-Office, presented priorities of their co-operation on 29 January 2014 in Bishkek...
OSCE, Turkish police to boost anti-terrorism capacity of Kyrgyz security bodies
Publishing date: 29 January 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism, Policing
BISHKEK, 29 January 2014 – A letter of intent to co-operate in organizing anti-terrorism training courses for Kyrgyzstan’s state government bodies was signed today between the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Turkish National Police and the Anti-terrorism Centre under the State Committee of National Security (SCNS) of Kyrgyzstan...