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Settlement colonies in Kyrgyzstan to open income-generation units with OSCE support
Publishing date: 14 June 2013
ANANYEVO, Kyrgyzstan, 14 June 2013 – A farm in a settlement colony in Kyrgyzstan was officially launched today in the Colony 44 in the village of Ananyevo in Issyk-Kul region of the country...
Bishkek Water Museum to be opened in September 2013 with OSCE support
Publishing date: 10 June 2013
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities, Education
A ceremony at the Water museum in Bishkek took place in Bishkek on 7 June 2013, to mark the 80th anniversary of the Kyrgyz National Agrarian University’s (KNAU). The popular science museum will be officially opened to the public in September 2013 and will be hosted by the KNAU’s former laboratory building. It will be the country’s only museum educating people on water and its effective use...
OSCE promotes dialogue among government officials and religious leaders on sensitive gender issues in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 6 June 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Gender equality
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 6 June 2013 – The growing trend of early and non-registered marriages, early motherhood and gender-based violence in Kyrgyzstan topped the agenda of a roundtable discussion that took place in Osh today...
OSCE trains Kyrgyzstan’s officials in fighting terrorism
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 31 May 2013- Developing the analytical skills of anti-terrorism personnel in Kyrgyzstan was the purpose of a one-week training course from that concluded today in Bishkek...
OSCE-supported public hearings in Bishkek highlight Kyrgyzstan’s electoral reform
Publishing date: 31 May 2013
Reform of Kyrgyzstan’s election legislation was the topic of several OSCE-supported public hearings held in Bishkek on 31 May 2013...
Nobel Laureate John Nash gives public lecture in Kyrgyzstan with OSCE support
Publishing date: 27 May 2013
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
BISHKEK, 27 May 2013 – A public lecture by the 1994 Nobel Laureate in Economics, John Nash “Ideal Money and the Motivation of Savings and Thrift” took place today in Bishkek with OSCE support...
OSCE helps chief accountants of Kyrgyzstan’s penitentiary institutions develop professional skills
Publishing date: 24 May 2013
A five-day training seminar for chief accountants of Kyrgyzstan’s detention facilities, organized by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the State Penitentiary Service, ended in Bishkek on 24 May 2013...