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OSCE supports watercraft patrolling, mountain training for Kyrgyzstan’s Internal Troops
Publishing date: 30 April 2012
Officials of the Internal Troops of Kyrgyzstan’s Interior Ministry were trained in critical energy infrastructure protection at an OSCE-supported 10-day event which took place from 20 to 29 April 2012 at the Toktogul water power station in Kara-Kul town, Jalal-Abad province in southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s preparations for global “Rio + 20” conference
Publishing date: 26 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Environmental activities
BISHKEK, 26 April 2012 – A forum of non-governmental environmental organizations started today in Bishkek with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
OSCE Centre organizes national seminar on implementation of universal anti-terrorism instruments
Publishing date: 23 April 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Countering terrorism
BISHKEK, 23 April 2012 – An OSCE-supported seminar to assist the Kyrgyz authorities in improving national legislation on combating terrorism was held in Bishkek today...
OSCE Academy’s Director presents to Permanent Council educational, research programmes for Central Asia and Afghanistan
Publishing date: 19 April 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: Permanent Council, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Education
The OSCE Academy in Bishkek has since 2002 worked to promote the OSCE agenda of regional co-operation in Central Asia, said the Academy’s Director, Maxim Ryabkov, in his address to the OSCE Permanent Council on 19 April 2012...
OSCE/ODIHR report recommends further reforms on judge selection in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 30 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Rule of law
Further reforms to the process for selecting judges in Kyrgyzstan are needed to ensure an independent judiciary, according to an OSCE report presented in Bishkek on 30 March 2012...
OSCE Academy in Bishkek launches module on economic and environmental field
Publishing date: 26 March 2012
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities, Education, Good governance
BISHKEK, 26 March 2012 – Twenty-four students from Central Asia and Afghanistan – enrolled in the OSCE Academy’s newly launched Masters programme in Economic Governance and Development – started today a one-week teaching module devoted to the OSCE’s work in the economic and environmental field...
ODIHR trains NGOs in south Kyrgyzstan on trial monitoring
Publishing date: 24 March 2012
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Rule of law
The Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) shared its trial-monitoring methodology with representatives of non-governmental organizations from the south of Kyrgyzstan, in two days of training organized in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek and held in Osh on 23 and 24 March 2012...