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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
Investigation tools and skills to effectively counter terrorist financing focus of OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime training course in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 1 July 2019
A five-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Tajikistan to counter terrorist financing was organized from 25 to 29 June 2019 in Khujand, Tajikistan...
Tolerance, inclusion, interfaith and intercultural understanding key to preventing and countering violent extremism, say Mongolia conference speakers
Publishing date: 21 June 2019
ULAANBAATAR, 21 June 2019 – Efforts that promote tolerance, inclusion, inter-faith and inter-cultural understanding must be critical components of any strategy to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT), said speakers at the opening of a high-level inter-regional conference in Ulaanbaatar yesterday.
OSCE organizes workshop on establishing Advance Passenger Information system in Armenia
Publishing date: 20 June 2019
A three-day workshop on how to establish an Advance Passenger Information (API) system for preventing the movement of foreign terrorist fighters and enhancing aviation security was held in Yerevan from 17 to 19 June 2019. Some 20 representatives from relevant Armenian agencies involved in passenger processing, together with police and customs officials and members of the civil aviation authority and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, attended the event.
OSCE and UN Office on Drugs and Crime deliver training course in Kazakhstan on investigation tools and skills to effectively counter terrorist financing
Publishing date: 17 June 2019
A five-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Kazakhstan to counter terrorist financing was organized in Burabay, Kazakhstan, from 11 to 15 June 2019. The training seminar was delivered to participants from the capital and from the country’s Akmola, Aktobe and Karaganda regions.
OSCE organizes national seminar in Georgia on a whole-of-society approach to preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism
Publishing date: 13 June 2019
A two-day national seminar on a whole-of-society approach to countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT), organized by the OSCE and the Government of Georgia, began on 13 June 2019 in Tbilisi. This is the first seminar of the kind organized by the OSCE in the country...
OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime hosted in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 17 April 2019
ASHGABAT, 17 April 2019 – Some 200 representatives of Central Asian and other OSCE participating States and Partners for Co-operation, as well as experts from international organizations, attended today in Ashgabat an OSCE high-level regional conference on countering terrorist financing and organized crime...
OSCE, UNODC and ICITAP deliver training course on countering terrorist financing in Albania
Publishing date: 12 April 2019
A three-day training course aimed at further strengthening the capacity of Albania to counter terrorist financing was organized from 10 to 12 April 2019, in Tirana...