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Central Asia Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education organized by OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities opens in Almaty
Publishing date: 3 December 2018
Content type: Press release
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 3 December 2018 – Some 120 university lecturers, school managers, teachers, trainers and experts from all the Central Asian states, Mongolia and the wider region gathered in Almaty, Kazakhstan, today for the opening of the five-day Regional School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Integration and Sustainable Development. The annual event is organized by the office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM), in co-operation with the ORLEU National Centre for Professional Development...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities supports integration through multilingual education in Eastern Europe, Caucasus and Central Asia
Publishing date: 8 December 2017
Content type: News
The office of the OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities (HCNM) organized the first “Eastern Europe, Caucasus, Central Asia School on Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Integration and Sustainable Development”, in co-operation with the ORLEU National Centre for Professional
First Olympiad on multilingualism in Central Asia underlines value of mother tongues, State and official, and foreign languages as tools for integration
Publishing date: 10 May 2017
Content type: News
The first Olympiad on multilingualism in Central Asia that specifically focused on the mother tongues of the region, State and official languages, as well as foreign languages was held in Karaganda, Kazakhstan from 4 to 6 May 2017. Organized by Karaganda State University, in co-operation with the
OSCE supports training seminar on human rights protection in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
TALDYKORGAN, Kazakhstan, 6 April 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training seminar for some 130 representatives of the government, civil society and judiciary on human rights protection mechanisms began today in Taldykorgan, Kazakhstan...
OSCE co-organizes international conference marking anniversaries of the Helsinki Final Act and the Astana Commemorative Declaration
Publishing date: 23 October 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
ASTANA, 23 October 2015 – New risks and challenges to the security architecture in the Euro-Atlantic and Eurasian space and implications for regional security were the focus of an OSCE-supported high-level international conference held today in Astana marking forty years of the Helsinki Final Act and the fifth anniversary of the Astana Commemorative Declaration...
OSCE-supported Central Asian Youth Network focuses on security issues in view of the 40th anniversary of Helsinki Final Act
Publishing date: 7 July 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Education, Youth
ALMATY, 7 July 2015 – The annual OSCE Central Asian Youth Network (CAYN) forum and seminar began today in Almaty.
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, in Kazakhstan, discusses impact of reforms on national minorities
Publishing date: 24 June 2015
Content type: News
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors encouraged the authorities of Kazakhstan to take the country’s ethnic and linguistic diversity into account in planned reforms, known as the “100 Concrete Steps”, in areas including education, the civil service, and promotion of national