News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Mobile Training Team trains border and security officers from Ukraine on identifying foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 24 May 2018
The OSCE’s Mobile Training Team delivered a three-day interactive course on identifying foreign terrorist fighters to 30 border and security officers from Ukraine. The event took place from 22 to 24 May 2018 in Odesa. The deployment of the Mobile Training Team, the fifth of its kind, was organized by the Border Security and Management Unit of the OSCE Transnational Threats Department.
Turkmenistan hosts regional workshop on modern border security challenges
Publishing date: 14 May 2018
An OSCE-supported two-day regional workshop on promoting border management and security was held on 7 and 8 May 2018 in Ashgabat.
Regional border management awareness workshop concludes at OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe
Publishing date: 4 May 2018
A joint Afghan-Tajik-Turkmen Regional Border Management Awareness workshop concluded on 4 May 2018 in Dushanbe. The event was hosted by the OSCE Border Management Staff College (BMSC).
Illicit trafficking of cultural property and gender mainstreaming focus of annual meeting of OSCE National Focal Points on Border Security
Publishing date: 12 April 2018
VIENNA, 12 April 2018 – Current trends and challenges in securing and managing borders were highlighted at the two-day 12th Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network, which opened today in Vienna, gathering more than 60 participants from across the OSCE region...
OSCE co-organizes cross-border training seminar on risk profiling in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 29 March 2018
An OSCE-supported five-day cross-border training seminar on risk profiling at border checkpoints, which began in Karasu, Kazakhstan on 26 March 2018, is nearing conclusion.
OSCE Mobile Training Team trains border and security officers from Tajikistan on identifying foreign terrorist fighters
Publishing date: 15 March 2018
The OSCE’s Mobile Training Team delivered an interactive training course on identifying foreign terrorist fighters to 20 female and male border and security officers from Tajikistan from 13 to 15 March 2018 in Dushanbe...
OSCE Border Management Staff College hosts a border security and management workshop
Publishing date: 15 March 2018
A two-day Border Security and Management Workshop concluded in in Dushanbe, on 14 March 2018. Its aim was to enhance Tajikistan’s capability to effectively manage its borders, disrupting illicit trafficking and terrorism threats, while also allowing for growth and development of commerce.