News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports 12th Central Asia Border Security Initiative Conference
Publishing date: 28 April 2016
BISHKEK, 28 April 2016 – The two-day conference of the 12th Central Asia Border Security Initiative concluded today in Bishkek having brought together some 100 officials to discuss the role of border management in countering extremism, managing migration flows and facilitating of cross-border trade...
OSCE trains Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards on operational planning
Publishing date: 22 April 2016
Twenty Tajik and Kyrgyz border guards completed on 22 April 2016 in Dushanbe a three-week OSCE operational planning training course, conducted in the framework of the third phase of the OSCE Office’s patrol programming and leadership project...
OSCE Office in Tajikistan trains border troops on patrol leadership course
Publishing date: 22 April 2016
An OSCE-organized four-week training course on patrolling and leadership skills for 20 officers from Tajik Border Troops concluded on 22 April 2016 at the Gissar training centre, Tajikistan...
Afghan border police trainers develop instructional skills at OSCE, UNDP train-the-trainer course in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
DUSHANBE, 14 April 2016 – Today 18 border officials from two brigades of Afghanistan’s Border Police successfully completed a two-week train-the-trainer course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
Cross border co-operation in focus of OSCE hosted Border Security Experts meeting in Berlin, co-operation and dialogue more important than ever
Publishing date: 12 April 2016
BERLIN, 12 April 2016 – The 10th Annual Meeting of the OSCE Border Security and Management National Focal Points Network, devoted to promoting cross border co-operation and confidence-building to address emerging threats and challenges in the OSCE region, will take place from 12 to 13 April 2016 in Berlin...
The role of border delegates in focus of workshop at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan
Publishing date: 1 April 2016
DUSHANBE, 1 April 2016 – Twenty-five officials from border security and management agencies of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan today completed a week-long workshop at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan on the role of effective border delegates...
OSCE Centre holds roundtable discussion to assess needs for enhancing Turkmenistan’s border patrol capacities
Publishing date: 31 March 2016
ASHGABAT, 31 March 2016 – Ten high level-officers from the State Border Service of Turkmenistan took part in a roundtable meeting that took place today. The meeting was organized by the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat in co-operation with the State Border Service of Turkmenistan to assess the needs of the national border guards with the aim of enhancing their border patrol capacities...