News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE trains Afghan border police officers and Tajik border troops on patrolling, leadership and operational planning
Publishing date: 1 June 2016
DUSHANBE, 1 June 2016 – Two training courses- a four-week course organized by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan for 19 Afghan border police officers on patrolling and leadership, and a three-week joint operational planning course for ten Tajik border troops and ten Afghan border police officers- concluded today in Dushanbe...
Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders concludes at OSCE Border Management Staff College
Publishing date: 27 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 27 May 2016 – A one-month Border Management Staff Course for Women Leaders concluded today at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, which trained 25 female border officials representing ten OSCE participating States- Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Germany, Georgia, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Mongolia, Switzerland, Tajikistan, and Ukraine- and one OSCE Partner for Co-operation, Algeria...
OSCE trains Kazakhstan’s Border Service in profiling techniques
Publishing date: 23 May 2016
ALMATY, Kazakhstan, 23 May 2016 – The first in a series of OSCE-supported training seminars on profiling techniques at the border checkpoints to help counter transnational crime began today in Almaty.
Female Border Officials from Afghanistan and Tajikistan attend OSCE-UNDP Border Management Awareness Course
Publishing date: 19 May 2016
DUSHANBE, 19 May 2016- Today seventeen female border professionals from Afghanistan and five border officials from Tajikistan graduated from a ten-day border management awareness course at the OSCE Border Management Staff College in Dushanbe, Tajikistan...
OSCE Gender Equality Platform for Border Security and Management launched in Helsinki
Publishing date: 17 May 2016
The Launch Meeting of the OSCE Gender Equality Platform for Border Security and Management was held in the premises of the Finnish Customs School in Helsinki on 17-18 May 2016 bringing together representatives from across the OSCE region to discuss women’s leadership and empowerment in border security and management...
OSCE organizes final training courses in Ukraine on detecting forged travel documents
Publishing date: 2 May 2016
CHERKASY, Ukraine, 2 May 2016 – Two six-day training courses for Ukrainian border control officers aimed at increasing their operational awareness to recognize original, forged and false documents, and in using forensic equipment to identify document forgery, started today in Cherkasy...
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...