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OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe supports High-Level Briefing on Tajikistan’s New National Strategy to Counter Terrorism and Extremism
Publishing date: 9 October 2025
The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe, in close partnership with the General Prosecutor’s Office of the Republic of Tajikistan, supported the organization and delivery of a high-level briefing to present the new National Strategy on Countering Terrorism and Extremism for 2026–2041 and its accompanying Action Plan through 2030.
OSCE Centre in Ashgabat holds youth training on media and information literacy to effectively prevent and counter violent extremism
Publishing date: 25 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Countering terrorism, Media freedom and development
On 24 and 25 September 2025, the OSCE Centre in Ashgabat, with support from the OSCE Secretariat’s Action Against Terrorism Unit, held a training course on media and information literacy in preventing and countering violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (P/CVERLT) in Ashgabat,
OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supports Kyrgyz Border Service in strengthening response to explosive threats through EOD training
Publishing date: 11 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
From 25 to 29 August 2025, the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, with support from the U.S. Embassy in Bishkek, organized a specialized training for 10 (ten) Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) experts of the Border Service of the State Committee for National Security of the Kyrgyz Republic based on
OSCE regional workshop in Durrës focused on nexus between drug trafficking and violent crime
Publishing date: 10 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Presence in Albania, Transnational Threats Department
The OSCE Presence in Albania, with support from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department/Strategic Police Matters Unit and the United States Department of Justice’s International Criminal Investigative Training Assistance Program (ICITAP), organized a two-day regional workshop on the nexus between
OSCE organizes course on anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism for students in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 5 September 2025
An OSCE-organized training course on Anti-Money Laundering and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) for students from Turkmenistan’s institutions of higher education took place in a hybrid format from 1 to 5 September 2025.
OSCE-supported course strengthens national capacity in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism in Turkmenistan
Publishing date: 4 September 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Economic activities, Good governance, Countering terrorism
An-OSCE supported training course on strategic analysis in combating money laundering and financing of terrorism took place in Ashgabat from1 to 4 September 2025. The OSCE Centre in Ashgabat organized the four-day event in close co-operation with Egmont Centre of FIU Excellence and Leadership
Expert missions to Central Asia assess countries’ needs for handling cross-border electronic evidence requests for investigating online crimes, including terrorism
Publishing date: 25 July 2025
Content type: News
Where we are: Transnational Threats Department, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Countering terrorism
Understanding what Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan need to ensure they are well-equipped to handle electronic evidence across borders was the goal of four needs assessment missions organized by the OSCE in June and July 2025.