News and press releases

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek supported a one-day command-staff exercise “Issyk-Kul Anti-terror- 2017”, on 16 September 2017, conducted by the Anti-Terrorism Centre of the State Committee on the National Security of Kyrgyzstan, in co-operation with the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Kyrgyzstan, the Interior Ministry, the Emergency Situations Ministry and local self-government bodies....

The OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the General Prosecutor’s Office of Tajikistan facilitated a one-day roundtable discussion on the country’s National Strategy and Action Plan (NAP) for 2016-2020 on the prevention of violent extremism on 14 September 2017. The event brought together sixty participants from line ministries, the judiciary, key international partners and local think tanks as well as a representative from the OSCE Transnational Threats Department’s Anti-Terrorism Unit....

Protecting human rights while countering violent extremism and radicalization leading to terrorism (VERLT) in the prison context was the subject of a side event organized by the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) and Penal Reform International (PRI) in Warsaw on 18

Strengthening the capacity of government officials from Kyrgyzstan to counter terrorist financing was the aim of a three-day train-the-trainers course organized by the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime's Global Programme against Money Laundering. The event took place from 16 to 18 September 2017 in Vienna. It follows similar courses organized for Kyrgyz officials in June and July 2017...

A new OSCE capacity-building project aimed at developing and enhancing the responsiveness, professional knowledge and skills of criminal justice institutions in South-Eastern Europe was launched on 14 September 2017 in Podgorica, Montenegro. The project was developed to address common and new challenges in fighting cybercrime and cyber-enabled crime...

A national table top exercise focusing on preparedness and protection of non-nuclear critical energy infrastructure against IT-based terrorist attacks concluded on 13 September 2017 in Bratislava...

The OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek and the Action against Terrorism Unit of the OSCE’s Transnational Threats Department held a two-day expert meeting on establishing an Advance Passenger Information (API) system in the country, which took place in Bulan-Sogottu, Kyrgyzstan on 23 August and 24 August 2017. The expert meeting brought together more than 40 decision-makers involved in passenger information processing in the country, including border control and airport authorities, airlines, customs officers, and national security officers. It provided participants with a comprehensive understanding of the functions and benefits of API in combating terrorism and transnational crime...