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OSCE hands over vehicle and mine detectors to Kyrgyz National Guards

Publishing date: 5 October 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Arms control, Reform and co-operation in the security sector
On 4 October 2016, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek donated one minivan and five mine detectors to the Special Forces of Kyrgyz Republic’s National Guard...

OSCE seminar in Turkmenistan promotes confidence- and security-building measures

Publishing date: 29 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Centre in Ashgabat
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASHGABAT, 29 September 2016 – Implementation of commitments under the OSCE Vienna Document 2011, a politically-binding document addressing confidence- and security-building measures in the military sphere, was in focus of an OSCE-organized seminar for officials from the Defense Ministry of Turkmenistan that will conclude tomorrow in Ashgabat...

First newly recruited neighbourhood police officers begin their four-month OSCE-supported training

Publishing date: 27 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 27 September 2016- As part of introducing a newly reformed neighbourhood police force in Ukraine, a first group of 140 cadets began an education course implemented by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine. The official opening ceremony of the training took place today at the Kyiv Centre for Police Training...

Security sector governance and reform regional workshop hosted by OSCE Mission to Montenegro

Publishing date: 19 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Mission to Montenegro
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
PODGORICA, 19 September 2016 – The OSCE’s role and activities in Security Sector Governance and Reform (SSG/R) in South-Eastern Europe, and the challenges and opportunities in the field, are the focus of a three-day regional workshop organized by the OSCE Secretariat with the support of the OSCE Mission to Montenegro, from 19 to 21 September in Podgorica.

OSCE contributes to strengthening human rights protection in Armenia’s penitentiary institutions

Publishing date: 14 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Office in Yerevan (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
AGHVERAN, Armenia, 14 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported two-day training course on the protection of human rights in penitentiaries concluded today in Aghveran, Kotayk region, Armenia...

OSCE co-organizes roundtable on re-socialization strategy for former prisoners in Kazakhstan

Publishing date: 6 September 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
ASTANA, 6 September 2016 – An OSCE-supported roundtable dedicated to the strengthening of re-socialization of former prisoners took place today in Astana, bringing together some 40 high-level government officials, international experts, legal scholars and members of civil society...

OSCE Project Co-ordinator to assist Ukraine in strengthening democratic control of defence and security sectors

Publishing date: 15 July 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine (closed)
What we do: Reform and co-operation in the security sector
KYIV, 15 July 2016 – The OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Ukraine today opened a new sphere of project assistance to Ukraine – improving democratic control of defence and security sectors – with a presentation of international experience and best practices at a conference in Kyiv...