News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
OSCE organizes study visit to Serbia for Tajik state officials
Publishing date: 13 December 2017
A study visit for high level Tajik state officials to Belgrade was organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Dushanbe in co-operation with the OSCE Mission to Serbia from 6 to 10 December 2017. A group of ten representatives from various state institutions such as the national parliament, the Presidential Office, the General Prosecutor’s Office, the Committee on Women and Family Affairs and several ministries took part in the visit.
OSCE supports anti-corruption conference in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 11 December 2017
An OSCE-supported international conference on modern anti-corruption standards and international co-operation took place on 8 December 2017 in Astana.
OSCE-organized training course on anti-corruption actions concluded in Astana
Publishing date: 11 December 2017
A one-week modular training course on collective action, the role of regulatory impact assessments and anti-corruption proofing of draft legislation for more than 40 representatives of public sector, business community and civil society concluded on 8 December 2017 in Astana.
OSCE co-organizes roundtable discussion for law enforcement experts and officers from Belarus on best practices in combating corruption and financial crimes
Publishing date: 5 December 2017
An OSCE-led roundtable discussion on combating corruption and financial crimes for experts from Lithuania, Moldova, Poland, the Russian Federation and representatives of law enforcement agencies from Belarus concluded today in Minsk.
OSCE Programme Office supports public monitoring to enhance quality of delivery of public services in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
The Kyrgyzstan-based Centre for Public Policy presented the results of its monitoring of the delivery of ten main public services on 1 December 2017 in Bishkek. The monitoring project, supported by the OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, was conducted over a six-month period and aims at strengthening the capacity of local civil society organizations to monitor the delivery of public services and inform the local authorities about problems.
Kyrgyzstan approves final package of OSCE-supported recommendations for removing regulatory barriers to business
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
The final package of recommendations developed under the OSCE flagship project to strengthen regulatory governance in Kyrgyzstan was approved by the Kyrgyz Government’s Regulatory Reform Council on 1 December 2017.
OSCE supports Kyrgyzstan’s Central Election Commission in conducting public discussion of October’s presidential election outcomes
Publishing date: 4 December 2017
The Programme Office in Bishkek supported the Central Election Commission of Kyrgyzstan in organizing a debate on 28 November 2017 on the lessons learnt from the October 2017 presidential elections and on issues to further consolidate the country’s electoral system.