News and press releases

ASTANA, 6 November 2014 – Government officials, parliamentarians, representatives of regional and local bodies of power, international organizations and civil society gathered at a roundtable discussion today in Astana to discuss the status of implementation of ongoing local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan...

KYIV, 31 October 2014 – ‘To enhance public trust in civil society organizations in Ukraine, the Registry of Public Associations should provide citizens with access to the NGOs statutes and reports’ – was one of the core recommendations adopted at the “Civil Society and State: Dialogue and Partnership" international conference, organized by the OSCE Project Co-ordinator, on 30-31 October 2014, in Kyiv...

Following a request from Tajikistan’s government to assist the Committee on Television and Radio in the transition from analogue to digital television, the OSCE Office in Tajikistan invited an expert from the Swiss telecommunication and broadcasting regulator BAKOM to meet representatives of Teleradiocom, from 20 to 24 October 2014 in Dushanbe...

BISHKEK, 27 October 2014 – Four training courses on combating money-laundering and the financing of terrorism, organized by the Kyrgyz State Financial Intelligence Service and the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, will take place from 27 to 30 October 2014 at the Training Centre of the State Financial Intelligence Service in Bishkek...

The OSCE Mission to Montenegro, in partnership with the Union of Municipalities and the Ministry for Sustainable Development and Tourism, organized a two-day workshop on 23 and 24 October 2014 in Mojkovac, on application of the Law on Spatial Planning and Construction in Local Government...

The OSCE Mission to Moldova organized on 15 October 2014 a round table discussion on Optimization and Implementation of Gagauz Autonomy, a report presented by Piligrim-Demo, a Comrat-based NGO which aims to establish a mechanism for civil society to raise issues related to Gagauzia with central authorities...

KYIV, 17 October 2014 – A new online platform for public administration services in construction industry developed with the support of the OSCE Project Co-ordinator was launched today in Kyiv. The platform [www.e-dabi.gov.ua] allows businesses and individuals to submit online applications, as required by the legislation...