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News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
To mark World Day against Trafficking in Persons OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports public awareness raising campaign
Publishing date: 30 July 2016
BISHKEK, 30 July 2016 – To mark today’s World Day against Trafficking in Persons, the OSCE Centre in Bishkek supported a public awareness-raising campaign and held a public discussion with academic representatives in Bishkek and Osh.
Combating child trafficking in focus of OSCE-supported roundtable discussion in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 May 2016
BISHKEK, 31 May 2016 – To mark International Children’s Day on 1 June, the Kyrgyz Interior Ministry in co-ordination with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a roundtable discussion on child trafficking, bringing together 25 representatives of state agencies, parliament, international organizations, civil society and the media...
Community leaders in southern Kyrgyzstan discuss preventing human trafficking at an OSCE training course
Publishing date: 17 May 2016
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 17 May 2016 – Some 25 community leaders, heads and members of rural councils, religious leaders and youth from the Osh, Jalal-Abad and Batken regions gathered for a one-day training course on preventing human trafficking, and discussed how to foster co-operation with relevant state institutions across the country...
Joint public outreach efforts discussed at OSCE-supported inter-agency Platform meeting on preventing and combating trafficking in human beings
Publishing date: 28 April 2016
The inter-agency Platform for Action on increasing co-operation in raising public awareness about the risks of trafficking in human beings, supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, in co-operation with the Kyrgyz State Service on Migration, held its first meeting in 2016 on 26 April 2016 in Bishkek...
Prevention of human trafficking in Kyrgyzstan focus of OSCE-supported discussion
Publishing date: 30 September 2015
BISHKEK, 30 September 2015 – The Kyrgyz Foreign Ministry in co-operation with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, and its Osh field office held today a roundtable discussion on importance of co-operation and partnerships in prevention of human trafficking in the country...
OSCE Centre conducts ethics training for Kyrgyz journalists reporting on human trafficking
Publishing date: 28 April 2015
BISHKEK, 28 April 2015 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek is supporting a training course for journalists titled Trafficking in human being: journalists’ ethics and social responsibility of media to be held on 28 April 2015 in Bishkek...
OSCE supports efforts to promote co-operation between Kyrgyz agencies on combating human trafficking
Publishing date: 24 March 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek hosted a co-ordination meeting of representatives of different Kyrgyz agencies on 18 March 2015, with the aim of securing the support of state institutions and civil society for establishing a platform for action to implement the 2013-2016 National Programme against Human Trafficking...