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Debate on improving inter-ethnic relations in focus of OSCE-supported conference in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 14 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BATKEN, Kyrgyzstan, 14 April 2016 – An OSCE-supported conference aimed at promoting national unity and inter-ethnic harmony through improving inter-community relations took place today in Batken, southern Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Chairperson-in-Office Steinmeier and Kyrgyz Foreign Minister sign agreement on extending operations of OSCE Academy
Publishing date: 1 April 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 1 April 2016 – OSCE Chairperson-in-Office and Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Kyrgyzstan’s Foreign Minister Erlan Abdyldaev yesterday signed an agreement on extending the current operating modalities and academic independence of the OSCE Academy in Bishkek...
OSCE helps to set up early warning and border conflict prevention groups in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 31 August 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Kyrgyz State Border Service Border jointly opened early warning groups for conflict prevention in the border cities of Talas, northern Kyrgyzstan, on 28 August and the city of Osh, in the south of the country, on 21 August 2015...
OSCE Secretary General stresses importance of co-operation with Kyrgyzstan during Bishkek visit
Publishing date: 27 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretary General
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 27 August 2015 – Strengthening the current OSCE engagement with Kyrgyzstan and discussing future co-operation was the focus of a two-day visit to Bishkek by OSCE Secretary General Lamberto Zannier which concluded today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek contributes to timely crisis management response in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 11 August 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
BISHKEK, 11 August 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek conducted a handover ceremony of IT and office equipment to improve the information sharing between different state institutions dealing with security as well as between the capital and the regions...
OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities holds regional summer school on multilingual and multicultural education in Central Asia
Publishing date: 7 July 2015
Content type: News
The OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities Astrid Thors, in co‑operation with the Ministry of Education and Science and UNICEF in Kyrgyzstan, is holding a regional summer school on “Multilingual and Multicultural Education for Integration” from 6 to 11 July 2015 in Cholpon Ata. A total of 75
OSCE supported early-warning meeting in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 18 May 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution