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OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports Women’s Leadership School in Batken
Publishing date: 24 August 2016
Some 30 female candidates who will be standing for election to the local councils in the Batken and Osh provinces in southern Kyrgyzstan in November 2016 as well as civil society and media representatives are participating in the OSCE-supported Women’s Leadership School, which started on 23 August in Batken. The training course is organized in co-operation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the NGO Women’s Support Centre...
OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Special Representative holds high-level meetings in Kyrgyzstan, delivers speech at OSCE Academy on conflict prevention
Publishing date: 3 June 2016
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Parliamentary Assembly
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Elections
BISHKEK, 3 June 2016 – Wrapping up a two-day visit to Kyrgyzstan, which has included meetings with the Speaker of the Parliament, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and officials at the OSCE Centre in Bishkek, Special Representative for Central and Eastern Asia and Vice-President of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly Christine Muttonen spoke to students today at the OSCE Academy in Bishkek on conflict prevention and peace-building, noting the strengths of the OSCE’s approach, as well as areas for improvement...
OSCE/ODIHR presents recommendations from final report on 2015 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 May 2016
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
Election experts from the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR) presented the findings and recommendations from the final report on the 4 October 2015 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, at an event held in the Kyrgyz capital on 24 May 2016 and co-organized with the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.
Kyrgyz officials learn about new generation passport technology during OSCE-supported study tour to South Korea
Publishing date: 16 December 2015
Content type: News
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Human rights, Elections
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek organized a one-week study visit to South Korea on 7-12 December 2015 for representatives of Kyrgyz government agencies to familiarize them with best practices in introducing biometric passports...
OSCE supports public dialogue on results of 2015 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2015
BISHKEK, 24 November 2015- The OSCE Centre in Bishkek today organized a public discussion on the results of the 4 October 2015 parliamentary elections in Kyrgyzstan, focusing on the lessons learnt and ways of further improving election-related legislation and electoral administration in the country...
OSCE supports roundtable discussion on registration of citizens of special category in the voters’ list
Publishing date: 8 July 2015
The OSCE Centre in Bishkek and the Central Election Commission of the Kyrgyz Republic organized a roundtable on 7 July to discuss issues related to the inclusion of citizens who are in remand prisons, detention facilities, psychiatric hospitals, social institutions, and military service into the voters’ list for the upcoming parliamentary elections...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports study visit to Mongolia on population registration
Publishing date: 27 June 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Democratization, Elections
ULAANBAATAR, 27 June 2014 – The OSCE Centre in Bishkek funded a study visit to the Mongolian capital on 24 to 27 June 2014 of fifteen representatives from Kyrgyzstan’s Parliament, the Central Election Commission, the State Registration Service, the President’s Office, the Foreign Ministry and other key state agencies to familiarize participants with the population registration system and use of biometric data in Mongolia...