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OSCE supports training on countering transnational organized crime and drug trafficking
Publishing date: 30 March 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities
ALMATY, 30 March 2015 – An OSCE-supported training seminar on countering transnational organized crime and trafficking in drugs, psychotropic substances and their precursors began today in Almaty...
OSCE helps develop anti-money laundering certification program for Kazakhstan’s financial sector
Publishing date: 10 March 2015
The first meeting of the OSCE-supported Working Group on developing an Anti-Money Laundering/Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) certification programme for the financial sector was held on 10 March 2015 in Almaty, Kazakhstan...
OSCE supports discussion of draft laws on access to information and countering corruption
Publishing date: 27 February 2015
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Rule of law
ASTANA, 27 February 2015 – An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on developing national legislation on access to information, countering corruption and public oversight took place today in Astana. The event was initiated by the Legal Council of National Democratic Party Nur Otan and co-organized by the OSCE Programme Office in Astana and the Prosecutor General’s Office with the support of the Legal Policy Research Centre, Internews-Kazakhstan and Soros Foundation- Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre trains national experts on labour migration management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 27 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Migration
ASTANA, 27 November 2014 – A training workshop on the legal aspects of managing labour migration as well as monitoring and recruitment procedures of the foreign labour force took place today in Astana...
OSCE Centre supports discussions on organic farming and green economy in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 24 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities, Environmental activities
ASTANA, 24 November 2014- An OSCE-supported roundtable discussion on green technologies with a focus on organic farming took place today in Astana...
OSCE Centre supports seminar on sustainable fisheries in Aral Sea area
Publishing date: 18 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana
What we do: Economic activities
KYZYL-ORDA, Kazakhstan, 18 November, 2014 – Development of sustainable fisheries and aquaculture as part of the green economy promotion in the Aral Sea region is the topic of the OSCE-supported training seminar that began today in Kyzyl-Orda...
OSCE helps advance local self-governance reform in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 6 November 2014
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Astana, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Democratization, Economic activities, Good governance
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...