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OSCE presents third study on migration data in Bishkek, discusses steps to harmonize regional data collection
Publishing date: 31 March 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 31 March 2011 – The preliminary findings and recommendations from an assessment of Kyrgyzstan’s collection of migration data by the OSCE and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) were presented to government officials and policymakers dealing with migration data at a meeting in Bishkek today...
OSCE-sponsored conference in Kyrgyzstan stresses importance of Water User Associations for fair water distribution
Publishing date: 12 January 2011
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 13 January 2011 – Water User Associations (WUAs) need to be better integrated into the system of local self-governance to ensure fair and efficient distribution of irrigation water, participants agreed at an OSCE-sponsored conference that took place in the southern Kyrgyz city of Osh today...
OSCE Centre supports publication of gender analysis manual to enhance local and regional budgeting in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 22 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, Kyrgyzstan, 23 December 2010- An OSCE-organized workshop on gender mainstreaming for local and regional administration employees took place today in Osh, Kyrgyzstan...
OSCE Centre organizes conference that studies how labour migrants’ remittances could boost Kyrgyzstan’s economic growth
Publishing date: 20 December 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
BISHKEK, 21 December 2010 – An OSCE-organized conference that started today in Bishkek looks at how earnings sent home by migrant workers could contribute to economic development in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan...
OSCE Centre enhances computer skills of Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry troops
Publishing date: 29 October 2010
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Policing
BISHKEK, 1 November 2010- A two-week OSCE-supported training course for internal troops of Kyrgyzstan's Interior Ministry supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek on enhancing computer skills started today...
OSCE Centre in Bishkek supports public hearings on labour migration
Publishing date: 8 December 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Human rights, Rule of law
BISHKEK, 8 December 2009- A draft law that would regulate the work of private employment agencies was discussed today at a public hearing on labour migration supported by the OSCE Centre in Bishkek...
Kyrgyz migrants sending less money home, finds study supported by OSCE Centre in Bishkek
Publishing date: 26 November 2009
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities, Migration
BISHKEK, 26 November 2009- Kyrgyz citizens working in Russia are sending less money home but a mass return of migrants has not occurred, found an OSCE Centre-supported survey on the implications of the global financial crisis for Kyrgyz labour migrants..