News and press releases
News and press releases from the OSCE's global activities.
National preparatory conference for OSCE Economic and Environmental Forum held in Astana
Publishing date: 25 June 2013
ASTANA, 25 June 2013 – A two-day OSCE-supported national high-level conference dedicated to improving the environmental footprint of energy-related activities, assisting Kazakhstan’s strategy of transition to a green economy and marking the 15th anniversary of the Aarhus Convention on environmental democracy, began today in Astana...
OSCE Centre promotes migration management in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 14 May 2013
SHYMKENT, Kazakhstan, 14 May 2013- An OSCE-supported regional workshop, comprised of a seminar on improving the regulation of migration policies at the local level, and a training event on best practices in the integration of migrants, started in Shymkent in south Kazakhstan today...
OSCE supports anti-corruption policies in Central Asia
Publishing date: 16 April 2013
A three-day workshop about development, implementation and monitoring of preventive anti-corruption policies, and ways to promote integrity and good governance in the business sector in Central Asian states began in Astana on 16 April 2013...
OSCE supports customs integrity development in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 15 April 2013
A three-day workshop on promoting integrity in customs administration supported by the OSCE Centre started in Astana on 15 April 2013...
OSCE supports training on revised FATF standards in Kazakhstan
Publishing date: 4 April 2013
A two-day workshop on the revised Financial Action Task Force (FATF) standards, organized by the World Bank and the Kazakhstan’s Committee for Financial Monitoring with the OSCE Co-ordinator for Economic and Environmental Activities, the OSCE Centre in Astana and the US Embassy in Kazakhstan began on 4 April 2013 in Burabay, Kazakhstan...
OSCE Centre in Astana helps promote oil spills prevention, preparedness and response
Publishing date: 14 March 2013
Jeannette Kloetzer, the Deputy Head of the OSCE Centre in Astana, spoke at a conference on industrial safety and oil spill prevention, preparedness and response in Almaty, Kazakhstan on 14 March 2013...
OSCE Centre takes part in discussion on transboundary water management co-operation in Central Asia
Publishing date: 20 December 2012
Representatives of the OSCE Centre in Astana joined some forty Central Asian water authority officials, non-governmental organization representatives and independent experts on 20 December 2012 in Almaty, Kazakhstan to discuss the introduction of integrated water resource management principles into the administration of three small transboundary rivers: the Aspar, the Isfara and the Ugam flowing through all Central Asian countries...