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OSCE police assistance programme helps set up emergency response call centre in Bishkek
Publishing date: 19 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Policing
BISHKEK, 19 September 2005- A new call Centre, designed to ensure efficient and effective police response to emergency assistance requests from citizens, opened today in Bishkek. Funded by the OSCE Police Assistance Programme...
OSCE Academy supports establishment of Central Asian Applied Research Network
Publishing date: 15 September 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Economic activities, Education
VIENNA/BISHKEK, 15 September 2005- The establishment of a Central Asian Applied Research Network was the focus of a regional meeting today in Bishkek organized by the OSCE Academy and the Eurasia Foundation, with the support of the OSCE Centre...
OSCE field office boosts job prospects for young people in southern Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 21 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Economic activities
OSH, 21 July 2005- Twenty young unemployed people from the southern city of Osh in Kyrgyzstan today started a training workshop aimed at improving their job opportunities or prospects for further study. "Young people in the south are often well...
Kyrgyzstan's political actors face challenges ahead of Sunday's election, OSCE Chair's representative says
Publishing date: 8 July 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: Personal Representatives of the Chairperson-in-Office, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Elections
LJUBLJANA, 8 July 2005- The OSCE Chairman's Personal Representative for Central Asia, Alojz Peterle, today underlined the importance of political stability ahead of Sunday's presidential election in Kyrgyzstan. "It is crucial that all political actors...
OSCE meeting focuses on equal economic opportunities for women in Kyrgyzstan
Publishing date: 29 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek
What we do: Gender equality
BISHKEK, 29 June 2005- The problems of integrating women into Kyrgyzstan's economic development policies were the main theme of a meeting held in Bishkek today. The meeting on Gender Aspects of Employment and...
OSCE holds meeting to build confidence between police and people in Kyrgyzstan's south
Publishing date: 28 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Secretariat
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution, Policing
JALALABAD, 28 June 2005- Building trust between law enforcement bodies and the people in southern Kyrgyzstan was the focus of a meeting today in Jalalabad, organized by the OSCE Field Office in Osh. Preventing tensions of the type which arose after...
OSCE Chairman renews appeal to Kyrgyzstan to protect Uzbek asylum-seekers
Publishing date: 24 June 2005
Content type: Press release
Where we are: OSCE Chairmanship, OSCE Programme Office in Bishkek, OSCE Project Co-ordinator in Uzbekistan
What we do: Conflict prevention and resolution
VIENNA, 24 June 2005- The OSCE Chairman-in-Office renewed his appeal to the Government of Kyrgyzstan not to force refugees from Uzbekistan to return to their country against their will and said reports that further repatriations might be planned were...